STATE OF VIRGINIA

BOOKS

• CQ Researcher - Each issue focuses on a specific topic presenting alternative views and a bibliography.
• CIAO - International Affairs Online.
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional

INTERNET SOURCES

• Almanac of Policy Issues - Contains statistics, information and links including links to news, articles, directories, and associations on several government policy issues.
• Americans With Disabilities Act. ADA home page sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Census Bureau  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Congress.org  - A tool for increasing voter participation, this nonpartisan site allows you to track the status of appropriation bills, follow key votes, write your federal, state and local representatives or post messages to them online, and see
  what actions have been proposed by a variety of groups.
• Department of Homeland Security
• Federal Consumer Information Center - answers to questions about Federal agencies, programs and services.
• Federal Register
• FedStats - The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
• FindLaw Constitutional Law Center - comprehensive site devoted to legal research. Includes over 8,000 federal and state forms.
• USA.gov - searchable gateway to over 50 million pages of federal, state & local resources.
• Financial Report of the United States Government - Annual report from the U.S. Treasury, laying out the country's financial picture with real accounting and audited numbers.
• Food & Drug Administration
• Free Government Information - A site for initiating dialogue and building consensus among the various players (libraries, government agencies, non-profit organizations, researchers, journalists, etc.) who have a stake in the preservation of and perpetual free access to government information. FGI promotes free government information through collaboration, education, advocacy and research. Includes Blogs and Podcasts.
• GovBenefits.gov - Part of the e-government project to consolidate information from all government agencies into easily usable category sites, this "free, confidential tool that helps you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive." Includes over 400 government benefit program.
• GovEngine.com - Comprehensive federal, state, & local government links for all U.S. states and territories.
• Government Documents - Web pages created by VIVA institutions that provide access to government documents.
• Government Printing Office - Access to over 200,000 documents through the GPO Access database.
• National Archives and Records Administration - Independent Federal Agency which ensures continuing access to essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience 
• STAT-USA  - U.S. Department of Commerce site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community.
• Tax Forms and Publications - from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service
• THOMAS - legislative information from the Library of Congress
• USA.gov - complete list of links to all federal agencies and their information and much much more.
• United States Copyright Office - at the Library of Congress.
• U.S. Department of Defense
• United States Patent and Trademark Office - the home page of this office.
• U.S. Postal Service

• European Union
• United Nations
• Governments on the WWW - Directory of 17,000 entries from 220 countries.
• Portals to the World - Authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world from the Library of Congress.
• World Statesmen - An encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international and religious organizations, and other polities since the year 1700.
• International Patents - are now searchable through the World Intellectual Property Organization PCT Database.