General Sources
Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909
This listing is "an approximately complete checklist of all public documents issued by the United States Government during the first century and a quarter of its history."
Online
Print: Government Publications Reading Room - Z1223 A113 v.1
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774 - March 4, 1881 B.P. Poore
Poore covers the earliest time period of any of the indexes and covers all documents published by the U.S. government. The descriptions are in chronological order and give the title, the source of the document, the document number, and a very brief summary of the document's contents.
Print: Government Publications Reading Room - Z1223 A 1885 v. 1-3
Comprehensive index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893
Ames takes up where Poore leaves off. The descriptions are in chronological order and give the title, the source of the document & the document number.
Online
Print: Government Publications Reading Room - Z1223 A 1905 v.1-2.
Cumulative Title Index to the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1789-1976
Title index for 1789 through 1976
Print: Government Publications Reading Room - Z1223 Z7 L47 v.1-16
Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1900-1971
Subject index for 1900 through 1971
Print: Government Publications Reading Room - Z1223 A18 B83x v. 1-15
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The CGP is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. Coverage goes back to 1976.
Online from GPO
Online from Marcive Web DOCS
A commercial database of all MARC records going back to 1976.
Print: Government Publications Reading Room. Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications Coverage 1893 - present.
Executive Branch Publications
CIS Index to US Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909
The CIS Index to US Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909 and its companion microfiche collection give researchers precise access to documents from federal executive agencies in existence during the time covered by the US government's Checklist of United States Public Documents. We recently purchased the Index for 1910-1932 without the accompanying microfiche.
Print: Index in Government Publicatons
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The CGP is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. Coverage goes back to 1976.
Online from GPO
Online from Marcive Web DOCS
A commercial database of all MARC records going back to 1976.
Print: Government Publications Reading Room. Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications Coverage 1900 - present.
Google U.S. Patents
Congressional Publications
Congressiona Universe
Commercial database from LexisNexis indexing back to 1789.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The CGP is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. Coverage goes back to 1976.
Online from GPO
Online from Marcive Web DOCS
A commercial database of all MARC records going back to 1976.
Print: Government Publications Reading Room. Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications Coverage 1900 - present.
Congressional Information Service Annual & Cumulations
Indexes congressional publications of all types going back to 1970 - present.
Print: Government Publications & Learning Commons
