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A database of private foundation tax returns (Form 990-PF). Search by foundation name, location, or employer identification number.
A bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature. Created by the National Agricultural Library, the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century.
Indexes and abstracts world literature covering all aspects of agricultural sciences and technology, including grey literature. Many with links to full-text articles. Coverage from 1975 to date. Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The official source for specifications and standards used by the Department of Defense. Many documents are available in full text.
Association of Religion Data Archives compiles quantitative data on religion from U.S. and international research institutions and scholars. The ARDA collection includes statistics on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations). ARDA is based in the Department of Sociology at Penn State.
Reference work detailing useful comparative statistical information on all states, commonwealths and territories of the United States. Covers demographics, elections, finance, policy, branches of government, administration, and the texts of state constitutions. Includes downloadable statistics and charts. Published by the Council of State Governments.
This GPO catalog indexes print and electronic government information products created by Federal agencies since 1994.
An index to all of the American Society of Civil Engineers publications, the world's largest publisher of civil engineering content. Includes detailed abstracts, some with links to full-text. Also see ASCE Library.
The collection of all regulations from all departments and agencies of the federal government, as published in the Federal Register.
Official source for federal legislative information, including bills, laws, committee information, committee reports, the Congressional Record, roll call votes and profiles and contact information for members of Congress.
Directory of all members of congress, including their biographies, committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and contact information. Also includes officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C. government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio, and television galleries. Historical directories from 104th (1995-96) Congress forward.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides accurate, non-partisan policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate.
Check accreditation status of U.S. college and university programs, including names of accrediting agencies or state approval agencies. Use this database to verify the quality of postsecondary education. Maintained by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education.
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database provides free public access to corporate information, allowing you to quickly research a company’s financial information and operations by reviewing registration statements, prospectuses and periodic reports filed on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. You also can find information about recent corporate events reported on Form 8-K.
A searchable archive of over 22 million passengers and crew that passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924. Create a free account to access records.
Use EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online website to search for facilities in your community to assess their compliance with environmental regulations. You can also investigate pollution sources, examine and create enforcement-related maps, or explore your state's performance.
European Views of the Americas is a free, searchable, comprehensive bibliographic index to books, manuscripts, broadsides and other primary source materials printed in Europe relating to the Americas, 1493-1750. Topics include European exploration, Native American peoples, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and slavery. Based on the print work European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750.
The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
A search tool for finding basic profiles of 100,000+ U.S. foundations. Profiles include a foundation’s background, purpose and activities statement, program area(s), fields of interest, financial data, and 990-PFs. Keyword searching across all 990-PFs is included.
Foundation Directory Free is a scaled-down version of Foundation Directory Professional which can be accessed on-site at the New Jersey State Library.
Contains full text reports on audits, surveys, investigations and evaluations of Federal programs conducted by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO). Browse by date, topic, or agency. Coverage is 1971-present, with some older reports back to 1922.
Use Geographic Names Information Service (GNIS) database for New Jersey places and features on USGO topographical quadrangle maps. The entry gives the feature type, county, coordinates and the quad in which it appears.
Find standard, official U.S. spellings of all foreign geographic names, sanctioned by the US Board on Geographic Names. Geographic features in the database contain information about location, administrative division, and quality. The database can be used for establishing official spellings of foreign place names, cartography, GIS, GEOINT, and finding places.
Free access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Among the nearly 50 collections available are: Compilation of Presidential Documents (1992 to present), Congressional Bills (103rd Congress to present), Congressional Documents (94th Congress to present), Congressional Hearings (99th Congress to present), Congressional Record 1873 to present), Congressional Reports (104th Congress to present), Federal Register (1936 to present), Public and Private Laws (104th Congress to present) and Economic Indicators (1995 to present). Documents are added daily. Maintained by the Government Publishing Office (GPO).
Offers a loan finder tool to determine your eligibility for six types of federal loans: Agriculture, Education, Business, Housing, Disaster Relief, Veterans.
A single access point that allows organizations to find and apply electronically to over 900 competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.
Authoritative consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine. Covers diseases, conditions, wellness, treatments, drugs and supplements, current research results, clinical trials, and a medical dictionary. Includes easy to understand medical videos and illustrations. Updated daily.
Find health information from the National Library of Medicine in over 40 languages
Use MetaLib to search multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles and citations. Selected resources are available in full text. A service of the Government Printing Office.
