Databases to find documents:
OPAC
GPO
Access
CIS
Congressional Universe
For more information:
Government Documents for the Arts and the Humanities & Social Sciences
The government collects valuable data for social science research, at the state and federal level. The government is mandated to collect certain information, or possesses the unique resources to do it. There is almost no subject for which you cannot find government information. For example:
- Census of population: demographics
- Consumer expenditure survey: buying habits
- Crime and victimization surveys
- Hearings and reports on current events and "hot topics" -- abortion, death penalty, immigration, etc.
- Maps
Government documents are on the 3rd Floor of Library North or increasingly on the Internet.
EXAMPLE: Spending
patterns of high-income households
[Washington, DC] : U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, [1998]
