1. A Federal Government Document in Every Classroom OR Name a subject & I’ll give you a document!

2. Documents are available more than ever before 6 different formats URLs & libraries = limited depositories Covers all areas of academic/personal interest Best of all it’s FREE!

3. SuDoc Classification System – AAgriculture Department – C 3.Census Bureau – DDefense department – EEnergy Department – EDEducation Department – GAGeneral Accountability Office – GSGeneral Services Administration – HEHealth & Human Services Department – IInterior Department – JJustice Department

4. SuDoc Classification System – JUJudiciary – LLabor Department – LCLibrary of Congress – NAS National Aeronautics & Space Administration – SState Department – SISmithsonian Institution – T 22.IRS (Treasury Department) – X,YCongress – Y 4.Congressional Committees

5. Breakdown of a Department Department of the Interior – Fish & Wildlife & Parks National Park Service U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs

6. DOI cont’d – Land & Minerals Management Bureau of Land Management Minerals Management – Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement – Water & Science U.S. Geological Survey Bureau of Reclamation

7. Congressional Mandate Every agency, sub-agency & bureau will have a website Something for education – Lesson plans – Teachers – Parents – Kids

8. Education Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids – http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

9. Education Library of Congress – The Learning Page – http://memory.loc.gov/learn/ http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

10. Statistics U.S. Government is THE place for Statistics Agriculture Science Education Business Health Justice Labor Census And many more

11. Business – Business.gov http://www.business.gov – Export.gov http://www.export.gov – US Census Bureauhttp://www.census.gov – Federal Trade Commissionhttp://www.ftc.gov – Federal Communications Commissionhttp://www.fcc.gov – Federal Reserve System http://www.federalreserve.gov – Department of Commercehttp://www.commerce.gov – Department of Treasury http://www.ustreas.gov – Department of Justicehttp://www.usdoj.gov – Department of Laborhttp://www.dol.gov – Department of Statehttp://www.state.gov – Department of Transportationhttp://www.dot.gov

12. Grants General Grants Apply for a Grant http://www.neh.gov/grants/ Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance http://www.cfda.gov FedGrants http://www.fedgrants.gov/ Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/ Grants Management http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ GrantsNet http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/ Education Grants Science Grants Other Grants HRSA Funding Opportunities http://www.hrsa.gov/grants.htm HUD grants http://www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm Institute of Museum & Library Services http://www.imls.gov/grants/ NARA | NHPRC Grants http://www.archives.gov/grants/

13. Consumer Health MedlinePlus—National Library of Medicinehttp://medlineplus.com Healthfinderhttp://www.healthfinder.gov Health Information—(NIH)http://health.nih.gov Consumer Health Manual Indexhttp://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer Consumer Health Manual Index (Spanish)http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer.chspanish.html Social Security Agencyhttp://www.ssa.gov HEATHINFOQUESThttp://nnlm.gov/healthinfoquest/ Medicare.gov—Medicare & Medigap plans http://www.medicare.gov/ MedlinePlus: Child & Teen Health Topics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childandteenhealth.html MedlinePlus Go Localhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/golocal/index.html Pocket Guide to Good Health for Childrenhttp://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/childguide/ Healthfinder—kidshttp://www.healthfinder.gov/kids Health—FirstGov for Kidshttp://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/index.html Federal Information Clearinghouseshttp://www.health.gov/nhic Healthy People 2010http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8595

14. ToxNet Toxicology & Environmental Health Informationhttp://tox.nlm.nih.gov Tox Townhttp://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)http://www.epa.gov/tri/ Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/toxlinfs.html Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov U.S. Censushttp://www.census.gov Haz-Map Occupational Healthhttp://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC)http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/rahc PubMedhttp://pubmed.gov MedlinePlushttp://medlineplus.gov WISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders) http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov Household Products Databasehttp://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov Healthy People 2010 http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8595 U.S. Mexico Border Health Associationhttp://www.usmbha.org/

15. Team teach with World Geography WebCT and with Upper Division & Capstone classes in Business Embedded librarian for health sciences, wildlife, agriculture, agronomy, & environmental engineering “On call” librarian for Government Information to the Texas A&M University Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy

16. In Closing Thank you for coming! Please visit the poster session Jernigan Library Government Information http://lib.tamuk.edu/reference/gov_info/MnIndx.htm Please contact me with questions – Victoria Lynn Packard – VPackard@TAMUK.EDU VPackard@TAMUK.EDU – 361-593-2918