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Catalogs & Indexes

Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Lists all of the publications produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office from 1895 to 2004. Initially intended to supplement the Documents Catalog, the Monthly Catalog served as the “comprehensive index” provided for in the Printing Act of 1895 after the Documents Catalog was discontinued in 1947.
The Monthly Catalog was discontinued with the December 2004 edition, after which point the continuously updated Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) served that purpose.
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Government Document Indexes
Digitized versions of the principal indexes published by the U.S. Government Printing Office and Congress are listed along with dates of coverage.

HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world
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Access full text federal government publications from all three branches. Offers a user-friendly, modernized site that provides easy-to-use navigation with multiple ways to search or browse. Replaces FDsys. Dates of coverage: 1793-current

American Memory (Library of Congress)
A rich archive of historical texts, personal narratives, photographs, films, and music from the nation's past.

For more recent US government publications, see Finding Government Information on the library website page: