LibGuides: ENGL 283: Creative Writing: Government and Statistical Information

Federal and State Government Sites

United States Senate This link opens in a new window
Official Website for the U.S. Senate.

Congress website
Provides access to legislative information at the federal level for both the House of Representatives and Senate.
Congress.gov
Congress.gov makes federal United States legislative information freely available to the public. Launched Sept. 19, 2012, this version of the site is an initial beta release of Congress.gov, created as a successor to THOMAS.gov, the current public site for legislative information.
Congressional Research Service Reports

South Dakota Codified Laws This link opens in a new window
This is a searchable online database of the laws of the State of South Dakota. You can also find the print version of the state laws in the reference collection using call number KFS 3030 2004.

South Dakota Legislative Research Council
The LRC provides access to members and activities of the current legislature, including proposed legislation.
US Government Manual
The United States Government Manual is the official handbook of the Federal Government. This special edition of the Federal Register is currently updated to provide comprehensive and authoritative descriptions of the programs and activities of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
USA.gov
The is the U.S. Government's web portal for publicly accessible government information.
U.S. Government Information: Stats/Data
This LibGuide is provided by the University of California-San Diego library.

ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database of U.S. legislative and executive primary sources. Includes Statutes at Large, bills, reports, hearings, hearing transcripts and testimony, committee reports, prints and miscellaneous publications, Congressional Record, member profiles, and CRS Reports. Also includes the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and Presidential materials. Additionally, this database offers robust Congressional news coverage and topical feature pages.

County and City Databooks
This resource provides access to the 1944 through 2000 County and City Data Books with information such as population, employment, etc. The paper version is in the reference collection under call number HA 202.A36 2007
Data.Gov
Is a government web portal providing access to statistics from 10 different government agencies. This is the place to go if you know what agency produces the statistics you want.
Department of Commerce Statistics
Diane Frigge's LibGuide provides access to statistical information published by the Department of Commerce. (This information used to be provided by Stat-USA.)
U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau provides very useful compilation of statistical information about the US including population, employment, birth and death rates, etc in the Statistical Abstracts of the United States. You will have to search for this in the Census Bureau site. The most recent paper editions are in the reference collection under call number HA 202.U54x
Uniform Crime Reporting Program
The FBI provides consolidated crime reports from across the country on this site. A very useful site for statistics on different types of crime including hate crimes.

Writers' Guide to Government Information
Several creative writers have collaborated to create this site that supports creative nonfiction and other genres of creative writing.