Portal Sites 

• GPO Access  "GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government."
  
  
• USA.gov  Official portal for government services and information.

• National Endowment for the Arts
  
  
• Minnesota State Arts Board

• Business.gov
  
  
• U.S. Department of Commerce Latest economic indicators, trade statistics, export regulations, and more.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Labor
  

Education

• Department of Education U.S.
  
  
• Digest of Educational Statistics  A compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
  
  
• ERIC  
  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC  "produces the world's premier database" of journal and non-journal education literature.
  
  
• Minnesota Department of Education

Health and Human Services

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Website for the public health agency known as the CDC that works to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats including terrorism.  Site provides access to research over a wide range of health and safety issues.
  
  
•  U.S. Health and Human Services Department A component of the CDC, provides good information on health issues, as well as information about services for children and families, Medicare and Medicaid, issues of aging, and much more.
  
  
• FDA/U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Another part of the Health and Human Services Department, the FDA provides information on food and drug safety and includes materials on cosmetics and medical devices.
  
  
• Household Products Database
  From the National Library of Medicine, information about the chemical ingredients in specific brands, health effects and toxicity data for products, and more.
  

• National Archives and Records

• Thomas  "In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress."

• Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Science.gov  "Science.gov is a search engine for government science information and research results. Currently in its fourth generation, Science.gov provides search of more than 50 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 1,800 scientific Web sites (see Science.gov fact sheet)."
  

• Bureau of Labor Statistics  Provides a wealth of timely and accurate statistics of national interest--inflation and consumer spending; wages, earnings & benefits; productivity; safety & health; employment, import & export pricing: etc.  Includes the "Occupational Outlook Handbook."

• FedStats  Statistics from more than 100 agencies, includes MapStats with statistical profiles of States, counties, cities, Congressional Districts, and Federal judicial districts.
  
  
• U.S. Census Bureau  Provides "quality data about the nation's people and economy."