These sites help you locate federal government documents.

The following are databases to literature put together by government agencies and departments.  Most of them index both government and non-government publications.  Most do not offer full text.  To obtain an item, check PolyCat to see if we have it at Cal Poly.  If not, use CSU+ (for books) and Interlibrary Loan (for articles) to obtain a copy.

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.