The document provides an overview of sources for locating digitized historical U.S. government documents, including federal agency websites, library databases, and digital collections from universities and other organizations. It discusses resources like the Serial Set, HeinOnline, Census Bureau historical reports, and digital collections from the Library of Congress, NASA, and Cornell University. Tips are provided for searching different platforms and identifying appropriate sources based on the topic or date range being researched.

1. 2009 Gov Docs Refresher Historical Docs refresher Statistics Tips Digital historical gov docs

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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…

5. AGENCY, LIBRARY, COOPERATIVE, & PROPRIETARY SOURCES Digitized Historical Government Documents

6. Don’t forget about licensed resources U.S. Congressional Serial Set Hein Online Digital National Security Archive

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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)

11. COOPERATIVES AGENCIES LIBRARIES The free stuff…

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

13. 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

14. Federal Agencies

15. 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

16. 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 )

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Electronic Reading Room: http://www.foia.cia.gov/ Family Jewels UFOs Psychological warfare Space weapons Memos about other countries

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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/

25. 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

26. Academic & State Libraries

27. 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

28. University of Wisconsin Foreign Relations of the United States: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/

29. 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)

30. Oklahoma State University Digital Collections: http://digital.library.okstate.edu Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties Indian Claims Commission Decisions

31. 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.

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Libraries Digital Collections: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/index.php PS Magazine, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly

36. Yale University Avalon Project: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm Text versions of important legal documents

37. Other favorites David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com/

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