Government Documents
The Mudd is part of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
Some of Lawrence's 320,000 government documents are in LUCIA -- but not many. To find U.S. government publications, use one of the catalogs listed below.
A Guide to Understanding the Government Document Numbering System
Catalogs
- GPO.
An index to all the federal government publications distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program. From FirstSearch. [LU only]
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (1994 to present)
Another version of the index available from the Government Printing Office Web site.
- Monthly Catalog (1895-1995)
Printed version of the index that provides access to older publications.
Location: Bibliography area (behind reference offices, first floor)
- Electronic access to government information
Links to information about our collection and to gov docs on the web.
Databases
- American State Papers, 1789-1838
Search or browse these legislative and executive documents, many originating from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817.
- U.S. Congressional Serials Set
Search or browse the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.
- Serials Set Maps, 1817-1980
The maps published as part of U.S. Congressional Serial Set publications.
