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A local resident came in to find out if we had any books on Federal grant opportunities (any agency) for individuals.
That information, as it turns out, is now maintained and accessible online.
There is a Web site called Grants.gov that is the "official" Federal Government portal for grants information.
(There are links in a couple of places in our site, including here.)
A new faculty member (Politics) wants to identify U.S. Government materials on genocide and issues of remembrance/forgetting.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Includes Executive Branch and Congressional materials.
(coverage is 1976-to-date)
LexisNexis Congressional
Includes only Congressional publications -- hearings, reports, etc.
(coverage extends backs to the 1970's and the publisher is working "backwards" to include the 19th century)
This database is the "official " U.S. Government search engine, covering only U.S. government (Federal and state) Web pages.
Anything posted on any one of these public sites since the mid-1990's could show up.