World Governments

World Governments

Millions of documents and growing—the central source for the publications of national governments around the world.

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What's inside

Comprehensive coverage

The Official Record, Preserved

Governments publish continuously — debates, proceedings, reports, budgets, commissions, inquiries, and audits — yet much of this output is poorly indexed, difficult to find, and at risk of disappearing entirely. In an era of political turbulence, disinformation, and contested accountability, reliable access to the official record has never mattered more.

Coherent locates and, where possible, preserves this material, creating standard metadata and assigning persistent identifiers to every item — so that historically and politically important documents remain findable, citable, and stable, even when the original source goes offline.

Country coverage

World Governments provides comprehensive coverage of the UK, Ireland, Canada, US federal agencies, and Oceania, including Australia and New Zealand, with additional coverage of a further 700+ government agencies from more than 180 countries.

With a single searchable resource spanning government output from around the world, researchers, journalists, and policymakers can track, compare, and cite what governments are saying and doing — across regions and over time.

Key stats

15.2 million+

Items

More than 14.2 million items so far, and the database is continually growing.

6,400+

Organizations

More than 6,400 organizations in countries around the world are included.

Content

Animal control and welfare

Architecture

Climate and environment

Diversity, equity, inclusion

Education and youth

Emergency, fire and safety

Energy and utilities

Immigration

Leisure and tourism

Libraries

Local history

Mental health

Police, crime and incarceration

Public health and epidemiology

Small business and economics

Sports, arts and culture

Statistics and data

Status of women

Terrorism

Transportation

Urban planning

Water resources and sewerage

Zoos, parks, forestry, and urban agriculture

What's inside this Database

A look at the content

Sample covers, pages, and primary sources from this Database.

A 2020 report published by the Republic of Columbia finds that the peace negotiation with the FARC insurgency significantly reduced sexual violence.

A 2023 report published by the Government of Norway detailing a strategy for climate change adaptation and the fight against hunger.

A 2016 report published by INREA detailing how livestock farming has become a significant environmental concern.

Uruguay’s 2022 roadmap to become a leading country in the production and export of green hydrogen.

A 2019 report published by the Republic of Peru about the development of Artificial intelligence and use of A.I. in education.

A 2020 report by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology details SpacEarth Technology's solutions for Total Electron Content gradients and signal diffraction, benefiting Arctic maritime shipping and precision agriculture in Brazil.

2017 Report from The Equality Authority to the Minister for Justice, Ireland.

2017 report from the Finnish government.

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IP, EZproxy, Shibboleth, OpenAthens, HAN.

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Discovery services

Indexed in Primo, Summon, EDS, WorldCat.

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Usage statistics

COUNTER 5 / SUSHI compliant.

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