Bibliographic information and abstracts of all informational materials and resources produced, funded, and/or sponsored by the bureaus and offices of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP). Includes Federal, State, and local government reports; books; research reports; journal articles; and unpublished research. Subject areas include: corrections, courts, drugs, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, and victims. Many links are full-text.
Repository of reports and data from federally funded scientific and technical research projects and studies. Fields include Aeronautics, Chemistry, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Library & Information Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine & Biology, Physics, and Transportation. Produced by the National Technical Information Service (Department of Commerce).
Search for data, images, study results, research projects, and data tables in the National Toxicology Program’s database. Part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Free online access to the New Jersey Administrative Code, provided by Lexis.
Provides access to the status and business address(es) of New Jersey registered business entities. Searchable by business name, principal name (officer/director, manager, etc.), registered agent or entity ID. Browsing is free, status reports incur a charge. Maintained by the NJ Division of Revenue & Enterprise Services.
Lists all charities currently registered in New Jersey. Updated weekly by the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs.
A legislative history is a compilation of the documents which express the purpose or intent behind the passage of a particular law. The State Library compiles histories on all New Jersey laws which are general and permanent. Appropriations, temporary and executed, and repealer acts are excluded.
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs maintains fifty professional and occupational licensing boards that oversee and regulate individuals and businesses in New Jersey. Select "Boards and Committees" and select an occupation to access information for consumers and practitioners, including application information and complaint forms.
Find New Jersey local, county, and statewide public notices placed by governments and ordered by courts. Public notices are legally required to be published and include foreclosures, hearings, procurement of bids, financial reports, ordinances and other government activities. Published by the New Jersey Press Association.
Free access to the New Jersey Register (July 3, 1995-present), containing notices of proposed rules and rules adopted by State agencies. Issued by the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law and published by LexisNexis. See also New Jersey Register 1969-1995 digitized by the State Library.
The New Jersey State Archives provides access to thirteen databases containing over one million entries (indexing names and other information) in nearly 500,000 documents and photographs in the State Archives’ collections. Includes index entries for many marriage records, death records and military records.
The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) Data Finder provides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for years from 1790 through the present and for all levels of U.S. census geography, including states, counties, tracts, and blocks.
Published by IPUMS, a federally funded project of the University of Minnesota. IPUMS provides downloadable data and microdata sets from the U.S. and international sources, harmonizing variables so data is comparable and consistent. IPUMS platforms includes data from numerous U.S. government entities, such as the NIH, NSF, FDA, Census, BLS, CDC, NASA. Free access after creating an account.
Explore careers, including recommended skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests. Skills are linked to similar professions for those considering a career change. Includes veteran transition information. Published by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more. Contains information from hundreds of data sources, including government agencies, chemical vendors and journal publishers. Published by the National Library of Medicine.
Find abstracts and citations for reports and articles in disciplines relevant to preventing and researching unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm. Among these are agriculture, anthropology, architecture, economics, education, engineering specialties, ergonomics and human factors, faith scholars, health and medicine, law and law enforcement, psychology, social work, and sociology. Search the site or sign up for email/RSS notifications for new content in your area of interest.
Search Science.gov for free access to research and development results and scientific and technical information from scientific organizations across 15 U.S. federal agencies.
Free database includes citation index and abstracts for 200+ peer-reviewed journals on education. For full text articles, try ProQuest Education Database or ERIC.
Find information on 36,000 slaving voyages from 1501-1866 (the total number of voyages could be as high as 12.5 million). Includes the voyages database, slave trade estimates tables, and the African names database. Published by Emory University.
A searchable database of annual environmental releases for over 600 toxic chemicals reported by U.S. facilities. Search by facility, chemical, location, industry (NAICS code). Includes the My Right-To-Know Application. Downloadable datasets available. Coverage is 1987-recent. Published by the TRI Program of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
A directory of historic newspapers published in the United States since 1690. Search by title, town, county, state, and date. Includes links to digitized newspapers as well as holdings information for microfilm. Published by the Library of Congress.
The general and permanent laws of the United States. Published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The official handbook of the Federal Government, providing information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, particularly their programs and activities. Also includes information on quasi-official agencies; international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual has been published annually in a special edition of the Federal Register from 1995-present.
USA.gov is the official online guide to government information and services.