LibGuides: English 283: Creative Writing: Government Documents

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English Librarian

Linda Kott

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SBL 123, Box 2115
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007

605.688.5957

Subjects: Education, Humanities, Modern Languages, Social Sciences

Search for Government Documents

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications This link opens in a new window The finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on "Advanced" for more options.
GovInfo.gov This link opens in a new window Provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
USA.gov This link opens in a new window Easy-to-search, free-access website designed to give you a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state, and federal government agency websites. Topics included cover a broad range of subject areas.

Help Finding Government Documents

For more information about government documents and how to find them, visit our Government Information guide.

Briggs Library Government Information Guide

Hilton M. Briggs Library: Government Information

The Federal Depository Library Program: Keeping America Informed

Since 1813, the United States Federal Government has distributed information to the American people through a system of depository libraries. SDSU and the library have been a part of the Federal Depository Library Program since 1889.There are currently over 556,000 federally deposited documents in the Government Documents Collection at Briggs Library. Materials and reference services are available free of charge to all users of government information in accordance with Title 44 of the U.S. Code. The general public may access government information in all formats in the library including print, microform, tangible electronic, and via the Internet.