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Government information offers access to a wealth of grey literature including reports, statistics, maps; material related to public health, technology-based industry and the advancement of science. It also provides the most detailed primary sources for the study of an extensive range of topics.

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Select the jurisdiction from the drop down menu to search government information from Canada, U.S. Mexico, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Latin America & Caribean, Europe, Middle East and IGOs.

Note: the Google custom search for Canadian Government information was created by Carleton University. It covers federal, provincial and municipal levels of government.

Enter a search term in English may not get the best results for jurisdictions using languages other than English.

Government information research guides & Open Access repositories

Canadian government information
- Government of Canada official website
- Government Publications Canada
- GALLOP Portal: an Open Access Repository supported by a federated search portal covering both federal and provincial government publications
- CanLII: "provides access to various types of secondary law materials, from law books, journals, articles, reports, and other resources"
- Federal Science Library: a portal provides access to repositories of seven science-based departments and agencies from a single place
Foreign govenment informaton
- govinfo: an Open Access Repository provides access to official publications from all three branches of U.S. federal government
- CRS Reports: CRS is the public policy research section of the U.S. Congress
- GAO: Reports & Testimonies: provides "timely, fact-based, non-partisan information that can improve government operations"
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS): provides access to over two million citations from government departments such as NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense
Public policy: key government resources
- Library of Parliament Research Publications: "provide non-partisan, reliable and timely information and analysis on current and emerging issues, legislation and major public policy topics"
- White papers
  - official documents presented by Ministers of the Crown which state and explain the government's policy on certain issues
  - 1939 - 2014 (Archive-It, University of Toronto)
  - Government of Canada Publications: search "government policy" under subject for policy publications
- Green papers
  - official documents sponsored by Ministers of the Crown which are issued by the government to invite public comment and discussion on an issue prior to policy formulation
  - 1971 - 2010 (Archive-It, University of Toronto)
  - Government of Canada Publications: search "policy" or "consultations" under subject for policy publications
- Government responses to committee reports
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UN & Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)

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