Government Information

Government Information at Milne Library

Milne Library became a federal depository in 1967 and presently selects about 38% 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, and in 1989 was redesignated a Documents Depository Library under the New York State Document Depository Program.

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

Census data: U.S. Census Bureau

School Districts: Geneseo | Avon | Livonia | Honeoye Falls-Lima

Local Government Agencies

New York State Government Agencies

Go to the list of GPO Item Numbers to find out which documents Milne Library selects for our federal depository collection.

Monthly Catalog of Government Publications (via FirstSearch; SUNY Geneseo access ONLY)

Locating Congressional Hearings:

ref index Z 1223 A18

Federal Government Agencies

Local	State	Federal
Milne Library became a federal depository in 1967 and presently selects about 38% 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, and in 1989 was redesignated a Documents Depository Library under the New York State Document Depository Program.
Locating Government Information
The library's collection is primarily housed in Milne Library, with part of the collection stored in the Fraser Study Center. Some government resources are available electronically through our Research Resources webpage.
What is in Fraser Study Center? Federal government documents as follows: Yearbook of Agriculture Agricultural Statistics Medical Department in US Army in WWII US Army in WWII (various vols.) Federal Trade Commission Decisions (v. 113-122) Digest of Public General Bills & Resolutions Budget of the United States Government (1997-present) Foreign Relations of the United States (various vols.) Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum Annual Report of the American Historical Association Documents in the following call number ranges: Y3 Y8 Y10 Congressional Budget Office publications ALL New York State government documents (with the following exceptions; these documents are still housed on the lower level of Milne Library with the Federal government documents): Laws of New York CLS NY Statutes/Session Laws Summary of Legislation Documents of the Legislature of New York State (individual titles vary) NYS Legislative Documents NYS Assembly Annotated Lists & Indexes 1831-1918 (3 volumes) Documents of the Assembly of New York State New York Assembly Documents New York Assembly Journal Documents of the Senate of the State of New York New York State Senate Documents New York Senate Journal State Education Department Reports Colonial Laws of New York Documentary History of New York State Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York (v.1-15) Checklist of Official Publications of the State of New York New York State Register
Please see the following policy for information on retrieving documents from Fraser Study Center: Government Documents Retrieval Policy

Local
Census data: U.S. Census Bureau
Population: Livingston County
School Districts: Geneseo \| Avon \| Livonia \| Honeoye Falls-Lima

	Local Government Agencies

Towns & Villages: Geneseo \| Avon \| Livonia \| Lima: Town Village \| Caledonia \| Conesus

Counties: Livingston\| Monroe \| Ontario \| Genesee \| Wyoming \| Steuben


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State
Research Tools:
Finding New York State Documents
Researching Environmental Topics with New York State Documents
New York State Government Information Locator Service
NYS Agency Databases

	New York State Government Agencies
New York State Home Page
Attorney General's Office
Education: NYS Dept of Education \| NYS Library \| SUNY
Environment: DEC
Health: NYS Dept of Health
Labor: NYS Dept of Labor

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Federal
Go to the list of GPO Item Numbers to find out which documents Milne Library selects for our federal depository collection.
Research Tools:
GPO Access
Monthly Catalog of Government Publications (via FirstSearch; SUNY Geneseo access ONLY)
Monthly Catalog of Government Publications (via GPO Access)

Locating Congressional Hearings:
If the Congressional Hearing is BEFORE 1976, use the print version of Monthly Catalog in Milne's reference collection (Example here):		ref index Z 1223 A18
If the Congressional Hearing is BETWEEN 1976 & 1994, use the electronic version of Monthly Catalog via Firstsearch:		Monthly Catalog
If the Congressional Hearing is AFTER 1994, use the electronic version of Monthly Catalog available via GPO Access, called the Catalog of Government Publications.		Catalog of Government Publications
If the Congressional Hearing is 1997 or LATER, it may be available in full-text online, via GPO Access. Go to Legislative Resources, click on "View all", then scroll down to Congressional Hearings.		GPO Access -- Legislative Resources
If the Congressional Hearing is from the 105th Congress or LATER, then the hearing should be available in full-text online. Check GLOCAT to find out whether we received the print version; if full-text is available, the record should be in GLOCAT. Milne Library keeps the print version in storage.		GLOCAT

	Federal Government Agencies
Federal Web Locator

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	For questions regarding the Government Documents collection, please contact: Kate Merrill Reference/Instruction/Government Documents Librarian Milne Library (585) 245-5064 merrill@geneseo.edu

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updated 11.23.04

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