Sociology Research Guide
Finding Federal Documents
The NCSU Libraries has an extensive collection of Federal government
documents. Those that have been published since 1976 can be searched in
electronic databases. The most comprehensive of these electronic versions of
the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications is available from
OCLC.
The D. H. Hill Library Federal documents collection contains approximately
86% of the publications listed in the Monthly Catalog.
Many of the publications in the library's Federal documents collection are
older than 1976 and can not be searched electronically. For material issued
prior to 1976, use the printed Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government
Publications shelved in the U.S. Documents Reference area on the second floor, north tower, to obtain call numbers for
this material.
The Federal documents collection is shelved in the second floor tower stack
areas of the library. The collection is arranged by a separate classification
system -- the Superintendent of Documents (or SuDoc) classification scheme --
which arranges material by the government agency responsible for the
publication. Such an arrangement is not good for browsing since many agencies
may have published books on a given topic.
Examples:
- Threat posed by the convergence of organized crime, drug
trafficking, and terrorism : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime
of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth
Congress, second session, December 13, 2000. (66 p.)
- U.S. Docs. Y 4.J 89/1:106/148
- Illegal aliens : INS participation in antigang task
forces in Los Angeles (2000, 71 p.)
- GAO-01-78
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Electronic access;
needs an Adobe Acrobat reader.
- Homelessness : programs and the people they serve :
findings of the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients
(1999, 1 v.)
- U.S. Docs. HH 1.2:H 75/54/REPORT
- Service coordination : elderly persons and people with
disabilities (1998?, 137 p).
- U.S. Docs. HH 1.6/3:EL 2/5
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