Gail Borden Public Library
Government, Law, Politics
Voter Registration
Cook County Election Department
Kane County Elections
Local Governments
Kane County, Illinois
Includes the Kane County Codes and the Kane County Recorder's searchable database.
Kane County Guide to Community Services
"Includes an overview of social services and how to obtain community services. A Service Index is provided classified according to service specializations. Agency profiles include address, phone numbers, web, and email addresses, hours, disability access, fees, eligibility requirements, and service descriptions."
Cook County Information Center
Cook County Government website.
City of Elgin
Includes the Municipal Code, Hemmens schedule, city council minutes, and more.
Village of South Elgin
Illinois State Government
State of Illinois
Find-It! Illinois
This site brings Illinois government agencies information together in one convenient place. "Key components are the Virtual Illinois Catalog (VIC), access to the databases purchased by the State Library for Illinois library patrons, and the Illinois Government Information (IGI) search engine."
Illinois CLICKS!
This site brings Illinois government agencies information together in one convenient place. "Illinois CLICKS! is an information website with quality internet resources, reviewed and selected by Illinois librarians, well-organized for easy access by all Illinois citizens."
State Resource Center
"Extensive list of links to statewide offices, the state's legal branches, its counties, its rules of court, important legal forms, and more."
Illinois Compiled Statutes
Cyberdrive Illinois: Secretary of State
Illinois Department of Revenue
Illinois tax forms, circuit breaker information, and more.
Illinois State Board of Elections
Identify your elected state officials; find out about Illinois campaigns, elections, and voting; identify your voting district.
LMI Source: Labor Market Information
Labor Market Information and statistics. From the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
Social Security Administration, Chicago Region
Federal Government
see also Politics
USA.gov
The only official U.S. Government portal to million pages of government information, services, and online transactions. The Reference Center lists often-requested webpages.
Federal Forms Catalog for Citizens
Forms.gov provides citizens and businesses with a common access point to federal agency forms. It includes access to over 5,400 forms from 172 agencies (as of October 2009). Can be searched by agency, by name of the form, or with a simple search box.
GovBenefits
GovBenefits helps answer the question, "Are there government benefit programs available to help you? Our online screening tool is free, easy-to-use, and completely confidential. We do not require your name, phone number, Social Security number, or any other information that could be used to identify you."
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Forms and news from the USCIS ((formerly, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS))
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Federal tax forms, publications, and more.
FedLaw
Everything you need to know about federal law.
FindLaw
Laws, legal forms, legal definitions.
Thomas: Legislative information on the Internet
Federal legislative information.
U.S. Census Bureau
Data and statistics about the people and economy of the United States.
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
Congress.org: Write to Congress and State Legislators
U.S. Copyright Office
Copyight information: what it is, how to get it, regulations, etc.
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Economic information, including Consumer Price Index.
FedStats
Gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies.
Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy
Basic documents and writings about United States history and U.S. democracy, including historical background for each document, and famous presidential speeches.
Federal Consumer Information Center
One-stop source for answers to questions about Federal agencies, programs and services, from the people who brought you the Consumer Information Catalog (a.k.a. "Ahhh, Pueblo!").
Finding Data on the Internet
Statistics, education, crime, politics, agriculture, health, etc.
Law
Illinois Legal Aid Online
Legal information for Illinois residents, covering consumer, housing, work, and other types of law. From the Illinois Technology Center for Law and the Public Interest.
Prairie State Legal Services
Prairie State Legal Services offers free legal services for low income persons and those over 60 who have serious civil legal problems and need legal help to solve them.
Administer Justice
A faith-based non-profit legal service provider and community justice center located in East Dundee. They provide legal, educational, financial and conflict resolution services to those who are most in need.
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
"The Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator provides free online access to the entire Martindale-Hubbell database. Users can search over one million lawyers and law firms in 160 countries by a variety of criteria, including name, geographic location, practice area, firm size, and languages."
Kane County Bar Association
FindLaw
Laws, legal forms, legal definitions.
FedLaw
Everything you need to know about federal law.
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
American Law Sources Online (ALSO)
"A comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for the United States, Canada, and Mexico."
Internet Legal Resources Guide
"A comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America." Includes a large collection of free legal forms.
Internet Law Library
Includes resources about U.S. federal, state, and territorial laws, international laws, etc., as well as a searchable version of the U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations.
Librarians' Internet Index: Law
Politics
University of Michigan Documents Center
"A reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news" about local, state, federal, foreign, and international government.
Country Studies: Area Handbook Series
"A description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world." From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
World Factbook
The CIA's annual reference book on the geography, people, economics, government, etc., of the countries of the world. The online version is updated frequently.
World Leaders
Directory of chiefs of state and cabinet ministers of foreign governments, as well as their ambassadors to the United States and the United Nations. From the Central Intelligence Agency.
Librarians' Internet Index: Politics
Annotated subject directory about political parties, movements, thought, and issues. From the Librarians' Internet Index.
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Last checked: October 17, 2009.
Updated: Octber 17, 2009.
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