Government Documents Guide
Colorado College has been a depository for federal documents since 1890. Tutt Library is a selective depository and receives 1/3 of the available items in paper, microfiche, or electronic formats. Decisions about what to receive are based upon the needs of the 5th Congressional District and the Colorado College curriculum. We have most Congressional documents from 1789 - , and some departmental series from number 1 - . {See Collection Development Policy for more information.} If you need a publication that does not appear in the TIGER catalog, check this site or ask for help at the Tutt reference desk. Items not held at Tutt Library or accessible online may be available via Interlibrary Loan. Moreover, the Denver Public Library and the University of Colorado, Boulder, are both complete (100%) depositories and open to public use of their collections.
The University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy are also U.S. government publications depositories. Both libraries select 25% of the publications available. UCCS holds the only ERIC microfiche collection in the area. The Air Force Academy specializes in military topics. They also have NTIS technical publications on microfiche.
LOCATING U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS IN TUTT LIBRARY
To retrieve a document be sure to print the online record or write down the title of the document and the SuDocs call number (e.g., A 13.88/2:INT-92). You will find the paper in the South Basement while microfiche is on the North 2nd Floor. CD-ROMs are shelved in the Documents Office. Maps are located in the map room in Tutt 1st Floor south, oversized maps are up on the North 2nd Floor and others are shelved with the main collection in the South Basement. Many records in the TIGER have web links to full text.
The TIGER catalog contains documents received since 1992, and earlier documents are being added. If you don’t find what you are looking for, or would like more information on your topic from U.S. Government sources, check this site. You will find databases that search for full text publications or citations. Ask the reference librarian for help in using the catalog, web pages, and location of items in the collection.
INDEXES TO U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Catalogs - Some records have web full text links. Note the SuDoc call number and the title. If we own the document, it will be in the paper, microfiche or CD Documents collection. If you can't locate the document, ask for help at the documents desk or the reference desk.
Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog, 1900 - 1971, 1971 - 1976
DOCS INDEX AREA - Map Room
Includes departmental and Congressional documents. Arranged by subject category. Titles of documents appear under each category. Note the title, year of the Monthly Catalog, and the item or page number in that year for each document you want (e.g. - (68) 351). Look up item 351 in the 1968 edition of the Monthly Catalog and note the SuDoc call number (e.g. - Y 4.ED 8/1: Ag 3/2). If you need help locating the document, ask for assistance at the documents desk or the reference desk.
Monthly Catalog of US Publications, 1895-2001
Docs Stacks GP 3.8/8:
SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND FULL TEXT DATABASES
Congressional Universe, 1789-1969, and 1970-; CC and in-library use only
The 1970 - portion of this database provides full text publications from Congressional committees (Hearings Testimony, Committee Prints, Reports, and Documents) for recent years, and citations for earlier years. For documents with citations only, note the call number and title. Most of these documents are in Government Documents. Hearings and Committee Prints with a call number starting with “Y 4.” may be in the paper or microfiche collections. Documents and Reports are in the Serial Set paper collection (locate by Congress no. and session, Senate or House, Document or Report no.). From the 105th Congress (1996) on, these documents are in Docs microfiche. You may search for a subject, legislative history, witness, bill number, law and by type of publication. Full text is available for recent years of the Congressional Record, bills, laws, regulations, member biographies and committee rosters, inside Washington (newspaper articles), hot topics, and links to other web sites.
Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969
DOCS INDEX AREA - Map Room
This provides citations to various collections of Congressional publications. We have the Serial Set Collection (locate document by Serial Set no. and Document or Report no.) and very few of the Hearings and Committee Prints (locate by SuDocs call no. Y 4…) in Government Documents. Other cited collections are available at the Univ. of Colorado at Boulder. You may search by subject, committee, title, witness, and bill number. For publications with citations only, note the CIS number. The Air Force Academy has many of the documents listed without a SuDoc number in a separate CIS Microfiche Collection. Ask for help to obtain these documents.
Statistical Universe – Dates Vary; CC and in-library use only
This database includes statistics from U.S. Government departments and agencies. Some pre-1950 data is available. You may search Power Tables for fast access to table data on a topic; Abstracts allows you to search summaries of statistical publications for comprehensive overviews of available data; and Links, allows you to jump to other web sites with useful data.
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