United States Government Reference Guide

USEFUL POINTS TO REMEMBER

• The Davidson Library is a selective depository of United States government information; we receive most information published by the three branches of government: executive, legislative, judicial.
• Most publications are located in the Government Information Center, first floor north of the Library.
• We are in the process of cataloging our publications into PEGASUS; some information previous to 1993 is still in the government publications card catalog in the reference area.
• Much government information is available through the Internet; we can help you locate these sources.
  United States government page

LIBRARY SOURCES

PEGASUS

publications in the UCSB library; many older publications not yet listed

MELVYL Catalog

most government publications; UCSB may not be listed, but we may own the publication

GENERAL INDEXES and DATABASES

SELECTED EXECUTIVE BRANCH SOURCES

Budget of the U. S. Government	Ref US PREX 2.8:
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents	Govt. Pubs. AE2.109:&GS4.114
Public Papers of the Presidents	Main Library J 80 A28
Code of Federal Regulations	Ref AE2.106/3-2
Federal Register	Govt Pubs AE2.106:
CIS Index to U. S. Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909; 1910-1932	Ref Index area JK411 .C57
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)	CD-Rom, Electronic Arcade

SELECTED LEGISLATIVE SOURCES

Legislative sites

Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report	Reference JA 1. C7
Congressional Record	Govt. Pubs.X 1.1/A: (see guide)	Congressional Universe
Index to Publications of the U. S. Congress. 1970 -	Ref index area Z1223.Z7 C6	Congressional Universe
CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index. 1833-1969	Ref Index area KF40 .C56
CIS US Congressional Committee Prints Index.1830-1969	Ref Index area Z1223.Z7 C66

SELECTED JUDICIAL SOURCES

Judicial Sources

United States Code	Ref KF 62 1972 L38
Supreme Court Reports	Ref JK 1561 U5	Academic Universe
U. S. Statutes at Large	Ref KF 50 A3
United States Law Week	Ref JK 416 A28
U. S. Supreme Court Digest	Ref KF 101.1 U55

STATISTICAL SOURCES

American Statistics Index	Ref index area HA37.U55 A43
FedStats
Univ of Mich. statistics page
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.	Ref Desk HA 202 U6
1990 Census of Population and Housing/1997 Economic Census	CD-Rom, Elec. Arcade
National Trade DataBank:NTDB - also on STAT-USA	CD-Rom., Elec. Arcade
Uniform Crime Reports	Ref US J 1.14/7:
Health, United States	Ref US HE 20.6018:
Encyclopedia of Education Statistics	Ref US ED 1.326:

DIRECTORIES

Government Information Exchange
Senate directory
House directory
Congressional Staff Directory	Ref Desk JK 1012 C6
Federal Staff Directory	Ref Desk JK 723 E9 F44
Federal Yellow Book	Ref Desk JK 6 F45
Foreign Consular Offices in the United States	Ref Desk JX 1705 A28
Official Congressional Directory	Ref JK 1011 U6
Washington Information Directory	Ref F 192.3 W33

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND GUIDES

United States Government Manual	Ref Desk
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to...
the Congress of the United States	Ref JK 1021 C56
the Presidency	Ref JK 516 C57
the U. S. Supreme Court	Ref KF 8742 W 567
U. S. Elections	Ref JK 1967 C 66