SubjectsPlus: U.S. Government Documents
Where did the "Off-Campus Access" links go?
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U.S. Government Publications Office (GPO) via FDSys
The central Web site for finding government documents 1976-present. Replaces the former GPO Access.
U.S. Government Publications Office (GPO) via FirstSearch 
1976-. Indexes all types of U.S. government documents, including judiciary materials and Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records.
Cumulative subject index to the monthly catalog of United States government publications, 1900-1971
Print Location:
4th floor West (Gov Docs) along the west wall
Use these to find government publications that are too old to be included in the GPO online catalog.
Cross-search several government databases, including the Library of Congress catalog, FDSys, PubMed, ERIC, and more.
Search WorldCat to identify government documents, including online-only documents.
Also available in print at Burling Ref. KF63 .U5x.
Also available in print at 4th floor West (Gov Docs) AE 2.106/3.
1789-. Provides access to the CIS Index—the most comprehensive index/abstract to Congressional publications—plus the full text of some hearings, reports, and other Congressional documents. (Formerly LexisNexis Congressional.) Also includes the full text of the Congressional Record, 1789-present.
1989-. Congressional information, including bills and resolutions. The best official government source for information on bills currently being considered in Congress.
Online access to the reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, from 1817 to 1994; contains many images. Also available in approximately 13,800 bound volumes. Please see a librarian if you would like to request the bound volumes from storage.
1789-1838. Full-text database of U.S. Congressional materials.
Judicial Branch / Supreme Court
2006-present.
Free access to over 600,000 opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts.
= Restricted resource
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