**NEW** --There is a Government Information page for public & K-12 libraries maintained by West Virginia government documents librarians with links to basic federal and state resources.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
            Click on 'Advanced Search' and choose 'Internet Publications' to search for online content. A keyword search will give the most results.  Remember to use quotation marks for phrase searching
(i.e - "clean coal").

                                                 ---Government Search Engines--- 

                           Google US Government Search                    USA Search
 

Vining Library at WVU Institute of Technology has been a Selective Depository since 1985. 

Most  government PERIODICALS are now online.  (see Univ. of Louisville below)
BOOKS and REPORTS in REFERENCE (1st floor) or CIRCULATION (2nd floor) are included in our online catalog.  Selective online government publications are also in the online catalog.

Online access to government information is steadily improving   Some useful sites are listed below.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: General 
Government Publications -- U. of Louisville -- (Best for Subject Lists and Govt. Periodicals)
Federal Government Sources - Evergreen State Coll. -- (Best for agency sites)
USAGov -- official federal directories 
Federal Government Resources -- U. of Michigan
Science.gov
Subject Indexes to Government Indexes -- Idaho State U. 
INFOMINE -- Univ. of California (Riverside) -- (Selected resources)
U.S. Depository Ready Reference Collection -- Columbia U. 
Congressional Research Service -- Wikipedia
Government Databases -- St. Mary’s U 
Government Databases by Subject -- Indiana U.
Abbreviations & Acronyms of the U.S. Government
Browse Topics 

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Legislative & Regulatory
Thomas -- Legislative Information (Library of Congress) 
Internet Law Library -- Pritchard Law Webs, Inc. 
American Law Sources Online   -- Lawsource, Inc. 
Legal Information Institute -- Cornell U. 
FedLaw 
Regulations.gov
Basic Legal Citation -- Cornell U.

STATE INFORMATION: General
State and Local Governments -- Library of Congress 
Administrative Rules -- National Association of Secretaries of State 
Search Systems -- Largest Free Public Records Database Collection 

WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Directory -- State of West Virginia 
West Virginia -- U.S. Census
WV--Economic Statistics -- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 
FDIC Regional Economic Conditions
American Law Sources Online--WV -- (links to case law, etc.) 
WV State Supreme Court Library
WVU Bureau of Business & Economic Research

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION 
Trade Information Center
International Organizations & Information -- U. of Michigan 
NationMaster  
U.S. State Department  
United Nations

STATISTICS
FEDSTATS -- official federal statistics links
Small Geographic Areas -- Miami Univ. (Ohio)
Statistical Resources -- U. of Michigan 
SSDC Data on the Net -- UC San Diego

MANAGEMENT, etc.
Federal Agency Internet Sites -- GPO
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy -- GPO
Direct Mail Items -- GPO
FDLP Basic Collection -- GPO 
Essential Titles -- GPO 
Substitution List  -- GPO 
Government Documents Librarianship -- U. Of Michigan 
GovSpot