Selected Guides and Indexes Available at UK Libraries
- Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents, 1789-1976 byCall Number: Z1223.Z9 C850Often abbreviated as CTI, this item is an alphabetical title listing of almost every document published from 1789-1976 by the U.S. government.
Below are a few resources available at the Ready Reference Collection (2nd floor) at Young Library.
- Guide to U.S. Government Publications byCall Number: Young Ready Reference: Z1223.Z7 A574
Guide to U.S. Elections by Call Number: JK 1967.C662 2010Used to locate information about any U.S. national or gubernatorial election.
InfoKat and U.S. Federal Government Publications
UK Libraries' InfoKat Discovery is the best source for the location, SuDoc/call number, and format (paper, microfiche, electronic, online) of U.S. government publications held at UK Libraries.
Any keyword or subject search in InfoKat Discovery will pull U.S. Federal government publications into the search results if there are such publications on the topic. However, if you want to narrow your results to U.S. Federal government publications alone, use the following search strategy:
Go to Advanced Search and type in search terms into the first two boxes, and in the last box, enter the following terms: gpo mvi dgpo
General Databases and GPO
These are some of the most important resources available for U.S. government publications and cover multiple types of documents as well as a variety of subjects.
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
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A catalog of publications from the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the U.S. government. - Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1895-1976
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Catalog of all publications of the United States government, including those of the Congress and all executive departments (with the exception of administrative and confidential or restricted documents). For current access (from 1976 on), use the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications from the federal government (available for all users). - Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789 - 1909
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Index to U.S. government documents published between 1789 and 1909. - Code of Federal Regulations
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Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
- Government Printing Office (GPO)Official website of the government agency responsible for publishing and disseminating official U.S. government publications to Congress, federal agencies, federal depository libraries, and the American public. Includes links to GPO Services and Products, the U.S. Government Bookstore, and information about the Federal Depository Library Program.
Additional Electronic Resources
- American Memory
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Historical collections from the National Digital Library and archival collections from the Library of Congress.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for KidsProvides a fun and educational introduction to how the U.S. Government works.
- Constitution of the United StatesFull-text of the document, with analysis and interpretation.
- Copyright Records at the U.S. Copyright OfficeContains records for the approximately 20 million works and documents recorded with the Copyright Office since 1978.
- Cornerstone Documents of U.S. DemocracyCurrent and historical U.S. Government publications.
- Country Studies (Area Handbooks)
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Includes essentially all governments in the world, some of them not officially recognized by the United States.
- Data.govMachine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
- Federal Depository Library ProgramCentralized resource for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and its librarians. The FDLP is responsible for disseminating federal government information to the American public through the nation’s depository libraries.
- Federal Register
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Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. - Data and Statistics about the U.S.
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Official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Includes economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, and farm production. Includes official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies.
- GovEngine.comConsolidates links to official federal, state, and local government information websites for the Unites States, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Government Periodicals Index
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Subject and author indexing to c. 170 magazines and newsletters published by U.S. government agencies. - govinfo: access to publications of the federal government
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Free U.S. Government information for all. govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch. Provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
- Library of CongressAccess to the various catalogs of the library, the American Memory Project (subject-based access to historic maps, photos, documents, audio and video), exhibitions, Global Gateway (multilingual resources on world culture), and Congress.gov (legislative information, both current and historical).
- Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions)
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Every four years, just after the Presidential election, the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is published, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform. The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially-appointed positions within the Federal Government.
- Presidential Libraries and MuseumsCovers all U.S. Presidents, with information about presidential libraries if one has been established.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States Series
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Use the Abstract as a statistical reference and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. 2012 is the last edition, but StatAbs is useful as a source of historical statistics and as a guide to sources of current statistics.
- United States Copyright OfficeSite of the office of public record for copyright registration and deposit of copyright material. Includes information about copyright law and regulations.
- USA.gov (The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal)
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Provides links to information from all levels of government: federal, state, local, tribal. Groups categories by topic and by audience. Lists many directories of government contacts. Reference Center gives abbreviations, calendars, forms, historical documents, laws, maps, and statistics. - World Factbook
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Provides summary information on the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 271 U.S.-recognized countries, dependencies, and areas.