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Locating Federal Government Documents

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  • LUCY2
    To locate government publications, both U.S. and New York State, in the Scribner LIbrary search the online catalog Lucy2. Please be aware that not all of our government documents are cataloged. Government documents may be published in a variety of formats, including print, microfiche, CD-ROM or DVD, as well as on the web.
  • GPO on FirstSearch
    After checking Lucy2, search the GPO Monthly Catalog database on FirstSearch for government documents published since 1976. GPO is available on the Scribner Library Subject Resources page for Government.
  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications and related titles:
    The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. At present the Monthly Catalog should be consulted for pre-1976 indexing.
    • Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. (1977-1995)
      4th Floor: Z 1223 A18
    • Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, 1900-1971.
      4th Floor: Z1223.A13 B8 1973
    • Document Catalogue: Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of all Departments of the Government of the United States (1893 - 1940).
      4th Floor: Z 1223 A13

Search Tools

  • FirstGov - Official U.S. Government web portal
  • Google Unclesam - Use the Google search engine to search all .gov and .mil sites
  • GPO Access - U.S. Government Printing Office provides access to federal government information
  • Fedworld - gateway to federal government information from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
  • Science.gov - a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results
  • Meta-Subject Index to Government Information
    Directs the user to Subject Indexes which have been created for
    the purpose of identifying government internet resources in a given subject area.

Indexes

  • LexisNexis Congressional
    Provides access to congressional publications from 1970 to the present, the Congressional Record and Federal Register, Legislative Histories for public laws going back to 1970, and testimony from congressional hearings, and trackes bills as they move through the House and Senate. CIS Index in print is available in the Reference collection at KF49 .C62
  • PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) on FirstSearch
    A subject index to literature relating to economic and social conditions.
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For comments or suggestion concerning this page, please contact:
Barbara Norelli
Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College
URL: http://hudson2.skidmore.edu/library/collections/govdocs/index.htm
Last Update: March 3, 2008