Searching for Government Documents in the Library Catalog
Formats and Locations:
Most documents published before 1976 are not found in the catalog For questions about historic documents, contact the Subject Specialist
Search by Keyword:
If you want to search for information on your topic or you don’t have a distinct title, search the U of A catalog by keyword(s)
Limit Location by selecting Government Documents from the drop down menu
**Note** This will limit the search to print documents found in the library.
If you are interested in the most current publication, also select sort by date from the Search and Sort drop down menu
Electronic Resources:
While searching the catalog, you will find government documents that are only available online.
Following the link FIND on the Web will take you to an outside webpage or download a PDF file.
Online Government Resources:
- GPO Access
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS) For technical reports online a service of the Department of Commerce
- Tris Online- Online access to the National Transportation Library
- Energy Citations Database- provides energy and energy-related scientific and technical information collected by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
Searching by Series and Author:
If you know the document you are searching for is part of a series (technical reports, etc.) search by keyword(s) and fill in as many of the search fields as possible.
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If you know the Exact Title of a Series:
- If there is a series name (e.g. Home Economic Research Report from the United States. Dept of Agriculture) of publication, search as title in catalog;
- Next, try searching the name of the agency as author in catalog omitting number, year, and location (Agriculture ); you may find several records for various types of documents such congressional, reports, and executive branch of documents for different years or one record listing several years;
- If not located using these searches, try searching the series name (Agricultural Economic Report) as keywords in the catalog and then limiting to year of publication and location
- If still unsuccessful, ask a Subject Specialist for help.