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  • The following indexes and databases are good starting points:
    • The Drew Library Catalog contains entries for most documents received by Drew since January 1990. Drew Library provides a shelf list of all government documents in the collection. This shelf list is located on A-level in the Rose portion of the library (map).
    • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications indexes documents dating from 1976 to the present. The index links to some full text documents.
    • Worldcat (accessed from Electronic Resources by Title) includes entries from the Monthly Catalog since 1976. Searching is possible by keyword, personal or corporate author, title, report number or SuDoc #
    • The print Monthly Catalog, and its predecessor volumes, indexes documents from 1789 to the present. The Monthly Catalog is located in compact shelving on A-level (Learning Center) under the following SuDoc numbers, GP 3.6: and GP 3.8:. The following resources, located on A-level (Rose) are also helpful in locating older government documents:
      • US DOCS REF 015.73 P823d - A Descriptive Catalogue of Government Publications of the United States, Sept. 5 1774-March 4, 1881
      • US DOCS REF 015.73 U58c - Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893.
      • US DOCS REF 015.73 U.S. Subject Index - Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of the United States Government Publications, 1900-1971.
      • US DOCS REF 015.73 L642c - Cumulative Index to United States Public Documents, 1789-1976.
      • The Drew depository collection includes other indexes. Please check the library Catalog.
    • ProQuest Congressional (accessed from Electronic Resources by Titlehttp://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx) uses the CIS Index and contains many full text documents listed in the index. A print version of the CIS Index is located in the US DOCS REF section on A-level (Rose): US DOCS REF 328.7303 C749 as is its predecessor US DOCS REF 328.73 C749c US Serial Set Index (1789-1969).
    • A print version of the ASI (American Statistical Index) can be found in the US DOCS REF section on A-level Rose:  016.3173 A512a
  • Online access to selected older full text documents.
    • FDsys, a free service of the US Government Printing Office, provides electronic access for many government documents.
    • A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, from the Library of Congress. Access to selected legislated 18th and 19th century documents.
    • Government Information- How to Find It provides links to archival and current government information hosted by Universities and other non-governmental entities.

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