Search or browse the USA.gov departments and agency index to determine which department or agency administers services, policies, and conducts research related to your topic. Look for "library", "resources", "publications" or "research" on agency websites to find reports. You can also perform a targeted Google search outlined on the grey literature page of this guide.
Free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. AGRICOLA covers agriculture-related fields including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, farming, food and human nutrition, and environmental sciences. The OPAC describes the books, serials, audiovisuals, and other resources held by NAL and its Cooperators.
The Homeland Security Digital Library provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies. The resources are reviewed and selected by a team of homeland security researchers and organized in a unique homeland security taxonomy.
The NCJRS Virtual Library has citations and abstracts to federal, state, and local government documents, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research in the field of criminal justice. Some publications are available in full text.
This database has full text for over 400 military related periodicals and general interest magazines. It also contains primary documents in U.S. history and international history.
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is a database of books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials in the Library's collections.
