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GENERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
A powerful online reference subscription with information about all branches of the American Government. ASK THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE PASSWORD.
Other Subscription Research Databases - Available only through Gananda Central Library
C-Span - Campaigns & Elections
http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/campaigns.asp
A very useful site - full of information on candidates, electoral issues, history of presidential campaigns, campaign finances, voting trends, etc.
[Online] Available http://www.govspot.com/index.html
Get in touch with your government.
[Online] Available http://www.nationalatlas.gov
Map-like view of federal government data.
[Online] Available http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/index.html
This site from George Washington University, provides access to declassified U.S. Government documents. An example of these primary sources is "The Real Thirteen Days" (Cuban Missile Crisis). Blacked out areas in some of the documents contain information that still might threaten national security.
[Online] Available http://www.nonline.com/procon/
Presents both sides of controversial national and global issues.
A powerful online reference subscription with information about all branches of the American Government. ASK THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE PASSWORD.
[Online] Available http://www.multcolib.org/homework/govhc.html#histdoc
Websites about historical U.S. Documents, including the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, compiled by Multnomah Public Library.
[Online] Available http://www.bigchalk.com/
Websites about the constitutional amendments, compiled by BigChalk.
[Online] Available http://highschoolhub.org/hub/government.cfm
Websites compiled by High School Hub. Scroll down to find sites that would be useful for this project
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A powerful online reference subscription with information about all branches of the American Government.
ASK THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE PASSWORD.
Great for basic information on your agency.
ASK THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE PASSWORD.Gale Research Databases
Online Books & Periodicals- Great source of information for this project
ASK THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE PASSWORD.
FirstGov - A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml
Alphabetic index to all government websites, compiled by FirstGov, the U.S Government's official Web Portal.
http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms=government+agenices&PM=59_0100_S
Information and links to Government agencies, compiled by About.com.
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/govhc.html#agenc
Information and links to Government agencies, compiled by Multnomah Public Library.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Links to all the federal agency websites.
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EBSCOhost is available in school & at home. Pick up the user name & pass word in the library.
Electric Library and ProQuest can be used in the library only.
[Online] Available http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
This handbook provides basic facts regarding food-borne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health.
[Online] Available http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
Guide to safe and healthy food handling and consumption, from the Food and Drug Administration. Covers food additives, contaminants, and food-borne illnesses as well as links to other government agencies with responsibility for food safety.
[Online] Available http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entymology/ythfacts/bugfood/bugfood2.htm
Find out what levels of bug parts are permitted in your food by the Department of Health and Human Services.
[Online] Available http://www.fsis.usda.gov/index.htm
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's food supply is safe.
[Online] Available http://www.cnie.org/nle/ag-38.html
98009: Food Safety Issues in the 106th Congress by Donna U. Vogt. Science, Technology, and Medicine Division of the Congressional Research Service, February 12, 1999
[Online] Available http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/families/fs/
Web site covering food-borne pathogens and related topics. Articles on food safety issues, food safety tips, and links to government and other food safety resources.
[Online] Available http://www.fda.gov/default.htm
U.S. food and Drug Administration's official home page. Covers food safety programs, human and animal drug testing, medical devices and radiological health advances, and toxicology, cosmetics, and biologics research.
[Online] Available http://www.mda.state.mi.us/
Consumer resources concerning food safety laws and regulations.
[Online] Available http://www.nfpa-food.org/
Voice of the food processing industry on scientific and public policy issues involving food safety, nutrition, technical and regulatory matters and consumer affairs.
[Online] Available http://www.foodsafety.ufl.edu/index.html
Community and Industry food safety resources
[Online] Available http://www.gananda.k12.ny.us/library/mshslibrary/search.htm
The databases provided on this page provide well researched full text articles from books, newspapers and periodicals.
[Online] Available http://www.uni-ulm.de/public_health/vl/top/top-fs.htm
Links to resources on Food Safety, compiled by the The WWW Virtual Library, Stanford University.
A useful directory or human services, maintained by the Mental Health Association of Rochester
(http://www.mharochester.org/directory/browse.asp).
http://www.pls-net.org/hsd/
This is an ABRIDGED version of this directory. Please see your librarian to borrow a copy of the full directory.
A powerful online reference subscription with information about all branches of the American Government.
ASK THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE PASSWORD.
A powerful online reference subscription with well researched information on many topics, including the Supreme Court.
ASK THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE PASSWORD.
ASK THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE PASSWORD.
A good directory of supreme court information.
Find detailed information about Supreme Court decisions.
Another good site for information on Supreme Court decisions.
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/govhc.html#leg
Websites with information about laws and amendments, compiled by Mutnomah Public Library
http://law.house.gov/
The Internet Law Library (formerly the U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library) was originally provided to the public courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives to to provide free public access to the basic documents of U.S. law.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
A comprehensive site on United States government legislation.
http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/uslaw/statelaw.html
State government and legist=lative information.
http://www.bigchalk.com/
A useful collection of United States legislative information compiled by bigChalk.com/
This page created 07/05/98 - updated on 03/22/04
