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Find the latest in reported data from around the US and the world. Whether you’re looking for the US General Accounting Office or for the latest Congressional report, you'll find it here in Reports.

 

U.S. General Accounting Office

  • http://www.gao.gov/
    The General Accounting Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress. GAO exists to support the Congress in meeting its Constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the American people. GAO examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs and activities, and provides analyses, options, recommendations, and other assistance to help the Congress make effective oversight, policy, and funding decisions.

University of Maryland Libraries Virtual Technical Report Center
(including extensive list of links to other sites)

  • http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html
    Welcome to the Virtual Technical Reports Center! The Institutions listed here provide either full-text reports, or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the World Wide Web.  This site  contains links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds. 

National Archaeological Database of Reports

  • http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nadb/nadb.mul.html
    National Archeological Database, Reports module, is an expanded bibliographic inventory of approximately 240,000 reports on archeological investigation and planning, mostly of limited circulation. This "gray literature" represents a large portion of the primary information available on archeological sites in the U.S. NADB-Reports can be searched by state, county, worktype, cultural affiliation, keyword, material, year of publication, title, and author.

Oxford Journals Online Public Health Reports

  • http://phr.oupjournals.org/
    Public Health Reports - "The Public Health Journal That You Want to Read"
    For more than a century, Public Health Reports has brought important research and discussions of key issues to the public health community. By continuing to tackle important issues such as tobacco control, teenage violence, occupational disease and injury, immunization, drug policy, lead screening, Native American health issues, and tuberculosis control and to present them in a readable, lively, and accessible format Public Health Reports has established itself as a key information resource in the public health field.

U.S. Congress Senate, House, and Executive Reports

  • http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong005.html
    This annual publication consolidates the reporting mandated by several laws that have historically required separate reports to the President and the Congress. It is designed to present the Department's most significant accomplishments as the lead U.S. foreign affairs agency.

U.S. Department of State Reports

  • http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/dos/221.htm
    Provides information about the International Affairs category of the federal budget, called Function 150, which includes funding for the programs and activities of four cabinet departments, seven independent agencies, three foundations, and numerous other international organizations.

U.S. Census Bureau Current Industrial Reports

  • http://www.census.gov/cir/www/
    Since 1904, the Current Industrial Report (CIR) program has been providing monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity. The primary objective of the CIR program is to produce timely, accurate data on production and shipments of selected products. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector. These surveys measure manufacturing activity in important commodity areas such as textiles and apparel, chemicals, primary metals, computer and electronic components, industrial equipment, aerospace equipment, and consumer goods.


http://www.mapnp.org/library/
writing/organzng.htm


http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/
hypertext/reportW/


http://personal.ecu.edu/toveyj/
writing%20tips/linformalreport.htm


http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/


Documenting Sources


APA
http://www.apastyle.org/

MLA
http://www.mla.org/

Chicago Manual of Style
http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/guides/chicagogd.html

Government Printing Office Style Manual
http://www.access.gpo.gov/
styleman/2000/browse-sm-00.html


iTools
http://www.itools.com/research/

http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/
research_methods/interviews.htm

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