GPO Tools: Indexes to Federal Government Information
Last update: May 12, 2006Carlos A. Diaz
This website was created as a source of information for Federal Documents librarians and staff to help them find the information they need to better serve their patrons.
The 1909 Checklist is an index that contains document titles published from 1789 - 1909. The title is being digitized in .pdf format. Be sure to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader from their website so you can read the documents. The digitizing of the document still continues. If you cannot find the information you need, please be sure to send an email to govdocs@evergreen.edu and we will be glad to help in any way possible.
The Census Publishing Information, 1790 - Present is a listing of titles published on the decennial census from 1790 - Present. You will find complete information from 1790 - 1950. We are still in the process of putting together 1960 - 2000 censues. You can find the availability of census documents for 1960 - 2000 via our online catalog . If we don't have a particular title in our collection, you can go to the Washington State Library (WSL) for access to the title. WSL is the regional depository for Federal documents. Their online catalog will have holdings from 1976 - Present. For pre-1976 holdings information you will need to call them at (360) 704-5221.
The College of Worster Libraries' Government Resources department has created a U.S. Congressional Serial Set Finding List that is a very useful tool that will help you find House and Senate documents & reports from the 15th (Dec. 1817)- 91st (1969/70) Congresses. You can find items via agency, Superintendent of Documents call number, and by serial set number.
Another good source of information is North Carolina State University's U.S. Congressional Bibliographies. The U.S. Congressional Bibliographies enumerate and describe meetings held by Congressional committees since 1985, those for which printed transcripts are issued, and those that remain unprinted. Its sources are the Congressional Record's Daily Digest and bibliographic information supplied by the U.S. Senate Library. Its primary goal is to be an authoritative, exhaustive reference source of meetings held and documents released by House and Senate committees.
I hope you find the indexes useful and informative. Please let us know how else we can help you.
