Several resources have been affected by the government shutdown. Below is a partial list that we will update as the shutdown continues. Feel free to contact us if you discover inactive or malfunctioning sites, databases, journals, etc. USA.gov is a good source for general information and updates about the shutdown.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
“Due to the temporary shutdown of federal government services, this web site will not be updated or maintained until government operations are authorized to resume.”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
“Due to the lapse in government funding, only web sites supporting excepted functions will be updated unless otherwise funded. As a result, the information on this website may not be up to date, the transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted.”
Agricola – Although we have access to their citations, their full text may not be accessible.
US Census Bureau (and American Fact Finder)
“Due to the lapse in government funding, census.gov sites, services, and all online survey collection requests will be unavailable until further notice. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at usa.gov.
Websites affected by this shutdown are all census.gov hosted websites, including:
Census.gov, American Factfinder, Public API, FTP Servers, FAQs, Blogs, Online Surveys and
Federal Statistical Organization websites: FCSM, FedStats and MapStats
ClinicalTrials.gov
“Due to the lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted.”
EPA
“The EPA website and social media channels will not be updated until the federal government reopens.”
Grants.gov
“The Department of Health and Human Services anticipates that the Grants.gov system will remain in an operational status, but with reduced federal support staff presence, should a lapse in appropriations occur. In addition, we anticipate that the Grants.gov Contact Center will remain available, and provide assistance to callers. HHS, as Managing Partner, in collaboration with OMB and the Grants.gov Program Management Office, will keep the federal grantor community updated as to the status of the Grants.gov system as plans evolve in the event of a government shutdown.”
Department of Justice Web Portal
Note: Website will not be updates and inquiries will not be responded to.
Library of Congress
Note: All public events are cancelled and web sites are inaccessible
except the legislative information sites THOMAS.gov and beta.congress.gov
National Archives
Note: Link contains information about the Archives Contingency Plan
National Parks
Note: Closed, link contains information about the Dept. of the Interior’s Contingency plan
NCBI (includes databases such as Gene, SNP, and BLAST)
“Due to the lapse in government funding, the information on this web site may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the web site may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted.”
PubMed
“PubMed has been designated to be maintained with minimal staff during the lapse in government funding. The information on this website will be kept as up to date as possible, and the agency will attempt to respond to urgent operational inquiries during this period.”
Note: We are unsure what “as up to date as possible” means. We do not know if, how or how many new sets of citations will not be added to PubMed or indexed.
ERIC
NOTE: We do have access to ERIC through EBSCO, but our access to full text articles may be limited.
UPDATE: you might still be able to pull up full text from ERIC by using the ED number (the accession number) in this URL: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EDxxxxxx.pdf
Government Printing Office
Note: Congressional materials will continue to be processed and posted to FDsys. Federal Register services will be limited to documents necessary to safeguard human life, protect property, or provide other emergency services consistent with the performance of functions and services exempted under the Antideficiency Act. The remaining collections on FDsys are not being updated and will resume after funding is restored.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
“Due to the temporary shutdown of federal government services, this web site will not be updated or maintained until government operations are authorized to resume.”
In addition to Voyager 2′s Twitter going dark, sadly Panda Cam has also ceased operations for the time being. Thanks to Roosevelt U and UGA libraries in helping to compile this list.
