School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
INLS 228: Government Documents
September 14, 2005

ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTERNET APPETIZER

Best 100 Documents of the Century. http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rse/y2kdocs100.htm

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids,
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/.

GENERAL CATALOGS AND INDEXES

Sources for further information:

Terms:

Common abbreviations and numbers found in indexes.

References to Congressional publications in early indexes:

Session Dates of Congress. http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/Session_Dates/index.html

House and Senate publications are frequently designated by the abbreviation,
followed by the Congress and session number:
S.E. 234 (37-2) Senate Executive Document 234, 37th Congress 2nd session.

HISTORICAL PRINT INDEXES

The editions listed below reflect the holdings in the Reference Dept. in Davis Library.
Most of these indexes have been reprinted in paper and microform editions by various publishers.

1774-1881  #1 ON HANDOUT
Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States,
Sept. 5, 1774-March 4, 1881. (1885)
Popular Name:  "Poore" for the author, Ben Perley Poore.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Senate Miscellaneous Document No. 67,
48th Congress, 2nd Session. Serial Set 228. Johnson Reprint Corp. 1970.
Wall Shelving 12.


The index is available online: UNC-CH Library Homepage, Article Databases,
Nineteenth Century Masterfile, http://poolesplus.odyssi.com/cgi-bin/phtml?ppsearch.htm

1789-1909
Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909.(1911)
Popular Name:  "1909 Checklist."
US Government Printing Office.  Kraus Reprint Corp. 1962.
Wall Shelving 12.
Online version from Evergreen State College, Washington.
http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/tools/1909checklist/

1789-1909  #2 ON HANDOUT
CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909 : Guide to Documents Listed in
Checklist of U.S. Public Documents, 1789-1909, not Printed in the U.S. Serial Set.
Bethesda, MD : Congressional Information Service, c1990-c1997.
Wall Shelving 17.
Microfiche Collection:  We have two of the 6 parts here; Duke has two and NC State has two.
Current cost:  Indexes: $8,410.  Microfiche: $139,555.

1881-1893  #3 ON HANDOUT
Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government. (1905)
Popular Name:  "Ames" for the editor, John G. Ames.
U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. House Document No. 754.
58th Congress, 2nd Session.  Serial Set 4745-4746.Reprint: J. W. Edwards, 1958.
Wall Shelving 12.

1885-1894
Hickcox's Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
with Superintendent of Documents Classification Numbers Added. 10 vols. in 6.
Reprint Edition by Mary Elizabeth Poole.  Carrollton Press, 1978. Wall Shelving 8.

 Cumulative Index to Hickcox's Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications,
1885-1894. 3 vols. Wall Shelving 12,1885-1894.

1893-1940  #4 ON HANDOUT
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the (53rd-76th) Congress and of All Departments of the Government
of the United States for the Period from March 4, 1893 to Dec 31, 1940.
Popular Name:  Documents Catalog.
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Wall Shelving 8.

1895-1925.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications With
Superintendent of Documents Classification Numbers Added.  1895-1925.
25 vols. Carrollton Press, 1975. Wall Shelving 8.

1896-1996
  #5 ON HANDOUT Documents Index, US Government Printing Office, 1896-1996.
[Title, 1933-1996: Numerical Lists and Schedule of Volumes.]
Wall Shelving 16.

1895-present  #6-7 ON HANDOUT

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications.
US Government Printing Office, 1895-
SHELVED: Wall Shelving 8-11.

CUMULATIVE PAPER INDEXES TO THE MONTHLY CATALOG:

Monthly Catalog on the Internet:
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cgp/index.html. 1994-present.

GPO Monthly Catalog. 1976-present. UNC-CH Library home page, "Article Databases and More."

COMMERCIALLY-PRODUCED INDEXES: PRINT/ELECTRONIC

SOURCES FOR VERIFYING DOCUMENTS

WorldCat, from OCLC FirstSearch. UNC-CH Library Homepage,
"Article Databases"

RedLightGreenLight, Research Libraries Group, Union Catalog. Research Libraries Information Network.

GOVERNMENT PERIODICAL INDEXES

Some documents are indexed in commercially published indexes:

Paper

Online:
LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index. 1988-present. UNC-CH Library Homepage,
"Article Databases." http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/description.php?EIDID=352

Information on Federal Government Serials:

Guide to U.S. Government Publications.  #9 ON HANDOUT
Popular Name : Androit [John Andriot edited the first edition. 1959,
called "Guide to U.S. Government Serials and Periodicals."
Detroit, Gale Publications. Annual. Wall Shelving 12.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS LISTS:

List of publications of the United States Department of Agriculture from 1841 to
June 30, 1895 inclusive. Adelaide R. Hasse, 1896. 76p. Department of Agriculture, Library Bulletin 9.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LOCATOR SERVICE (GILS)

From GPO Access, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/index.html.

GOVERNMENT ON THE INTERNET

A sampling of print guides--there are many, with multiple editions.

Searching for Government Information, http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/gov_srch.html.

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