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Government Documents

Government documents can be a rich source of information. While Hunt Library has many documents that are listed in Cameo, there are other special collections of documents that are not:

• American Statistics Index (ASI): A microfiche collection of publications containing statistical information from the federal goverment, ca. 1978 to the present. Use Statistical Universe to search this collection. Your citation will have an ASI year and fiche number. Use this number to find the material in the ASI microfiche cabinets in the Hunt Library reference room. Recent material may be linked to the full text on the web. Reference staff can help you with search strategies and with locating any material you need.

• Congressional Information Service (CIS): A microfiche collection of United States congressional publications, ca. 1977 to the present. Use Congressional Universe to search this collection. Your citation will have a CIS year and fiche number. Use this number to find the material in the CIS microfiche cabinets in the Hunt Library reference room. Reference staff can help you with search strategies and with locating any material you need.

• Statistical Reference Index (SRI): A microfiche collection of publications containing statistical information from state and private organizations, ca. 1980 to the present. Use Statistical Universe to search this collection. If the material has been microfilmed, your citation will have an SRI year and fiche number. Use this number to find the material in the SRI microfiche cabinets in the Hunt Library reference room. Reference staff can help you with search strategies and with locating any material you need.

• Special areas of the Hunt Library reference room labeled Ref/Census and GovtDocs contain paper government documents from the United States federal government, most of which will not be included in Cameo. The collection includes all types of government documents such as census publications, hearings, committee prints, annual reports, statistical publications, etc., and ranges in date from ca. 1870 to ca. 1976. Most of these documents are arranged by a special numbering system, the Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) classification or call number system.

  If you are looking for government documents, you can use these databases and indexes:

  • Congressional Universe (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    • Indexing and abstracting of congressional publications and the CIS Legislative Histories (1970-present)
    • Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969 and Indexes to Unpublished Hearings
    • Public laws, 1789-present

  • GPO Monthly Catalog (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    July 1976-present (updated monthly)
    Print: 1900-1996.
    HUNT REF-1/INDEX

  • Poole's Plus: The Digital Index of the Nineteenth Century (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    • Series V: Government Document Indices
      • Descriptive Catalogue of the Gov. Pubs. of the U.S. (1778-1887)

  • Statistical Universe (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    Indexing and abstracting of statistical publications from:
    • Federal Sources (1973-present)
    • State and private organizations (1980-present)
      
    • International and intergovernmental organizations (1983-present).

If you need help finding government documents, please ask at the Hunt Library reference desk for assistance.