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Government Documents

United States Sites

Congressional Universe
Government Information Home Page at UT-Austin
- To access federal and state government electronic resources.
Marcive, an index to federal government publications
- Index to a database of documents published since July 1976.
National Trade Data Bank
- Access to the NTDB, a U.S. government resource for international marketing and trade information. Remote access to NTDB is available only to UT-Dallas students, faculty, and staff.
USPTO Web Patent Database
- Full-text of United States patents from 1975 to the present.
US Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
- Full-text of the United States trademarks.
GPO Access
- A service of the Government Printing Office. Links to Congress, the Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. Government Manual, Supreme Court decisions, GAO reports, the federal budget, and other important federal materials.
Country Studies/Area Handbooks
THOMAS at the Library of Congress
- Provides congressional documents, bills, GAO reports, committee information, and other Internet resources.
CenStats from the Census Bureau

Texas Sites

TRAIL
- Texas Records and Information Locator (TRAIL) searches and locates information from over 150 Texas state agency web servers.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Electronic resources from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Includes the Texas State Publications Index, an index to publications produced by Texas state agencies.
Texas Online
- Provides access to state agencies and many of their publications.
Window on State Government
- Resources from the Texas Comptroller's Office including information on taxes, statewide financial management, and resources on the government and economy of Texas.
State and Local Government on the Net: A Guide to Government Sponsored Internet Sites Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Sites

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