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Business | Country Profiles | Court Opinions | Education | Election | Genealogy | Immigration and Foreign Travel | Local Depository Subject Directories | Statistics | Taxes


Business

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance provides a searchable online version of the popular General Services Administration (GSA) document.

STAT-USA Internet is a wonderful source of information on national and international economic data and trade information. Parts of this site are only accessible via subscription or at a Federal Depository Library.

The U.S. Business Advisor web site is sponsored by the Small Business Administration and it assists entrepreneurs with their existing business as well as helping with business development.

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Country Profiles

Country Studies (Area Handbook Series) is produced by the Library of Congress and covers 101 countries and lesser known areas of the world.

U. S. State Department: Background Notes provide information for countries and international organizations.

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Court Opinions

FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions Homepage

Supreme Court Collection: LII at Cornell Law

Supreme Court Opinions: Findlaw

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

U.S. Tax Court

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Education

ERIC is the world's largest source of education information, with more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. This version of the database provides access to ERIC Document citations from 1966 through September 2000 and ERIC Journal citations from 1966 through July 2000.

Direct Loan Programs

Hope Scholarship

The U.S. Department of Education site provides extensive resources for students and educators. ERIC Digests provide brief, but useful, information on many controversial issues in the profession. The Financial Aid page will help students apply for loans, grants, and other special incentives for higher education.

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Election

The Buchanan/Foster home page is the official web site for the Reform Party candidate's presidential campaign.

georgewbush.com web site is the official site for his campaign.

LSCC Library's Political Science Links

Nader 2000 provides information about Nader's views on certain issues, biographies, and current news stories.

Gore-Lieberman 2000 provides information about Gore's views on certain issues, biographies of the candidates and current news stories about the candidates.

U. S. Department of State: Election 2000 provides information about the candidates, their parties, and the text of speeches and other news items.

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Genealogy

University of South Florida's Genealogy Links, include links to resources available at the University as well as on the Internet.

Orange County Library System's genealogy links.

Genealogy: Florida is part of Everton's Genealogical Helper Magazine's web resources. It provides links to Florida based genealogy resources.

United States Resources: Florida is part of RootsWeb.com a free database of genealogical information which allows you to perform a surname search. The Florida resources page contains a large number of links.

UCF's Florida Microform Sets include data, mostly from Orange County, Florida, from 1576 to 1968. Most of the information is from the 1800's. These records are located in the microfilm and microfiche cabinets on the 3rd floor of the UCF library.

UCF's Resources for Statistics, Demographics and Census provides links to pertinent Census information.

Heritage Quest Indexes are CD-ROM products which include searcheable genealogical data. Although the CD-ROM's must be purchased, the site includes helpful tips on how to conduct genealogical research.

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Immigration and Foreign Travel

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Online is the best source for immigration laws, forms and other vital facts for immigrants.

The U. S. State Department provides links to U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide, advice on obtaining visas, and other travel information via the Bureau of Consular Affairs home page.

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Local Depository Subject Directories

The sites below, created by Central Florida's depository libraries, provide subject directories to government web pages.

LSCC Government Documents Subject Directory

UCF Government Documents

Stetson

Rollins College

Florida Institute of Technology

Volusia County Public Library

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Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

FedStats

National Center for Education Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States

U.S. Census Bureau

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Taxes

IRS Digital Daily

Florida Department of Revenue Tax Forms

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Prepared by:  Rich Gause, Government Documents Librarian from information provided by Nora Rackley (Lake-Sumter CC)
URL of this page: http://library.ucf.edu/govdocs/training/cflc/readyref.htm

Last update:06/03/09 02:57:46 PM

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