LibGuides: US Government Documents Fundamentals: Federal Documents

Highlighted Resources

My Congressional District
Quick and easy access to selected statistics such as age, employment, and education, collected by the U.S. Census Bureau through the American Community Survey.
FedFlix (Internet Archive)
"Welcome to FedFlix. Here we feature the best movies of the United States Government, from training films to history, from our national parks to the U.S. Fire Academy and the Postal Inspectors, all of these fine flix are available for reuse without any restrictions whatsoever. "

Federal Documents

Federal Documents at WSU Libraries
Federal Depository Library information; access to the collection; assistance with finding federal documents
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branch Resources
Federal Databases, Search Engines, and Metasites
Historical Federal Documents at WSU Libraries
Online sources of historical documents; finding documents throughout the country's history at the WSU Libraries
Congressional Representatives
Federal Statistics
Census Information
Census of Population and Housing, Population Schedules, Census of Agriculture, Economic Census, Census of Governments, International Census Information
Presidential Papers
Superintendent of Documents Classification System

Depository Libraries

The federal government established a system of depository libraries in 1813. The WSU Libraries, #0643, became a depository in 1907 along with many other land grant institution libraries. The FDLP symbol is posted at the entryway to the Holland and Terrell Libraries and the Owen Science & Engineering Library as well as on the Libraries' home page.

The State of Washington also has a depository program, started in 1963. The WSU Libraries is a full state depository and receives all of the documents distributed by the state government.

System of Federal Depository Libraries
"....the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) ... distributes certain classes of Government documents free of cost to designated libraries throughout the United States and its territories."
Washington State Depository Program
"The Washington State Depository Program was officially established by the Washington State Legislature in 1963 to provide Washington citizens with economical, convenient and permanent access to publications produced by Washington state government agencies. "
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