The University of Texas at Austin
School of Information
INF 382D Introduction to Information Resources and Services
Government Documents (November 2009)
General Notes:
1.
Government Document: “Any publication that is printed at government expense or published by authority of a governmental body.” [Katz, Introduction to Reference Work: Basic Information
Services 8 th edition (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2002), 447.]
2.
Government documents: Reliable, authentic
3.
Depository libraries, 1895-/: about 1400, at least one in every Congressional District
Learn About the Depository System
1. U.S. Government Printing Office. PDLP Desktop. Available at: http://reports.wichita.edu/ddm2/gdocframes.asp
. Accessed on 8 November 2009.
1. Collection Management
See, especially “Collections Tools: List of Classes.”
2. FDL Handbook. See, especially,
Appendix A: Suggested Core Collections by Library Type
Appendix E: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Glossary.
2. Documents Data Miner 2 (A Library Management System for US Government Documents). Available at: http://reports.wichita.edu/ddm2/gdocframes.asp
. Accessed on 8 November 2009.
3. Essential Titles for Public Use in Tangible Format. Available at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html
. Accessed on 8 November 2009.
4. List of Classes of United States Government Publications.
Get Connected Professionally and Keeping Up
1.
ALA. Government Documents Round Table (GODORT). ala.org.
2.
Library Journal. Notable Government Documents. Annual special feature.

Some Key Sources
1.
American State Papers. [Congressional documents from 1789-1838].
2.
United States Congressional Serial Set (Serial Set). [18167-.] [House and Senate Documents;
House and Senate Reports. Exec Branch materials published in the Serial Set during the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries] a.
For more information see, “U.S. Congressional Serial Set: What It Is and Its History.” http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/history/sset/index.html
3.
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (Annals of Congress).]1789-
1824]. Succeeded by: a.
Register of Debates b.
Congressional Globe c.
Congressional Record, 1873-.
4.
Library of Congress. Thomas. Available at: http://thomas.loc.gov/ . Accessed on 8 November
2009.
5.
U.S. Government Printing Office. GPOAcess. Available at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov
. Accessed on 8 November 2009.
6.
Federal Register. [all agency rules and regulations along with Presidential proclamations and executive orders] Available at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html/ Accessed on 8
November 2009.
7.
U.S. Government Printing Office. Catalog of U. S. Government Publications. Available at: http://catalog.gpo.gov/F?RN=400220953 . Accessed on 8 November 2009.
8.
Library of Congress. Federal Research Division and U.S. Department of the Army. Country
Studies. [1988-1998]
9.
U.S. Department of State. Background Notes. Available at: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ .
Accessed on 8 November 2009.
10.
U.S. Executive Branch. Budget of the United States Government. Available at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/index.html
. Accessed on 8 November 2009.
11.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Available at: https://www.cfda.gov/index?cck=1&au=&ck =. Accessed on 8 November 2009.
12.
Code of Federal Regulations. Available at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-tablesearch.html#page1 . Accessed on 8 November 2009. [regulations issued by agencies]

13.
United States. Legislative Branch. United States Code. Available at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
. Accessed on 8 November 2009. [general and permanent laws of the U.S.]
14.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook. Available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
. Accessed on 8
November 2009.
15.
Dictionary of Occupational Titles. (Now O*Net Code Connector). Available at: http://www.onetcodeconnector.org/ . Accessed on 8 November 2009.
16.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook. Available at: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ . Accessed on 9 November 2009.