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ALA Government Documents Round Table Handout Exchange

wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Exchange

Collection of guides to government information sources written by library staff across the US

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ALA Government Documents Round Table

www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/godort/index.cfm

The government documents interest group of the American Library Association

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Regional-L

A closed, moderated national list for regional depository librarians across the country. To subscribe contact Beth Rowe at the University of North Carolina blr@email.unc.edu. Include the name of your regional depository library, state and your title.

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GOVDOC-L

govdoc-l.org

Open, moderated national list for anyone interested in government documents, including international

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Free.Ed.Gov

free.ed.gov

FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.     FREE ...

ConstitutionFacts.com

www.constitutionfacts.com

Welcome to ConstitutionFacts.com where you'll see the entire text of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence - and much more! You'll find interesting insights into the men who wrote the Constitution, how it was created, an ...

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United States Senate

www.senate.gov

The United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress.  At this site, you will find links to a virtual reference desk, senate organizational chart, facts about the Senate, biographies of prominent senators, and a glossary as well as ...

Smithsonian Collections

collections.si.edu/search/

The Collections Search Center allows you to search descriptive records from dozens of Smithsonian museums, archives and libraries. Search over 2 million records with 231,500 images, video and sound files, electronic journals and other resources from all a ...

National Constitution Center - Interactive Constitution

ratify.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/

This resource is a great way to understand the Constitution.  Search by topic, keyword, and/or Supreme Court decision.

National Center for Education Statistics Kids Zone

nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp

The NCES Kids' Zone provides information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library; engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to learn many interesting ...

Library of Congress

www.loc.gov/index.html

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. ...

U.S. Geological Survey for Kids

education.usgs.gov

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), within the U.S. Department of Interior, provides a tremendous amount of  online educational information for kids.  When first entering the USGS Educational site, at the top of the middle column titled, "Educational Resou ...

Women of the Oklahoma Legislature

www.library.okstate.edu/oralhistory/wotol/

Throughout Oklahoma's history 77 women have been elected to the state's legislature. The Women of the Oklahoma Legislature oral history project at the OSU Library presents first-hand accounts of the journeys of these women to and through the Oklahoma Legi ...

International Labour Organization

www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/crisis/about/influenza...

ILO Task Force on Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness The ILO has established an internal task force addressing the critical issues raised by the recent influenza outbreak in relation to the world of work. The Task Force on Influenza and Pandemic Prepar ...

United States House of Representatives

kids.clerk.house.gov

http://www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml This is the official House of Representatives site.  The U.S. House is the "lower house" of the U.S. Congress.  This site contains links to current legislation, U.S. laws (via the U.S. Code), House bills (via Thomas), H ...

U.S. Electoral College - National Archives

www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/

The U.S. Electoral College - National Archives and Records Administration page has some great links including a host of lesson plans and links to resources from the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office U.S. Electoral College Teaching Re ...

FDIC Money Smart

www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/young.html

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s free Money Smart financial education curriculum is designed to help low- and moderate-income individuals enhance their money management skills, understand basic mainstream financial services, avoid financial pit ...

Patent & Trademark Office Kids Page

www.uspto.gov/go/kids/

This site includes both kid-friendly information (The Imagination Machine, Time Machine, games, puzzles, etc.) and a "guiding lights" page for parents/teachers/coaches featuring the Inventor's Hall of Fame, Project XL Curriculum, and InventNow.org A Fa ...