Collection Statement
The U.S. Government Information collection is an interdisciplinary social science collection that includes documents from all areas of the federal government with a specialization in U.S. demographics, public policy and legislation. All the government documents in the collection can be found in the Libraries' Roger Catalog, and most of them can be checked out. Government agencies are now producing a majority of their information in an online-only format. Many of these documents can also be accessed through the Roger Catalog, or a variety of other library databases.
UCSD is a Congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government Publications. Public access to documents received through the Federal Depository Library Program is guaranteed by U.S. law. See the libraries policies covering Visitor Services and User Conduct for general information or conduct Rebecca Hyde, U.S. Government Information Librarian, for specific questions regarding the federal documents collection.
Key Resources
AmericanFactfinder
A service of the U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder includes data from the United States Decennial Census, the American Community Survey and Census Population Estimates Program, Annual Economic Surveys and the Economic Census.
LexisNexis Congressional [UCSD only]
Indexes Congressional materials from 1789-present. Includes access to U.S. legislative information, including bills and pending legislation, legislative history, hearings, testimony, reports, documents, Congressional Record, CRS Reports, public laws and more.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [UCSD only]
A full text resource with coverage from 1789-1980. The U.S. Congressional Serial Set is the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and also includes key Executive Department publications.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition [UCSD only]
Comprehensive survey and tabulation of historical statistics from government agencies and other sources, covering all aspects of US population and economy.
USA Search
This government search engine allows the user to search .gov, .mil, .us and other federal, state and local government sites for official information and documents.
GPO Access
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office, GPO Access disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government. Locate online versions of major U.S. government publications such as: the Congressional Record, congressional publications of all kinds, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court decisions, executive branch documents and more.
Contact Information
Rebecca Hyde
Librarian for U.S. Government Information and Urban Studies & Planning
Social Sciences & Humanities Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, 0175R
La Jolla, California, 92093-0175
Phone (858) 534-4175
Fax (858) 534-7548
Email: rhyde@ucsd.edu
