Research Guides: Reference Materials at NYU Libraries: Federal and State Resources

Government Resources

Recommended sources for finding U.S. and New York State government resources. Visit the NYU Libraries government documents guide for more information about accessing and using the government documents collection at NYU Libraries, and alternative resources for government data.

The databases below are available to NYU community members only, and require an active NetID and password.

Social Explorer
Social Explorer contains access to U.S. Census data dating back to 1790. Users can create maps and embed them as objects or download static images.

To access Social Explorer, create a user account after signing in to NYU's SSO. If you have questions about authenticating your NYU Social Explorer account from off-campus, please contact Data Services.
ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Congressional allows you to explore Congress in action with the most comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. You can perform in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest.

This resource is not part of the depository library program.
Legislative Insight
Legislative Insight contains access to all of the various publications that become available as as a bill moves through the legislative process on its way to becoming a law. These include the full text of the Public Law itself, all versions of related bills, law-specific Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and prints. Legislative Insight offers a research citation page that not only links to the full text of the associated primary source publications, but also allows the user to search within these documents.
Government Periodicals Index
Government Periodicals Index provides indexing and links to full text articles from periodicals published by agencies and departments of the United States Federal government.