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Loyola's Cudahy Library is a Federal Depository Library.

The Homeland Security Digital Library is a compendium of materials available for scholarly research in the area of Homeland Security

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About FDsys

 In 1993, Congress passed the U.S. Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act (Public Law 103-40), which expanded GPO's mission to provide electronic access to Federal electronic information. In June 1994, GPO launched GPO Access, which provides online access to information from all three branches of the Federal Government. For more than 15 years, GPO Access has been America's source for Government information online, but now GPO is unveiling the next generation of Government information online with GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys).

FDsys: America's Authentic Government Information

What is the DataFerrett?

DataFerrett is a unique data mining and extraction tool. (FERRETT stands for Federated Electronic Research, Review, Extraction, and Tabulation Tool.)  DataFerrett allows you to select a databasket full of variables and then recode those variables as you need.

You can then develop and customize tables. Selecting your results in your table you can create a chart or graph for a visual presentation into an html page. Save your data in the databasket and save your table for continued reuse.

DataFerrett helps you locate and retrieve the data you need across the Internet to your desktop or system, regardless of where the data resides. DataFerrett:

• lets you receive data in the form in which you need it (whether it be extracted to an ascii, SAS, SPSS, Excel/Access file); or
• lets you move seamlessly between query, analysis, and visualization of data in one package;
• lets data providers share their data easier, and manage their own online data.

Provided by the Loyola University Law Library, HEINoline offers access to many U.S. government materials: Congressional documents, treaties, and legislative histories; Executive branch publications; Supreme Court reports, and the U.S. Statues at Law.

 Visit the second floor of the Klarchek Information Commons, or, if you prefer, call, e-mail, or schedule an appointment.  Chat with a librarian online using ASKLive.  You may find the answer to your question in our FAQ.