A Federal Government Document in Every Classroom

OR

Name a subject & I’ll give you a document!

• Documents are available more than ever before

• 6 different formats• URLs & libraries = limited depositories• Covers all areas of academic/personal interest• Best of all it’s FREE!

SuDoc Classification System

– A Agriculture Department– C 3. Census Bureau– D Defense department– E Energy Department– ED Education Department– GA General Accountability Office– GS General Services Administration– HE Health & Human Services Department– I Interior Department– J Justice Department

SuDoc Classification System

– JU Judiciary– L Labor Department– LC Library of Congress– NAS National Aeronautics & Space Administration– S State Department– SI Smithsonian Institution– T 22. IRS (Treasury Department)– X,Y Congress– Y 4. Congressional Committees

Breakdown of a Department

• Department of the Interior

– Fish & Wildlife & Parks• National Park Service• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

– Indian Affairs• Bureau of Indian Affairs

DOI cont’d

– Land & Minerals Management• Bureau of Land Management• Minerals Management

– Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement

– Water & Science• U.S. Geological Survey• Bureau of Reclamation

Congressional Mandate

• Every agency, sub-agency & bureau will have a website

• Something for education– Lesson plans– Teachers– Parents– Kids

Education

• Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids– http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Education

• Library of Congress– The Learning Page– http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

Statistics

• U.S. Government is THE place for Statistics• Agriculture• Science• Education• Business• Health• Justice• Labor• Census• And many more

Business– Business.gov http://www.business.gov– Export.gov http://www.export.gov– US Census Bureau http://www.census.gov– Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov– Federal Communications Commission http://www.fcc.gov– Federal Reserve System http://www.federalreserve.gov– Department of Commerce http://www.commerce.gov– Department of Treasury http://www.ustreas.gov– Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov– Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov– Department of State http://www.state.gov– Department of Transportation http://www.dot.gov

Grants

General Grants• Apply for a Grant http://www.neh.gov/grants/ • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance http://www.cfda.gov• FedGrants http://www.fedgrants.gov/• Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/ • Grants Management http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ • GrantsNet http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/

Education GrantsScience GrantsOther Grants

• HRSA Funding Opportunities http://www.hrsa.gov/grants.htm• HUD grants http://www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm • Institute of Museum & Library Services http://www.imls.gov/grants/ • NARA | NHPRC Grants http://www.archives.gov/grants/

Consumer Health

• MedlinePlus—National Library of Medicine http://medlineplus.com• Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov• Health Information—(NIH) http://health.nih.gov• Consumer Health Manual Index http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer• Consumer Health Manual Index (Spanish) http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer.chspanish.html• Social Security Agency http://www.ssa.gov• HEATHINFOQUEST http://nnlm.gov/healthinfoquest/• Medicare.gov—Medicare & Medigap plans http://www.medicare.gov/• MedlinePlus: Child & Teen Health Topics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childandteenhealth.html• MedlinePlus Go Local http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/golocal/index.html• Pocket Guide to Good Health for Children http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/childguide/• Healthfinder—kids http://www.healthfinder.gov/kids• Health—FirstGov for Kids http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/index.html• Federal Information Clearinghouses http://www.health.gov/nhic• Healthy People 2010 http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8595

ToxNet

• Toxicology & Environmental Health Information http://tox.nlm.nih.gov• Tox Town http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov• EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) http://www.epa.gov/tri/• Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/toxlinfs.html• Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov• U.S. Census http://www.census.gov• Haz-Map Occupational Health http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov• Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/rahc• PubMed http://pubmed.gov• MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov• WISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders)

http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov• Household Products Database http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov• Healthy People 2010 http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8595• U.S. Mexico Border Health Association http://www.usmbha.org/

• Team teach with World Geography WebCT and with Upper Division & Capstone classes in Business

• Embedded librarian for health sciences, wildlife, agriculture, agronomy, & environmental engineering

• “On call” librarian for Government Information to the Texas A&M University Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy

In Closing

• Thank you for coming!• Please visit the poster session• Jernigan Library Government Information

http://lib.tamuk.edu/reference/gov_info/MnIndx.htm

• Please contact me with questions– Victoria Lynn Packard– VPackard@TAMUK.EDU– 361-593-2918