Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)

Government Information

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The Iraq Study Group Report (PDF)

Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century

NY State Comptroller: Financial Outlook for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Report of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the US Re: Weapons of Mass Destruction

NY State Comptroller: The Financial Outlook for the Health and Hospitals Corporation (PDF)

CIA Report on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction

Keeping Current on Elections (MS Word)

National Security Archive

Government information in all formats and at all levels (Federal, State, Local, International Organizations and Countries) is available at or through the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL):

Federal:
The New York Public Library has been a United States Federal Government depository since 1884.

New York State:
New York State Government depository since 1956.

Other State and Local Jurisdictions:
SIBL has a strong collection in labor and other economic data, in addition to Statistical Reference Index (1988-) Microfiche (also available through Statistical Universe database, 1973-) and Current Urban Documents (1972-) Microfiche (also available through Index to Current Urban Documents database, 2000-). Holdings of State Legislative materials are very selective and are now the responsibility of the General Research Division at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library.

New York City:
SIBL has an uneven but wide-ranging collection of New York City Government information.

International Organizations:
- United Nations: full depository since 1946; partial depository since 1995.
- European Union: depository since the mid 1950s.
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- International Monetary Fund
- World Bank

Other Countries:
SIBL has substantial holdings for financial, labor, economic and general statistical material, including Central Bank publications. Holdings for legislative materials are uneven and are now the responsibility of the General Research Division at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library.

This site describes how to locate government resources in print and electronic formats at SIBL and provides links to government information on the World Wide Web. See the Site Map.

If you have questions about the government resources available at SIBL, please consult with a librarian at the McGraw desk located in the Lower Level of the library or call our telephone reference service (212) 592-7000 for assistance.

E. D'Onofrio
Revised: April 2006