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2009 Gov Docs Refresher
Historical Docs refresherStatistics TipsDigital historical gov docs
Historical Gov Docs Refresher
1976-present in OPAC, sporadic cataloging for materials prior to that
WorldCat is the next best place to look for older gov docs
Remember to use LexisNexis Congressional to find hearings
Statistics Tips
Statistical Abstract firstGoogle or USA.gov search isn’t a bad strategy.Agency approach works well—who would
collect that data?Census Bureau A to Z is good for pointing in
the right direction.Powerhouses other than Census:
BLS BTS
EIA NCES
BEA NCHS
BJS
Old Census Figures
CEIC has quick access to historical population figures for Montana (http://ceic.mt.gov)
We do have old Census volumes Advanced search Census Year
Historical Census Browser at UVACensus Bureau has digitized lots of their
historical reports (more on this later…
AGENCY, LIBRARY, COOPERATIVE, & PROPRIETARY SOURCES
Digitized Historical Government Documents
Don’t forget about licensed resources
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Hein Online
Digital National Security Archive
What is the Serial Set??
Short answer: A huge historical treasure trove•House & Senate reports related to legislation•Many reprinted executive branch documents (especially annual reports)•Special investigations•Miscellaneous cool stuff
•Not hearings (with a few rare exceptions)
More Serial Set
Look for something in the Serial Set when: People are looking for gov docs older
than 1964
People have a citation in hand that looks like S. Doc 91, 88-1 or H.Rep. 231, 54-2
Hein Online
Law library licenses this (campus-wide license)Great content:
Statutes at Large Federal Register Presidential documents Supreme Court opinions
Search interface needs improvement, but the content access is great.
Downloadable PDFs (excellent for email reference)
Digital National Security Archive
Access to declassified government information related to U.S. foreign policy
Useful for topics in the latter half of 20th Century
Think of this database if student is researching provocative foreign relations issues (Cuban Missile Crisis, Iran-Contra, history of U.S. in Afghanistan)
COOPERATIVESAGENCIESLIBRARIES
The free stuff…
Cooperatives
Google Book Project: http://books.google.com/
Cooperatives, cont.
Open Content Alliance / Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/USGovernmentDocuments Has separate section for digitized U.S. Government
Documents Librarians can submit materials for digital archive Better understanding of copyright-free status
Federal Agencies
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Publications Warehouse: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ Annual Reports Bulletins Circulars Open-File Reports Water Supply Papers Water-Resources Investigations Reports
Census Bureau
Digitized copies of historical statistical volumes: http://www.census.gov/history/ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the
United States, Colonial Times to 1970 Historical Census Reports Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: 1878-present (
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/past_years.html)
Forest Service
Treesearch: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/ Research station publications
Forest Service publicationsare highly dispersed. It canbe useful to visit individualforest or research stationwebsites.
National Agricultural Library Digital Repository
Many core USDA series: http://naldr.nal.usda.gov/ Agriculture Handbooks Yearbook of Agriculture Reports of the Secretary Agriculture Agricultural Economic Report Miscellaneous Publications Technical Bulletins
NASA
NASA Technical Report Server: http://ntrs.nasa.gov NASA technical reports, 1958-present NACA collection, 1915-1958
NASA Images: http://www.nasaimages.org/ NASA's images, videos and audio collections Cooperative project with the Internet Archive
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
FRASER: http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publications/ Banking & monetary statistics, 1896-1970 Economic Indicators, 1948-2008 Economic Report of the President, 1947-2008 Survey of Current Business, 1921-1999
ALFRED: http://alfred.stlouisfed.org/ Sets of current and “vintage” data
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Electronic Reading Room: http://www.foia.cia.gov/ Family Jewels UFOs Psychological warfare Space weapons Memos about other countries
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Digital Library: http://www.sil.si.edu/Galaxy.cfm?id=1.1 Contributions series U.S. Exploring Expedition Biodiversity Heritage Library Collection Mosaic of Science
Department of Labor
Wirtz Labor Digital Library: http://www.dol.gov/oasam/library/digital/main.htm Department of Labor publications Trade union and labor history materials Labor leaders’ biographies Statistical abstracts
Bureau of Land Management
General Land Office records: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Land Patent search for all available states Plat maps for some states
Montana plat maps: http://glo.mt.gov/
Library of Congress
American Memory collection: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
Academic & State Libraries
University of North Texas
Government information digital collections: http://www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/digital-collections CRS reports Experiment Station Publications Federal Newsmaps FCC Record USDA publications
University of Wisconsin
Foreign Relations of the United States: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/
University of California, Santa Barbara
American Presidency Project: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington to
Taft (1789-1913) Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover to Bush (1929-
1993) Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents:
Clinton to G.W. Bush (1993-2008)
Oklahoma State University
Digital Collections: http://digital.library.okstate.edu Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties Indian Claims Commission Decisions
Cornell University
Making of America: http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/
The Cornell site has the War of the Rebellion series for the Army and Navy.
University of Virginia
Digital Collections: http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/ Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery
Historical Census Browser: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus State and county data for common topics,
1790-1960
Illinois State Library
Part of the Illinois Digital Archive: http://www.idaillinois.org/cgi-bin/ida/specificInstitution.pl?inst=118
Beautiful scans of WWI and WWII documents
University of Maryland School of Law
Special Collections and Digital Projects: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/specialcollections/ Historical Publications of the United States
Commission on Civil Rights Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports
Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU Libraries Digital Collections: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/index.php PS Magazine, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Yale University
Avalon Project: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Text versions of important legal documents
Other favorites
David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Other Favorites, cont.
Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports (French National Library): http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37575968z/date