2009 Gov Docs Refresher Historical Docs refresher Statistics Tips Digital 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

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 first Google 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

Statistical Abstract first

Google 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:

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 UVA Census Bureau has digitized lots of their historical reports (more on this later…

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 UVA

Census 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)

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

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)

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 20 th Century Think of this database if student is researching provocative foreign relations issues (Cuban Missile Crisis, Iran-Contra, history of U.S. in Afghanistan)

Access to declassified government information related to U.S. foreign policy

Useful for topics in the latter half of 20 th Century

Think of this database if student is researching provocative foreign relations issues (Cuban Missile Crisis, Iran-Contra, history of U.S. in Afghanistan)

COOPERATIVES AGENCIES LIBRARIES The free stuff…

COOPERATIVES

AGENCIES

LIBRARIES

Cooperatives Google Book Project: http://books.google.com/

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

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

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 )

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 publications are highly dispersed. It can be useful to visit individual forest or research station websites.

Treesearch: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/

Research station publications

Forest Service publications are highly dispersed. It can be useful to visit individual forest or research station websites.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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/

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)

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports (French National Library): http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37575968z/date