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Southern Methodist University
Central University Libraries
Government Information And Map Resources Department
Collections
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Federal Resources
The Government Information Resources collections include Federal (United States Government) publications in paper, microfiche
and electronic -- both tangible (e.g., DVD-ROM) and virtual (e.g., web-based resources) -- formats. The Federal collection has been developed to support research in the humanities, the social
sciences, education, legal studies, science and technology, and business, as well as areas of interest to the general public. Currently, SMU receives 77% of the publications made available to depository libraries via the Federal Depository Library Program or FDLP.
Collection highlights include:
- Journals Of The Continental Congress, 1774-1789
- The U.S. Serial Set (and related publications)
- The Congressional Record (and related publications)
- Congressional Hearings
- Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States
- The Budget of the United States Government
- Foreign Relations Of The United States
- Decennial Census publications (1790 to present)
- Crime in the United States (statistics)
- Publications of the United States Patent And Trademark Office (e.g., the Official Gazette)
- Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Reports
- The Vital And Health Statistics Series
- Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
- Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) Reports
- Climatological Data: Texas
- Publications related to the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (e.g., Warren Commission publications)
- Area Handbook Series / Country Studies
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletins
- Department of Agriculture Soil Surveys
- United States Geological Survey (USGS) Water-Resources Investigations Reports
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) technical literature
- Publications by "defunct" federal agencies such as the War Department, the Federal Power Commission, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the Civil Service Commission
- Publications from the "The NASA History Series"
- Publications of the U.S. Army Center of Military History
- Trial Of The Major War Criminals Before The International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg (November 14, 1945 - October 1, 1946)
- Technical Report Literature (U.S. Government Contract Reports)
