Government Shutdown and E-Resources

As a result of the Federal Government shutdown, beginning October 1, 2013, many government sources linked from our web systems will not be updated or will be unavailable to all users. Note that the availability of some government websites may change during the course of the shutdown. Please review the shutdown postings on each individual site to determine the currency and availability of new and existing content.

As of October 1, 2013, resources were unavailable online from the following agencies:

  • Library of Congress, except Thomas.gov and beta.congress.gov
  • Bureau of the Census, including Census.gov, American Factfinder, and USA Trade Online
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including Physical Reference Data
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Department of the Army, including Army Heritage Collections Online
  • Chief Information Officer of the United States, including Data.gov

Sites that remain available, but with fewer or no updates during the shutdown:

  • Government Printing Office sites, including GPOaccess.gov, Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, and Federal Register
  • Medline Plus
  • PubMed
  • PubMed Central
  • Search.USA.gov

If you have any questions, please contact us.