Tracking Government Data & Access

As reported by the New York Times, various United States government websites are being modified to comply with President Trump’s recent Executive Orders. Faculty and students regularly use government information sources for teaching, grant writing, and research purposes. Modifications to these resources may impact access to information by creating broken links, incorrect citations, or gaps in information and making it harder to compare information over time. For these reasons, communities and organizations across the country have worked to archive and provide access to these resources.

Critical thinking, access to reliable information, and information literacy are core to the work of the Libraries and the expertise of our employees. This guide was created to support our campus community in thinking critically about government information in the context of these changes. Use this guide to learn more about archives of past government websites and data, alternative access points for data sources, and how to keep up with changes at the federal level. We have also added an “Announcement” icon to relevant entries in our list of databases, which links to a context note on our Database Notices & Alerts page.