BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information
on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the
operation of justice systems at all levels of government
The BLS is the principal fact-finding agency for the
Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics
and statistics. Content Includes Consumer Price Index,
Producer Price Index, Monthly Labor Review, and Compensation & Working
Conditions.
The United States Government's official web portal for
providing public access to useful government information
for its citizens. Locate data and statistics, federal forms
and applications, laws and regulations, historical documents
and publications, and much more!
Official Internet site for many United States Government
publications including: the Budget of the United States
Government, Economic Indicators, and the Economic Report
of the President Transmitted to the Congress.
U.S. Department of Justice publication containing summaries of more than 150,000 publications on criminal justice, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.
NationMaster compiles data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. Generate maps and graphs comparing countries on a variety of subjects.
Political and Economic risk analysis for 106 countries.
Each Country Report includes political and business information
on developing markets, currency movements, and capital
investments.
Full-text and statistical business, economic
and trade information from over 50 federal agencies; produced
by the Economics and Statistics Administration of the Department
of Commerce.
StateMaster is a statistical database which allows research and comparison of a multitude of different data on US states. Information is compiled from various primary sources such as the US Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for Educational Statistics. Generate maps and graphs and other images.
U.S. Department of Justice publication containing summaries of more than 150,000 publications on criminal justice, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.
Multi-Subject e-Resources including articles on Government (listed
in A-Z order)
More than 350 newspapers, both domestic and international,
many with same day publication coverage. On the "Guided
News Search" screen, select a "News Category" from
the drop-down list (ex. US News') as well as a "News
Source" from the drop-down list (ex. 'Northeast
Regional Sources' or 'Pennsylvania News Sources'). Finally, "Select
a Date" ---the default is usually 6 months.
A collection of 275 reference books including
dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, books of quotations,
as well as subject-specific titles in the Law
collection and the Politics
collection.
Christopher O. Dixon
Government Information Services/Reference Librarian
Saint Joseph's University cdixon@sju.edu
