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Government Information

Sources of information that either describe a level of government or are produced by that level of government. Primarily Canadian.

Please note that access to US federal government publications is currently in flux. Some publications and data sources have been removed or altered under the current administration. Many libraries and civil society organizations have archived some of this information. SFU Library has compiled a list of some of these sources: Looking for US data or government reports? Start here.

If you don't find information that you're looking for, please contact KPU's Government Information Librarian to see if it may be available via some other source.

Tools to locate information produced by US government

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Metalib
Searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.
Maintained by US Government Printing Office.

 

 

Other search tools:

Quick US statistics sources

US in-depth data sources

Sources of information about US government

Copyright on US government documents

Federal

US federal government publications are not copyright protected (17 U.S.C. § 105). They are in the public domain and are free for use by all. 

States

Copyright laws for works produced by state governments vary by state. Use this interactive map produced by the Harvard Library to look up a specific state.

State Copyright Resource Centre