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The Oakland Public Library is a partial depository for California and United States government documents. We house more than 200,000 government publications, most of them available to check out. See also the library's links to Government Forms.

United States

Search Tools

Oakland Public Library Government Documents Catalog
http://www.auto-graphics.com/cgipac/mmx/okpl

USA.gov: Federal Government Search Engine
http://www.usa.gov/

GobiernoUSA.gov: Información sobre el gobierno de los Estados Unidos
http://www.GobiernoUSA.gov/

Subject Guide to Federal Web Sites
http://www.browsetopics.gov

Business

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://www.cfda.gov

Contracting with the Federal Government
http://www.fedbizopps.gov/

Patents and Trademarks
http://www.uspto.gov

Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

Citizenship

United States Citizenship Resources (guides and exams in English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Russian) http://sfpl.org/citizenship/

Documents

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
http://catalog.gpo.gov/F

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

Federal Publications for Sale, by Subject
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/subjects/index.jsp

Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents in American History
http://ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=false&

Laws & Lawmakers

Code of Federal Regulations (regulations codified)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Congressional Legislation (bill summaries from 1973- , full text from 1989- )
http://thomas.loc.gov

Congressional Record (1994- )
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html

Federal Register (regulations and agency announcements)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

The President of the United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov

Public Laws (1995- )
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html

United States Code (laws)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

Who Represents Oakland in Federal Government, from the League of Women Voters
http://www.lwvoakland.org/Who_Represents_Oakland.html#United%20States

Statistics

American FactFinder, from the U.S. Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/

FedStats (gateway site for finding statistics from more than 100 agencies)
http://www.fedstats.gov

Historic Census Data, 1790-2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

California

State of California Home Page
http://www.ca.gov

Business, Finance, and Jobs

California Budget
http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/BUD_DOCS/Bud_link.htm

California State Contracts Register
http://www.cscr.dgs.ca.gov/cscr/

CalJOBS from the Employment Development Department
http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/

LaborMarketInfo (hot jobs by region, average salaries by job and more)
http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov

Education

California School Directory (public and private, preschool through college)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd

California Student Aid Commission
http://www.csac.ca.gov/

Laws & Lawmakers

California Bill Information (state Assembly and Senate)
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html

California Code of Regulations
http://ccr.oal.ca.gov

California Courts Self-Help Center
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/

California Governor
http://gov.ca.gov/

California Law (codes, statutes, and state constitution)
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html

California Legislature
Assembly: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
Senate: http://www.senate.ca.gov/

California Roster (elected officials at the federal, state, county, and city levels)
http://www.sos.ca.gov/executive/ca_roster/

Who Represents Oakland in State Government, from the League of Women Voters
http://www.lwvoakland.org/Who_Represents_Oakland.html#California

Search Tools

California State Library Catalog
http://www.lib.state.ca.us/

California Telephone Directory (state agencies and employees)
http://www.cold.ca.gov

Statistics

California Demographics
http://www.dof.ca.gov/Research/Research.php

California Economic Indicators
http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/indicatr/ei_home.htm

California Statistical Abstract
http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/stat-abs/sa_home.htm

Oakland

City of Oakland Home Page
http://www.oaklandnet.com

Oakland Building Permit Information
http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/ceda/revised/build_ser/buperinf.htm

Oakland City Council
http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/council/city-officials.html

Oakland Homelessness and Hunger Programs
http://www.ci.oakland.ca.us/government/hcd/homeless/index.html

Oakland Municipal Code
http://bpc.iserver.net/codes/oakland/

Oakland Police Department, with crime statistics, maps, and daily reports
http://www.oaklandpolice.com/
http://gismaps.oaklandnet.com/crimewatch/
http://www.oaklandpolice.com/crimprev/crimerpts.html

Oakland Public Schools STAR Test Reports
http://star.cde.ca.gov/star2008/Viewreport.asp

Oaklandshines: Helpful Phone Numbers (business, parking, social services, etc.)
http://www.oaklandnet.com/oakshines/HTML/phone.html

Resources for Rental Issues, from the Community and Economic Development Agency
http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/hcd/rentboard/resources.html

Who Represents Oakland in City Government, from the League of Women Voters
http://www.lwvoakland.org/Who_Represents_Oakland.html#Oakland

Alameda County

Alameda County Home Page
http://www.acgov.org/index.htm

Alameda County Ordinances
http://www.acgov.org/admin/admincode/index.htm

Alameda County Public Health Department (programs and services)
http://www.acphd.org/user/services/listing.asp

Alameda County Registrar of Voters
http://www.acgov.org/rov/