The Government Documents Department home page provides links to selected resources by subject. The department's Data Center offers researchers computers available for web searching as well as access to a number of subscription and CD-ROM databases. Introduction and Basic Starting Points Health and medical information is produced by a number of different agencies, including Congress and the Office of the President, as well as Health and Human Services. Starting a search for health or medical information is quite basic though, and begins with both print and online sources. The Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications is a bibliography and index to all documents published each year by government departments and agencies.
Access is provided by author, subject, title, keyword and report number.
The CIS provides information about Congressional hearings and committee reports, as well as public and private laws. The ASI is the index to statistics published by the federal government by subject, author, and category. Its coverage includes national, regional, state, county and city statistics. Subjects include information on diseases and disorders, anatomy and physiology, etiology, therapy, and biomedical technology. This source provides research articles from the US Department of Health and Human Services.