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Government Information Online
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Databases & Information Clearinghouses, M-R
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US Manual for Courts-Martial, 2002 Edition [.pdf format]
The Manual for Courts-Martial contains the President's rules and guidance for the administration of military criminal law worldwide.
MarciveWeb DOCS
A catalog of U.S. government publications since July 1976.
MEDLINE
MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Internet searching is available through PubMed.
MEDLINEplus
Information on hundreds of diseases, conditions, and wellness issues.
MedWatch
The FDA Medical Products Reporting Program.
Migrating Government Publications
Links to electronic forms of government documents, listed by SU DOC/agency.
Monthly Catalog
Information on publications made available through the Federal Depository Library Program since mid-1976. [See Catalog of U.S. Government Publications for free public access]
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NASA Technical Report Server
The NASA Technical Report Server is an experimental service that allows users to search the many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs.
NASA TechTracS
A database of NASA programs, technologies, and success stories which may have commercial potential and benefits.
NASA's Visible Earth
A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth.
National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
A database of materials devoted to increased safety, health and injury prevention in agriculture.
National Agricultural Statistical Service Public Estimates Database
NASS publishes U.S., state, and county level agricultural statistics for many commodities and data series.
National Atlas of the United States
The National Atlas from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is designed to promote greater geographic awareness through the development and delivery of products that provide easy to use, map-like views of our natural and socio-cultural landscapes.
National Center for Health Statistics Data Warehouse
Tabulated data, Tabulated State Data, Micro-data, ICD-9-CM.
National Child Care Information Center
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) has been established to complement, enhance and promote child care linkages and to serve as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families.
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
An index of criminal justice resources published since 1972. Includes abstracts for government documents, journal articles, books, research reports, and more, on criminal justice topics including: courts, corrections, criminology, drugs and crime, juvenile justice, law enforcement, statistics, and victims of crime. Includes links to full text documents where available.
National Endowment for the Arts Publications
Catalog of current NEA publications.
National Environmental Data Index (NEDI)
The National Environmental Data Index (NEDI) provides direct access to environmental data and information descriptions.
National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS)
Database of over 7000 EPA documents. Full text.
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
The national repository for geophysical data, providing a wide range of science data services and information.
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
National Information Center
Information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest including both domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S.
National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library
The NII Virtual Library is the home of the U.S. component of the Global Inventory Project (GIP) and the home of the international registry for the G7 Global Marketplace SME Testbeds. Links to general information about the eleven G7 Pilot Projects are found at G7 Pilot Projects.
National Oceanographic Data Center
The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) is one of the national environmental data centers operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
The NPIN Web site is designed to share HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB resources and information.
National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
Access to a wide variety of astrophysics, space plasma, solar physics, lunar and planetary data from NASA space flight missions, in addition to selected other data and some models and software.
National Trade Data Bank (NTDB)
UM only
International trade information from a wide variety of governmental sources; full texts of many publications. *For access, please visit the Government Documents Reference Desk, 4th floor, McKeldin Library.
National Transportation Data Archive
The National Transportation Data Archive provides updated data, graphs and charts on nationwide transportation statistics.
National Vital Statistics System
The National Vital Statistics System is responsible for the Nation's official vital statistics. It contains statistics on births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths. Also includes the Linked Birth and Infant Death Data Set, National Maternal and Infant Health Survey, National Mortality Followback Survey, the National Survey of Family Growth, and the National Death Index.
National Wetlands Inventory
The National Wetlands Inventory Project was established to generate information about the characteristics, extent and status of the nation's wetlands and deepwater habitats.
National Women's Health Information Center
Health Information and Referral Center for Women from the Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Abstracts Database
An index of criminal justice resources published since 1972. Includes abstracts for government documents, journal articles, books, research reports, and more, on criminal justice topics including: courts, corrections, criminology, drugs and crime, juvenile justice, law enforcement, statistics, and victims of crime. Includes links to full text documents where available.
NEDI (National Environmental Data Index)
The National Environmental Data Index (NEDI) provides direct access to environmental data and information descriptions.
NEPIS (National Environmental Publications Internet Site)
Database of over 10,000 EPA documents. Full text.
NGDC (National Geophysical Data Center)
The national repository for geophysical data, providing a wide range of science data services and information.
NIOSH Certified Equipment List (CEL)
The Certified Equipment List (CEL), a database of all certified respirators and coal mine dust personal sampler units, may be accessed on-line, or it may be downloaded. The on-line, searchable database is updated monthly. The downloadable CEL is updated semi-annually, as of March 31 and September 30. From the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSHTIC-2 is a bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications generated by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) researchers or developed with NIOSH funding.
NPIN (National Prevention Information Network)
The NPIN Web site is designed to share HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB resources and information.
NTIS (National Technical Information Service)Covers U.S. government-sponsored research and reports from federal agencies. NTIS is the central source for the sale of unclassified and publicly available information from federal sources. Indexes and abstracts technical research reports, journal articles, data files, computer programs and audio-visual products. Coverage 1964 to current.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Electronic Reading Room
Public Electronic Reading Room provides access to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) new records management system of publicly available agency information (ADAMS). Within this system you can access two libraries: the Publicly Available Records System Library (PARS) and the Public Legacy Library.
Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data
Information from the USDA on the nutrient content of foods consumed in the United States.
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O*NET (Occupational Information Network)
A comprehensive database of worker attributes and job characteristics.
OALJ Law Library
A collection of legal resources from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ).
Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards
Guidelines published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) in 1981 with revisions where available.
Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
A comprehensive database of worker attributes and job characteristics.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Decisions
Final Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) Decisions and Final Commission Decisions.
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
With over 10,000 entries, OMIM, maintained by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, represents a comprehensive and constantly updated catalog of inherited diseases.
OpenCRS: Congressional Research Reports for the People
This project of the Center for Democracy & Technology provides access to over 12,000 reports from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the arm of Congress that provides research and analysis on a variety of topics. Topics relate to current political and legislative issues such as energy policy, homeland security, and identity theft.
OSHA Electronic Reading Room
OSHA directives, manuals, statistics, data, etc.
OSHA Regulation and Compliance Links
Regulations and Compliance Links provides a comprehensive and easy to use resource for current OSHA standards and compliance-related information.
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Patent & Trademark Office databases
Patent and trademark databases.
Planetary Data System (PDS)
The Planetary Data System (PDS) archives and distributes digital data from past and present NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements.
Presidential Papers at the Library of Congress
The Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress holds the main body of the papers of twenty-three presidents from George Washington to Calvin Coolidge, comprising about two million manuscript items. Papers currently available online include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Prevention Online (PREVLINE)
National clearinghouse for drug & alcohol information.
Public Library Locator
Locate a public library in the U.S.
Public Papers of the Presidents
Each volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. This database includes volumes from 1992-present. The hardcopy series includes volumes covering the administrations since Herbert Hoover and are available in Government Documents on the 4th Floor in McKeldin Library. The University of Michigan provides access to volumes from 1929-2000.
PubMed
Access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science resources. Also includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
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Recreation.Gov
Recreational opportunities on federal lands.
Roadless Inventory
Information on inventoried roadless areas. Inventoried roadless areas are areas of National Forest System land currently inventoried for planning purposes as roadless areas.
