How to Find United States Federal Documents

About Duke's Collection of Federal Documents

Government documents subject guides

• United States Government Documents
• Historical Research with United States Government Documents
• Census of Population and Housing
• How a Bill Becomes a Law

Locating Federal Documents

• If you have a record from the online catalog
• Most commonly used items (located in the Reference US Collection, Perkins 1)
  • Papers of the Presidents
  • Congressional Hearings, most recent year
  • Foreign Relations of the United States
  • Country Studies
• US Census, Public Documents Department, Bostock 3
  
• US Legal Code and Federal Statues, Public Documents Department, Bostock 3
  
• Congressional Hearings, Public Documents stacks, Bostock 3, call number Y4
• Indexes to Congressional Documents, Public Documents Department, Bostock 3
  

Help

• Contact a Reference librarian or subject specialist