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Federal Government Publications

The Wisconsin Historical Society Library, with the University of Wisconsin, is a regional depository for United States government publications. Particular subject area strengths are labor, foreign relations, census information, legislative branch activities, and civil rights.

Items in the federal government collection may be requested in-person at the Library's Circulation Desk or via Interlibrary Loan.

To discover if the library owns a particular title, search the Library Catalog (formerly MadCat). Because records for many publications will not be found in the Library Catalog, please contact the Society's Government Publications staff at 608-261-2460 if you are having trouble locating a publicaton.

Additional Federal Government Resources

Useful Government Information Locators

• Brief Guide To Citing Government Publications
  (via University of Memphis)
• First Gov
• Government Search via Google
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
  (via Louisiana State University)
• University of Michigan Documents Center
  This site offers comprehensive access to all types of government documents.

Indexes and Databases to Search Government Documents

• Marcive Webdocs
  Database of documents published 1976 to date. Only available on Society workstations.
• Catalog of Government Publications
  Searchable index of federal documents published since 1994
• U.S. Government Bookstore Sales Product Catalog
  This site offers searching and ordering of online government publications.
• CIS Statistical Universe
  This database offers comprehensive access to statistical information of selected publications and government documents. Only available on UW-Madison campus workstations.

Sites Providing Diverse Government Information

• FedWorld
  This site, a service offered by the National Technical Information Service, is a gateway to more than 100 U.S. government computer bulletin boards and an electronic document ordering service.
• FEDSTATS
  The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy provides online access to statistics produced by more than 70 agencies of the United States Federal Government.
• Stat-USA
  This fee-based service of the U.S. Department of Commerce provides access to a wide range of economic statistical sources. The site is password controlled - contact the Society's reference desk for password information.