Government Resources

The Benedictine College Library is one of seventeen Congressionally designated selective Federal Depository Libraries in the State of Kansas. The regional depository is at the University of Kansas Anschutz Library.

Free public access to the Government Documents Collection is available during regular library hours. The main collection is housed on the library's third floor. Although some documents are available for in-house reference use only, most U.S. government books, periodicals, and other publications may be checked out with a Benedictine library card or borrowed through interlibrary loan. In addition, many federal documents available online may be retrieved by searching the library's online catalog. Arranged by the Superintendent of Documents Classification (SuDoc) system, according to federal issuing agency, the documents collection includes current and historical resources for all subject areas, including health, business, military, science, technology, and the arts.

KEY RESOURCES FOR IDENTIFYING & ACCESSING DOCUMENTS

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications - Online catalog for federal publications, both historic and current, with direct links to those that are available online. Updated daily!
FDsys - Official information from the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the government
govinfo - GPO's beta site, which will replace FDsys in the future, provides a new interface for accessing government collections
Core Documents of Our Democracy
HathiTrust Federal Government Documents Registry - Access to historical U.S. government information not digitally available through GPO or agency websites

SEARCH ENGINES & SITES

MetaLib - MetaLib is a search engine that searches multiple government databases.
USA.gov - Government-sponsored search engine
Science.gov - Gateway to U.S. Federal Science

FIND BY SUBJECT

ARTS

CHILDREN

EDUCATION

ERIC Education Resources Information Center - Bibliographic records of education literature, plus a growing collection of full text
Education Research and Statistics
Education Policy & Guidance

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Congress.gov - Official website for U.S. federal legislative information.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Justice and substance abuse resources supporting research, policy, and program development.
Bureau of Justice Statistics - Primary source for U.S. criminal justice statistics.
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting
CrimeSolutions.gov
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Legal Information Through Electronics (FLITE) - Full-text U.S. Supreme Court decisions issued between 1937 and 1975.
WashLaw - Washburn Law School
Federal Equal Employment Laws, Cases and Resources
Federal Election Commission
Statistical Abstracts Series 1878-2012 - Statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Congressional Research Service Reports - A public service of North Texas Libraries providing searchable access to full-text CRS Reports.
U.S. Census Bureau - Data tables and maps presenting Census data.
National Institute on Aging
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
CIA World Factbook

HUMANITIES

Library of Congress
American Memory Map Collection
Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations
Historic Government Publications from World War II - Documents distributed by the U.S. Government Printing Office during World War II and part of Southern Methodist University Digital Collections.
Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties (commonly Kappler's)
Kansas Historical Society
Kansas Memory
National Archives - Preserving our nation’s most important legal and historical documents.
Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
Primary Documents in American History
Office of Coast Survey’s Historical Map & Chart Collection - Maps and charts from the late 1700s to present day.
State Archives - National Archives index of state historical societies
U.S. Army Center for Military History, Related Websites