Finding Government Documents

Local |State |Federal

Milne Library became a federal depository in 1967 and presently selects about 18% of the documents made available through the Federal Depository Library Program. Milne also has documents from before 1967, some dating from the very beginnings of the nation. Since 1962, Milne Library has been a depository for New York State documents, and in 1989 was redesignated a Documents Depository Library under the New York State Document Depository Program.

Finding Government Documents

The library's collection is primarily housed in Fraser Study Center, including CDs and microfiche. Many government resources are available electronically through the Resources by Subject webpage, and via links in the record in GLOCAT.

Please see the Government Documents Retrieval policy for information on retrieving documents from Fraser Study Center.

The Congressional Record from 1954 to 1963 is housed in Milne on the upper level.

For questions regarding the Government Documents collection, please contact:

Tom Ottaviano
Reference/Instruction/Government Documents Librarian
Milne Library
(585) 245-5213
ottavian@geneseo.edu

Finding Local Government Information

Population:

• Livingston County

School Districts:

• Avon
• Geneseo
• Honeoye Falls-Lima
• Livonia
• Caledonia-Mumford

Towns & Villages:

• Avon
• Caledonia
• Conesus
• Geneseo
• Lima, Town of
• Lima, Village of
• Livonia

Counties:

• Genesee
• Livingston
• Monroe
• Ontario
• Steuben
• Wyoming

Finding State Government Information

Research Tools:

• Attorney General's Office
• New York State Agency Resources
• New York State Government Information Locator Service
• New York State Homepage
• New York State Laws

Find your state legislators:

• New York State Assembly
• New York State Senate

State Departments:

• DEC
• NYS Department of Health
• NYS Department of Labor
• State Education Department
  • SUNY
  • New York State Library

Finding Federal Government Documents

Research Tools:

• FDLP Desktop: The Federal Depository Library Program was "established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government’s information, this program involves the acquisition, format conversion, and distribution of depository materials and the coordination of Federal depository libraries in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories" -- from the FDLP web site, accessed 5/23/06, from http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fdlp.html
• GPO Access
• Catalog of U.S.Government Publications, 1994-present
• Thomas - This is a site through the library of congress that provides a wide range of information, including: current legislation, the text and motions involving bills that have passed through congress, committee reports, and information on which congress members support the different bills that pass through congress.

Finding new electronic titles:

• New Electronic Titles: Web-accessible government documents are added monthly to GPO Access, the finding tool used to locate government information

Finding Congressional Hearings

• If the Congressional Hearing is BEFORE 1976, use the print version of Monthly Catalog in Milne's reference collection: ref index Z 1223 A18
• If the Congressional Hearing is BETWEEN 1976 & 1994, use the electronic version of Monthly Catalog via Firstsearch, or the Catalog of Government Publications.
• If the Congressional Hearing is 1997 or LATER, it may be available in full-text online, via GPO Access
• If the Congressional Hearing is from the 105th Congress or LATER, then the hearing should be available in full-text online, in GPO Access or in GLOCAT. If you wish to obtain a copy of a hearing that is online, please contact Tom Ottaviano at ottavian@geneseo.edu.

Congress:

• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Congress Merge - Use this site to find your congressional representatives and see how they voted for recent bills.

Finding a Federal Government Agency Document:

• Federal Agency Internet Sites: Use this service to link directly to Federal agency Web sites after searching an index, or viewing a list of agencies that reflects the structure of the government as identified in the U.S. Government Manual. This site is brought to the web by Louisiana State University Libraries in partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program.

• CyberCemetery: A useful site designed to provide permanent access to web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.