Research Guides: Animal Science & Wildlife Biology: Government Publication Collections

Government Publication Collections

Government publications are useful for animal science or wildlife biologyresearch whether at an international, national/federal, state or local organizational or agency level. Technical reports are essential for wildlife research including resources from federal and state fish and wildlife agencies.

National Technical Reports Library
Government-sponsored research, development and technical reports with full-text access to digitized reports published by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Department of Commerce. Search more than 3 million reports with links to over 800,000 full-text reports.
[Coverage: 1964-present]
National Digital Library (US Fish & Wildlife Service)
Free online digital media library from US F&WS. Wide assortment of selected images, publications (including historic documents, oral histories and more), video and audio clips, and maps that are in the public domain.
Document Library (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) Document Library is an online repository of thousands of DFW related documents from California agencies, contractors, and related non-governmental organizations. In addition to advanced searching for title, author, subject, keywords, and date ranges, all documents in the DFG Document Library are organized by Categories. Use Browse By Category to see all available groupings and learn which DFW function or program is responsible for each category. You may also view a complete list of DFW documents and then link directly to that program's web page. The majority of documents digitized are from the 2000s with the largest collection of documents on "California Wildlife Habitat Relationships". NOTE: CA DFW (Department of Fish and Wildlife) was formerly called CA DFG (Department of Fish and Game).
EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications
The National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) provides access to thousands of popular EPA documents. For additional EPA resources, see the EPA National Library Catalog.