Finding Government Information

Most search engines provide the ability to limit a search to a specific domain . When searching for government information, limiting searches to government domains is a useful strategy to eliminate unwanted information from other domains e.g. commercial websites. 

The table below provides a list of sample domains to use when searching for information relating to particular governments:

Search engines that allow you to search by domain include:

Browsing an entire government website for specific information can be very time-consuming.  

Many government websites contain a search box in which you can type, for example, the name of a specific department or agency.

It is then possible to continue your search for information published by that department or agency.

Google Advanced Search can help you find specific government information by allowing you to use domain searching as well as other limiting strategies. The example below shows how you would search for information on the Web about health and safety in nursing homes, excluding information about food safety, from the Queensland Government website.