Ecology
Library research help for students, faculty, and staff studying ecology and environmental topics.
Getting Started with Government Documents
Government information can be an important contribution to your research. Government documents and reports can also be difficult to find. There are many ways to search for and locate government information.
- The CSU catalog includes print and electronic government documents.
- Some databases such as TreeSearch include links to online government documents. TreeSearch includes Forest Service publications
- Google advanced searches can be a useful way to locate more recent government documents which might be in pdf, or full-text on the Web.
Government Information
- Search the U.S. GovernmentSearch all federal, state, and local government websites with one search, including those without the .gov suffix.
- Government Information Research GuideLinks and instructions for finding information produced by all levels of the U.S. government.
Example Catalog Search for Government Documents
Below are some examples of searching for government documents.
Library catalog advanced search
Catalog examples
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