Research by Subject: Government Publications: United States: Indexes & Catalogs

Key databases for recent government publications

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. Comprehensive for records generated since July 1976; selective for publications dating back to the late 1800s.

GovInfo This link opens in a new window
Provides free online access to official digital publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
NTIS (National Technical Information Service) This link opens in a new window
Government technical reports in science and engineering.

1774 to 1881	A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1991 (Poore) Call Number: GP 3.4:1774-1881 Reference/United States
1789 to 1909	Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909 Call Number: GP 3.2:C 41/2 Reference/United States
1881 to 1893	Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Goverrnment, 1881-1893 (Ames) Call Number: GP 3.4:1881-1893 2 vols. Reference/United States
1893 to 1940	Catalogue of the Public Documents of the...congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from March 4, 1893 to December 31, 1940 Call Number: GP 3.6:v.1-25
1895 to 2004	Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Call Number: GP 3.8: Reference/United States Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1900-1971 Call Number: GP 3.8/3:Index/Subject Reference/United States Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents, 1789-1976 Call Number: GP 3.8/3:v.1-10 Reference/United States