Jesse Vestermark is the College Librarian for CAED. Many of the links below go to Research Guides he has designed to support CAED fields. In addition to consulting such online help, you may also wish to consult with him.
CAED Librarian Jesse Vestermark has compiled links and information to several great sources.
Searching Google for Government Documents
You can search government documents from California specifically using Google. By including the "site" command in your search, you limit your search to a particular site or range of sites. For example:
site:.gov (searches all government websites)
site:.ca.gov (searches the California state government and many California county governments)
site:.ca.us (searches many California city websites)
There are exceptions to these rules for counties and cities. Your safest bet is to search site:.gov and include the name of the city in the search as well as your topic keywords.
For recent EIR reports, typically you can put in the relevant location name, EIR, and add site:.gov
For example: Philips 66 Santa Margarita EIR site:.gov