Government Documents: Home

Many federal datasets, websites, and other previously accessible resources are being taken offline to comply with executive orders. We recognize that the loss of this information disrupts study and research, reduces government transparency, and creates uncertainty across the public and private sectors. 

This guide is to assist students and faculty in locating government websites and documents (and backups of data that has been removed.) This will be a continuing work in progress, and will be updated with relevant news and links to archives of federal data and websites. We are prioritizing data and resources of known value to the McDaniel community, but please feel free to contact us for assistance with locating resources not yet listed here, or to share with us locations of resources we haven't yet located.

Data Rescue Projects

Much of the work being done to secure federal data and websites is being coordinated by groups including RDAP, the Data Curation Network, and others. They have created a webpage with lots of additional information beyond what is posted here including:

• Larger and Established Data and Website Efforts

• Data Rescue Events (volunteer to help)

• Ad Hoc Rescue Efforts and Data Archiving Activists

• Data Rescue Project

• Data Rescue Project on Bluesky

• Our Regional Depository Library:  University of Maryland, College Park
• Status:  Selective (a subset of all depository items are selected for our collection)
• Item Selections:  1.13% = 115 items
• # of Volumes:  18,000
• Access:  Print materials are housed in our government documents collection and shelved by SuDoc Number.  Some titles are cataloged in the regular collection instead.

“This library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law. (Title 44 United States Code)”