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CATALOGS, DIRECTORIES, SALES CATALOGS, SEARCH ENGINES & SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (U.S. Government Printing Office, GPO Access),
1994-present. Cataloging records are updated daily.
Checklist of U.S. Public Documents, 1789-1909.
GPO Monthly Catalog on FirstSearch, 1976-present. Updated monthly.
Highlight GPO database in Advanced Search to access the database.
GPO Access Online full-text Federal Register, Congressional Record, congressional bills, GAO reports, budget, presidential documents, and other federal government information, many updated daily.
National Technical Information Service. 1964 to present.. Technical reports are usually the results of U.S. government sponsored research grants and produced by universities or research centers. Abstracts of reports, many of which are available from the University of Colorado at Boulder Government Publications Library which has a comprehensive, historical collection in microfiche of technical reports from various federal agencies such as NTIS, NASA, U.S. Atomic Energy Agency, and Dept. of Energy. An interlibrary loan request will produce a microfiche copy of the report which you may keep or donate back to the Auraria Library. Be sure to indicate clearly on your request that it is a U.S. government technical report to be requested from CU-Boulder.
Popular Names of U.S. Government Reports
 
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DIRECTORIES

The "Agency Approach" to Locating Government Information on the Internet
Checklist of U.S. Public Documents (1789 - 1909)
Consumer.gov Consumer information from the U.S. Government
Federal Bulletin Board an electronic bulletin board service of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S Government Printing Office (GPO). Federal agencies use the FBB to distribute electronic files to the public and to provide free, immediate, and self-service access to Federal information in electronic form. Users can access information from the White House and Executive Branch agencies (includes independent agencies).
Federal Citizen Information Center
FedWorld, National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
FirstGov for Nonprofits. A network of links to Federal government information and services of interest to nonprofit organizations.
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Government Information (ALA GODORT)
GobiernoUSA.gov. USAgov in Spanish
Federal Resources Organized by Topic (U.S. Government Printing Office)
GODORT
Google Web Directory Good for publications searches.
GovEngine. Directory of federal, state, and local government agencies.
GovSpeak A Guide to Government Acronyms and Abbreviations.
GovSpot
Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections, Government Information
Librarian's Index to the Internet: Government
LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directory
Science.gov Gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provides by U.S. government agencies
Meta-Subject Index to Government Information
Uncle Sam Migrating Government Publications
University of Michigan Documents Center, Government Resources on the Web
University of Nevada Government Information
USA.gov Government Information by topic
University of Nevada Informaciõn Gubernamental en Español
USA.gov for Nonprofits
U.S. Government Information on the Web Subject Index (St. Mary's University, TX)
Vanderbilt University: Government Information
WorldwideScience.org
 
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SALES CATALOGS

Federal Citizen Information Center (formerly Consumer Information Center), Pueblo, Colorado. Includes some free online publications on popular topics.
Sales Product Catalog (U.S. Government Online Bookstore)
 
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SEARCH ENGINES

Archives.gov
USA.gov 
Science.gov 
Google
Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Stores billions of web pages which are no longer live.Includes government pages.
Vivisimo (search engine)
Yahoo! Government
 
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SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Explanation of the Superintendent of Documents Classification System (U.S. Government Printing Office)
 
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