Types of Information

Courtesy of Shawn Clover

Where Do You Find Government Information?

Library OneSearch Tab

• The library OneSearch tab can be found on the middle of the library homepage. 

• More effective and efficient searches are done by using the Advanced Search, and limiting by location to UNI Documents.

Library Databases

• Databases can be found on the Research Databases A-Z list located on the library homepage.
  • HathiTrust

Government Websites

• Unless you have a particular government department in mind, the best way to find them on a topic is to use Google using the site:.gov command.

Government Sources via Library Books/Media Tab

Once you have search results, limit by location to UNI Documents which is located on the right-hand side of the page.  

The library has both print (physical documents) and electronic government documents.

Government Sources via Google

In Google, you can limit to type of website (.gov).  This is a powerful way to search for government websites.

If the government department is unknown, use site:.gov in your searching.

This search limits results to local, state, and federal government sites.

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You can also search an entire government site for information using the site: command.

For example, to search the EPA for information about water, you would type in the following:

water  site:.epa.gov

Note: There are no spaces for the site:. command.  Additionally, the word or phrase you are searching needs to be immediately adjacent to the site: command.