U.S. Government Information

The Brooks Library has been a depository for U.S. government publications since 1962. SuDocs call numbers, which arrange materials by government agency, are used to organize this collection. Call numbers for documents can be found in our indexes, including CATTRAX.

For more information on the materials and services available in our Government Documents Department, see our web page: Documents Collections

Indexing For U.S. Government Web Sites

  • USA The U.S. Government's search engine. Designed to provide links by topic to federal government agency internet sites.
  • Federal Documents Page Large website at the University of Michigan. Provides access to government information on the Internet by topic or agency.
  • GPO Access The official database of the U.S. Government. Contains current legislative, administrative, and other federal information sources that need to be accessible immediately after release. Also contains links to separate databases such as Browse Topics, a site designed to provide links to government information on the web by selected topic.
  • Uncle Sam Uses the Google search engine to perform a topical internet search limited to government webpages.

Indexing For U.S. Publications In All Formats By Subject

  • MARCIVE And GPO Monthly Catalog Indexes to U.S. government documents published from 1976 to present. Provide SuDocs numbers for all formats, and links to websites.
  • CATTRAX CWU Library's online catalog contains subject indexing for current U.S. publications in the Documents collection. Links to many publications on the Internet are included.
  • Monthly Catalog of United State Government Publications Paper index to government publications. Located on the 3rd floor index tables. Provides SuDoc numbers for materials in CWU's collection published prior to 1976, when online indexing begins.

Special Topic Indexes for U.S. Government Publications

Geology

  • GeoRef Index and abstracts for literature in the geosciences. Includes many documents published by U.S. and state government agencies.
  • GEOBASE Unique multidisciplinary database supplying bibliographic information and abstracts for development studies, the Earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, human geography, and oceanography. The database provides current coverage of over 1,800 journals and archive coverage of several thousand additional titles.

Kids' Sites

  • Ben's Guide Links to WWW government information sites designed for children and educators.
  • USA For Kids The U.S. government's full text website designed especially for kids.

Law & Legislation

  • Congressional Universe Indexes and abstracts 1970+ U.S. legislative publications, laws and regulations, and information about members of Congress. Current publications are full text.
  • LexisNexis Academic Full text of U.S. and state laws and court cases. Searches performed by keyword or legal citation.
  • THOMAS Library of Congress database. Contains current legislative information, full text, with retrospective information continually added to the archives. Excellent resource for U.S. bills, committee reports and other information regarding federal legislation.

Statistics

  • ASI (American Statistics Index) Paper index and abstract used to locate statistics produced by federal agencies. Published annually from 1973 to present. Located on 3rd floor Index tables.
  • Census 2000  Full text database with the latest census figures from the Census Bureau.
  • STAT-USA Full text database produced by the Census Bureau containing information on economics, business, international trade, and foreign countries. Data is loaded immediately after it is tabulated