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U.S. Government Documents: The Classics

Classic Indexes to U.S. Government Publications

Document Catalog 1893-1940. 25 vols.
[Online through HathiTrust and Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks: Z 1223 A13]
The most complete index to all types of U.S. documents for the period 1893-1940. Lists government authors, personal authors, and subjects in a single alphabet and gives full bibliographic information at each entry, including Serial Set numbers when present
Poore, Benjamin Perley. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881. New York, Johnson Reprint Corp., [1970].
[Online through Hathi Trust and Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Reference: Folio Z1223 A 1885.]
Ames, John G. Comprehensive index to the publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1905 ; Ann Arbor, J.W. Edwards, 1953.
[Online through HathiTrust and LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection, as well as in print].
Checklist of United States public documents 1789-1909, congressional: to close of Sixtieth Congress, departmental: to end of calendar year 1909. 3rd. ed. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1911-.
[Online through HathiTrust and also in print]
CIS U.S. serial set index. Washington : Congressional Information Service, c1975.
[LIBRA Storage: J74 .C66 1975]
CIS Index Annual.
LIBRA Storage: JK1001 .C65

Major Older Collections at Penn

Readex Microfiche, 1980-1985.
[LIBRA Storage]
From January 1980 to December 1985, the Readex republication of all depository documents was received on microfiche. The Library discontinued this subscription in 1985. This microfiche is interfiled with the depository microfiche described below.
Depository Microfiche, 1981- .
[LIBRA Storage]
Penn Library selects approximately 30% of the U.S. government documents available on deposit. While some depository documents are received in paper and are cataloged in Franklin, a larger number are available only on microfiche. Documents on microfiche are arranged by SuDocs number. Use the print Monthly Catalog, WorldCat, and the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications to find SuDocs numbers.
United States Government publications; depository [microform], 1956-1980. Readex Microprint
[LIBRA Storage: Microprint #5].
For January 1956 through December 1980, the Library has a complete collection of U.S. Government depository publications on microprint. Documents can be identified by using the print Monthly Catalog, in which depository documents are marked by a 'bullet'. The microprint is arranged by year and MoCat entry number. LIBRA requests should include "Microprint #5" and the MoCat number.

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