Research Guides: PS 297: Introduction to Environmental Politics: Government & IGO Sources

More Government and IGO Sources

You can find more government and IGO sources in this guide:

Government Information
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Find Government Publications using Google

One way is to use Google Advanced Search

Enter your topic's keywords and then, in the Search by Site or Domain box, type: .gov
- This will get you federal and some state publications
- To search just for a particular state, type: .[two-letter state abbreviation].us - e.g.: .or.us (Oregon) or .tn.us (Tennessee). See all the two-letter state abbreviations here. Searching on the .xx.us domain will also bring up city and county government documents for that state.
- More and more, city and state governments are adopting the .gov domain name, e.g. Indiana: www.in.gov, so you probably should try both
You can search for city and county governments using the domain: .ci.[cityname].[xx].us or .co.[county name].[xx].us, e.g.: ci.seattle.wa.us for the city of Seattle, or co.lane.or.us for Lane County, OR.
For non-US (foreign) countries, you can try limiting to the country domain extension. However, you may also need to find the government domain abbreviation, if there is one. E.g., for Mexico, that is .gob.mx
- Documents will mostly be in the language of that country, and thus must be searched for in that language.

Congress

Introduction to ProQuest Congressional tutorial
If you have not yet used ProQuest Congressional, this video tutorial will be helpful.

Federal Agencies

Finding government information for states other than Oregon can be challenging. See the sites below, and also here are some tips:

Use the Advanced Google searching described under Web Search, limiting to the domain ending(s) for your state.
Look for a guide created by a university library in that state. One way to do this is to do a Google search on:
- libguide [state name] government information

International Organizations

United Nations