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Fun Links

Courtesy of the University of Houston, the Library of Congress, Oregon State University, and others, the following sites provide links to videos, government info for writers, apps, and more.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. (U.S. Government Publishing Office.  Superintendent of Documents) E-Books available from the U.S. Government. 

Federal Government Mobile Apps Directory. (USA.gov) Provides lists of Apps by source agency, and by device type.

GovSpeak:  A Guide to U.S. Government Acronyms & Abbreviations. (University of California - San Diego. The Library)  Site for locating acronyms and abbreviations used by the federal government, except for military acronyms. The site not only lists the acronyms of hundreds of government departments, agencies and programs, it also links to their websites. 

NLS Reference Guide:  Accessible Mobile Reading Apps. (Library of Congress)  Lists software Apps to assist the visually impaired with reading printed material displayed on mobile devices, etc.

U.S. Government Photos and Images. (USA.gov) Government photos and images by topic. 

USA.gov on YouTube. (USA.gov) Official YouTube channel of the U.S. Government with links, playlists and featured channels for a wide variety of interesting government agency produced videos! 

Writer’s Guide to Government Information. (Daniel Cornwall)  Government information resources for writers arranged in broad topic areas.