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Research Center Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

Government Documents

The government documents collection includes current serial publications of U.S. federal, state, and local governments, foreign governments, and international organizations. The Serial and Government Publications Division is a selective Federal Depository Library and holds depository materials for the most recent ten years. The collections also include the Federal Advisory Committee Collection, 1972-present, and the complete United Nations documents collection, 1945-present. Government documents are held in print, microfiche, and digital formats.

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U.S. Government Publications in the Newspaper and Current ...

Access: Fill out a call slip at the circulation desk to request print and microfiche documents. Indicate the title of the document or publication, date or issue number, and the SuDoc classification number. Delivery time is generally within 30 minutes. Access subscription databases at the public computer terminals or through the Library's Wifi on your own device.

Government documents are also found in the General Collections and the Law Library. Reference staff can help determine which reading room will serve the materials you need.

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For more detailed information about the reading room's government documents collections, please see the following research guide:

U.S. Government Publications in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

This guide provides information about the United States government documents collection in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room of the Library of Congress.

Collection
Department of Defense Annual Reports (1948-1996) and Military Branch Budget Justification Books (1980-1996) This collection consists of: Department of Defense Annual Reports (1948-1996) and military service branch Justification of Estimates Books, "J-Books" (1980-1996). The digital collection is based on a large physical reference collection held by the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Section of the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS works exclusively for Congress. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress, digitized the collection. It includes…
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Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Collection The Federal Advisory Committee Act collection at the Library of Congress consists of materials legally deposited with the Library under the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA). The collection consists of documents including charters, annual reports, meeting minutes, and background papers submitted to the Library by various committees, boards, commissions, councils, and similar groups established under FACA to advise offices and agencies in…
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January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol Web Archive On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Capitol was attacked by a crowd attempting to stop a joint session of Congress from certifying the electoral votes of the 2020 presidential election. The January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol Web Archive preserves a representative sample of websites related to the attack and its aftermath. The collection includes a selection of federal and state government websites,…
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