Journalism - FIGs: Finding & Evaluating Information

State of Missouri Official Website (http://www.mo.gov)

Missouri Government Research Guide created by the Government Information Librarian

• List of State Agencies
• Elected Officials:  Executive and Legislative Branches
• Missouri Courts - Official MO Judicial Branch of State Government
  • Missouri CaseNet - Missouri State Courts Automated Case Management System
• MO.gov Social Media Directory
• Missouri Attorney General
• Missouri Secretary of State
• Missouri State Legislature
  • Joint Bill Tracking
  • MO House of Representatives
  • MO Senate
  • Missouri "Blue Book"
• MERIC (MO Economic Research & Information Center)
• Missouri Census Data Center
• Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA)
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Data and Statistics
• Missouri Public Records Search
• Missouri State Auditor (audit reports, property tax rates, TIFs, financial reports by county)
• Missouri State Highway Patrol Statistical Analysis Center (crime data, sex offenders, etc.)
• Open Missouri Project (David Herzog's RJI Project - connecting people with Missouri data sets)
• Data.MO.gov - MO data repository

State Database Project - databases created by each state

U.S. Federal Government Website (http://www.usa.gov)

Federal Government Research Guide - created by the Government Documents Librarian

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • Congress.gov - Library of Congress' legislative information service
    • Sources for Congressional Research Services Reports (CRS)
• Judicial Branch
• Federal Agencies
• Prices & Wages Guide from 1700's to date - created by the Government Documents Librarian
• Quandl U.S. Statistical Data - a Canadian aggregator of government data
• New York Times Mapping America:  Every City, Every Block  Mapping tool for race/ethnicity, income, education, housing and families.
• Data.gov part of the open government initiative, it allows the public to easily find, download, and use data sets that are generated and held by the Federal Government.
• United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Historical Tables - (find out how many times the debt ceiling has been raised (table 7.3), etc.)
• 2010 Census - U. S. Census Bureau
  • American FactFinder population, housing, geographic and economic information
  • American Community Survey an ongoing statistical survey that samples a small percentage of the population every year
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Tools sales/inventories/services survey/new home sales/construction spending/retail trade)
• U. S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) -Economic indicators, etc.
  • National Economic Accounts from the BEA
• Statistical Abstract of the United States 1878-2011 (also called the National Data Book)
• FBI Uniform Crime Reports
• FedStats
• Government Printing Office Fdsys - digital database of government documents
• Census of Agriculture data/statistics
• Climate Data from the National Climate Data Center (NCDC)
• Data.dc.gov searches District of Columbia government databases