United States Government
Mary H. Weir Public Library is a Federal Depository Library (Depository Number
0655A), one of about 1400
Federal Depository Program libraries designated by Congress to make United States
government publications and information readily available to the public.
A lot of government information is now available on the Internet! This makes it more
convenient for citizens, and also saves tax dollars (Internet "publishing" is
cheaper than paper publishing). The same is true for information from states, including
West Virginia. These pages, we hope, will link you to the most-often-requested
- MORE LINKS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: The U.S.Government Manual, the main
directory of the Federal government, is now online. Also try the links to government
information at all levels from FirstGov.gov,
the Library of Congress, the Government
Printing Office's Government
Information Locator Service (GILS) , West Virginia University Libraries' Government Documents and
Microforms Department, the C-SPAN cable television
network, or Google's special web site for government information, Google Uncle Sam.
- To buy government publications for use in your home or office, try the U.S. Government Bookstore in
Pittsburgh (there are others
in other large cities, too), or GPO's Sales
- Presidential libraries can be found
through the National Archives site.
- Encyclopedia Americana
has a good site on Presidents, First Ladies, etc., throughout American history. The
Library of Congress' American Memory pages include a
gallery of portraits of
Presidents and First Ladies. The Internet
Public Library also has an excellent site of facts about Presidents, Vice Presidents,
- Individual state home pages can be found using the formula http://www.state.xx.us --
for "xx" substitute the state's two-letter postal abbreviation.
For example, West Virginia's is http://www.state.wv.us,
and Hawaii's is http://www.state.hi.us
- For information on state birds, trees, flowers, songs, etc., a good source is http://www.50states.com
- For examples of how to cite government web sites or other publications in a research
paper, see Citing Government
Information Sources from the University of Nevada, Reno (this uses MLA format).
This page was last updated July 31, 2001.