To search for government publications 1976 to date, use the Library Catalog for materials from 1989 on, or Government Publications Index (Marcive). For Congressional publications, use Congressional Index (Lexis Nexis). Access to the Department's collections of older material is through the indexes listed below. These indexes are housed in the Department.

GENERAL INDEXES

1774-1881
Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, Sept. 5, 1773 - March 4, 1881 (Poore's)

1881-1893
Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government. (Ames)

1893-1940
Catalogue of the Public Documents or the 53rd-76th Congress and of all departments of the government of the United States for the period March 4, 1893-December 31, 1940

1895-present
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

1976-present
MarciveWeb DOCS
A web-based version of the Monthly Catalog. (U of M only)

Index to U.S. Government Periodicals, 1970-1987

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1789-1969
CIS U.S. Serial Set Index, 1789-1969

c.1830-1969
CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index

c.1817-1969
CIS Index to U.S. Senate Executive Documents and Reports covering documents and reports not printed in the Serial Set

1965-1969
CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index 1970-present CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress

1789-1932
U.S. Executive Branch Documents Index 1789-1909 and accompanying microfiche.
U.S. Executive Branch Documents Index 1910-1932.

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The Government Documents Department has a comprehensive collection of Congressional debates, committee prints, reports and documents. Congressional hearings are available from 1965. All current Congressional publications received through the depository program, except bills and resolutions, are in paper format. In addition, current Congressional materials are also available via the Web by using Thomas and Congressional Universe.

The collection includes:
Congressional Record and its predecessors (microformat; current in paper)

American State Papers
(paper and fiche)

Congressional Serial Set
1817-present (microfiche for 1789-1969; print 1965-present)

Congressional Committee Prints
mid 1800's-1969 (fiche for earliest--1969; paper 1970-present

Congressional Hearings
1965-present (fiche 1965-1970; paper 1970-present)

Bills and Resolutions
(99th Congress-present, fiche) Current available electronically

Congressional Budget Office publications

Congressional Research Service Major Studies and Issue Briefs
1916-present (film)

General Accounting Office reports
(collection not comprehensive, paper and fiche)

Electronic Information Services
Congressional Universe (U of M only)
Search Congressional publications and legislative histories from 1970 to present. Also includes bill tracking and
full-text hearings from 1989 (101st Congress) to present.

Thomas
The official Congressional website contains information on legislation, committee activities and the Congressional Record.

Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis) (U of M only)

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The Government Publications Department collection includes the following resources:

U.S. Code (1942-present)

Statutes at Large (complete)

Federal Register 1936-present

Code of Federal Regulations
(fiche 1990-present; current edition in paper)

The Department has collections of administrative decisions from agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board.

The Department receives all administrative regulations. Those with general applicability to the safety and health of the citizenry, such as regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Health Care Finance Agency (HFCA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA). Each of these agencies has issued many of their regulatory publications on compact disc; these are available for searching at the Government Publications Department.

Electronic Information Resources
Congressional Universe (U of M only).

Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis) (U of M only).

PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the President 1789-1897.

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
Includes presidential papers and messages, covering Hoover's administration and from Truman to the present. (Papers privately published, many of which are published in microform, are in the University Microforms Department)

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1967-present
Contains presidential addresses, appointments and nominations, communications to Congress, Executive Orders, and press conferences.

JUDICIAL BRANCH PUBLICATIONS

United States Reports

Electronic Information Sources
Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis) (U of M only)

EXECUTIVE BRANCH PUBLICATIONS

Statistics
The Department has an excellent collection of statistical publications including the areas of education, agricultural production and trade, foreign trade, labor and employment, vital statistics, government revenue and expenditures, taxation, industry and commerce. Many publications date from 1966 to current; others agencies publications may be more complete.

The Department has a subscription to the American Statistics Index along with the non-depository microfiche. The Department also has a subscription to the Statistical Reference Index and microfiche. (Canceled for 2004 due to budget problems) This index and fiche set complements the federal statistics by providing indexing and sources for association, state government, and private publisher statistics.

Census of Population and Housing and the Economic Census.
The Department holds the Census of Population and Housing with the exception of the years 1910-1960. Volumes for those years are incomplete. We are actively working to complete the collection through purchase and gifts. Holdings of the Federal Population Schedules (the Name Census) are in the Microforms Department. Holdings of the Economic Census are complete except for the years between 1945-1963 and an occasional missing volume. The 1990 Census of Population and Housing is available on CD-ROM as is the 1992 Economic Census. The Department holds all the Census Tract and Block Numbering Group maps and data for the United States for 1990. Some print from the 2000 Census is available. However, most is online only at American Factfinder.

Foreign Relations and Policy
The Department has a complete set of Foreign Relations of the U.S., the Department of State Bulletin, United States Treaties and International Agreements and Congressional Committee reports dealing with foreign relations. Congressional hearings dealing with foreign policy are available from 1965.

Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
The Department maintains only the current official Gazette and Trademark.

Standards and Specifications
The Department of Defense's Specifications and Standard are located in the Department. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards are located in the Reference Department.

Scientific and Technical Reports
Nuclear Science Abstracts, the Energy Research Abstracts, and the Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports provide access to technical report literature. Online searches of technical report literature are available through the Dialog database in the Reference Department. Very little report literature is owned by this library. Most technical report literature must be ordered personally from NTIS.

FBIS/JPRS Translations
The Department has a complete collection of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports to after that date, FBIS is available on CD but has unsatisfactory access. Also available in the Department are the Joint Publication Research Service translations from 1978 (Microfiche)

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Prior to 1989, the Engineering Library served as a depository for the U.S. Geological Survey. Tennessee and the bordering states of Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Kentucky were actively selected. Complete sets of topographic quadrangles for these states are now housed in the Department. When the Department became a regional federal depository in 1989, topographic maps for all state began to be received. Holdings are incomplete but growing.

The Department also receives all other maps distributed through the Depository Library Program from agencies such as the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and the Central Intelligence Administration. Complete sets of nautical and aeronautical charts are available.

Index maps provide the principal means of access to topographic and geologic maps. In recent years cataloging records for each sheet map have been included in the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. Maps are filed geographically in the Map Library of the Department .

The Department also receives all digital map information distributed by the Depository Library Program. Some of these discs are housed outside the department, however, access by patrons is guaranteed.

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