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Government Document Indexes
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Government Document IndexesSince the 19th century, various finding aids or indexes for U.S. Government information have been compiled by the U.S. Government Printing Office (previous agency name of the U.S. Government Publishing Office), other Federal agencies, or at the direction of Congress. These indexes allowed users to locate publications primarily by title, author, and/or subject.
Digitized versions of the principle indexes published by the U.S. Government Printing Office and Congress
Indexes to Pre-1976 Publications
- 1774-1881 Descriptive Catalog of the Government Publications of the United States (Poore) (UT North Texas)
- 1789-1909 Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909 (UT North Texas ) or Internet Archive
- 1789-1970 Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1970. Indexes.
- 1789-1976 Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents 1789-1976 (HathiTrust - limited access) (Many titles not listed in the Monthly Catalog)
- 1881-1893 Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893 (Ames) (UTSA users only) / Free via HathiTrust
- 1885-1894 United States Government Publications (Hickcox) (HathiTrust) or print
- 1893-1940 Catalogue of the Public Documents of the Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States (25 volumes) HathiTrust
- 1895-2004 Monthly Catalog of United States Publications 1895-1907 (microfilm); 1907-1933 (microfilm); 1933-1939
(microfilm); 1940-1950 (microfilm); 1951-1971 (microfilm); 1961-1976 (print); Z1223 .A18
LLMC Digital 1966-2003 - 1895-1917 Catalogue of the Public Documents ... Congress (HathiTrust - partial - vols. 1 2 10 11 12 13).
- 1895-1944 Catalog of the Public Documents ... Congress (ProQuest Congressional) (do title search)
- 1900-1971 Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog (HathiTrust)
- 1910-1987 Monthly Checklist of State Publications (HathiTrust)
(Publications received by the Library of Congress from state offices)
Descriptions: Library Resources for Administrative History (NARA)