U.S. Federal Reference Shelf
This is a list of frequently used Federal sources and how they may be accessed. Many of them are available online and in print.
- Bill of Rights
- Print: Y 1.1/7:102-188 SuDocs Reference
- Budget of the U.S. Government (FY 1996-)
- Print: PREX 2.8: Latest SuDocs Reference
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs
- Print: PREX 2.20: Latest SuDocs Reference & Computer Disk
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Print: AE 2.106/3: SuDocs Reference
- Condition of Education
- Print: ED 1.109: Latest SuDocs Reference
- Congressional Bills (Online at Congress.gov)
- Print: Y 1.4: SuDocs Microfiche
- Congressional Directory
- Print: Y 4.P 93/1:1/# Latest SuDocs Reference
- Congressional Record (Historically available through Hein Online)
- Print: X 1.1: SuDocs Stacks and microfiche
- Congressional Record Index (1983-) (Historically available through Hein Online)
- Print: X 1.1: SuDocs Stacks
- Constitution of the United States of America
- Print: Y 1.1/7:102-188 SuDocs Reference
- Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation
- Print: Y1.1/2:14152 SuDocs Reference
- Country Background Notes
- Print: S 1.123: Reference
- County and City Databook
- Print: C 3.134/2: C83/2 Latest SuDocs Reference
- County Business Patterns (e-Only)
- Crime in the United States (Uniform Crime Reports)
- Print: J 1.14/7: Latest SuDocs Reference
- Compilation of Presidential Documents (2009- )
- Declaration of Independence
- Print: U.S. Government Manual AE 2.108/2: SuDocs Reference
For facsimile edition, Oversize LC 1.28:[4] - Digest of Education Statistics (e-only with 2004)
- Print: ED 1.140: Latest SuDocs Reference
(earlier - ED 1.310/2:, ED 1.326:, ED 1.113:, HE 19.315:) - Economic Indicators
- Print: Y4 .Ec7: Ec7/ Reference Desk
- Economic Report of the President (1995-)
- Print: PR# SuDocs Reference
- Federal Register
- Print: AE 2.106 check IUCAT for location
- FEDSTATS [shut down as of Febuary 2018. See Sunlight Foundation Report.] Try Data.gov.
- Foreign Consular Offices in the United States
- Print: S 1.69/2: SuDocs Stacks (See IUCAT for preceding call numbers)
- GPO[E-ONLY]
- Green Book: Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means (1994-)
- Print: Y 4.W 36:10-4/ Latest SuDocs Reference
- Health, United States
- Print: HE 20.7042/6: SuDocs Reference
- History of Bills (1983-) [E-ONLY]
- National Atlas of the United States (e-only)
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
- Print: PREX 2.6/2:IN 27 Latest SuDocs Stacks
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Print: L 2.3/4: Latest SuDocs Reference
- O*Net (Occupational Information Network) Online
- Print: HB2595.O16 2002 Latest SuDocs Reference
- Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents
- Print: E173.U62 2003 L.C. Reference
Includes documents that chronicle U.S. history from 1776 to 1965. - Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions ) (1996-)
- Print: PM1.9: Latest SuDocs Reference
- Projections of Education Statistics
- Print: ED 1.20: Latest SuDocs Reference
- Public and Private Laws
- Print: AE 2.110: SuDocs Reference
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
- Print: AE 2.114: SuDocs Reference
- Social Security Handbook
- Print: SSA 1.8/3: Latest SuDocs Reference
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- Print: J 29.9/6: Latest SuDocs Reference
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-)
- Print: C 3.134: Latest SuDocs Reference
- Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-
- For all, consult NexisUni, Legal Research
Print: Shelves ALF -- Request at Reference Desk - United States Code
- Y 1.1/3: ET2 SuDocs Reference
- United States Government Manual (1995-)
- Print: AE 2.108/2: Latest SuDocs Reference
- U.S. Embassies and Consulates
- For Print see Diplomatic List S1.2: or Key Officers S1.40/5: Latest ET2 Reference Desk
- U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook
- Print: C 61.48 Latest Reference Desk
- World Factbook
- Print: PREX 3.15: Latest SuDocs Reference