February 26, 2008 -- Government Documents instruction :

2nd floor microform area :
... California Newspapers on microfilm
... California Soundex & Census demonstration
... Microfilm scanning demonstration

Class Hand Outs :
... Government Documents : General Description [pdf] & Map [pdf]
... Congressional Record in Meriam Library [pdf]
... Congressional Serial Set in Meriam Library [pdf]
... Soundex Coding System: Soundex_page1 [pdf] ; Soundex_page2 [pdf]

see also: Meriam Library - U. S. Historical Documents / Information
see also: Meriam Library - California Historical Information
see also: Meriam Library - Genealogy Information

Meriam Library ReSEARCH Station
---Meriam Library Home page. Links to the Meriam Library Catalog, databases, periodical articles, subject guides, library collections, etc.

Meriam Library Catalog
---most Gov. docs are cataloged in the Meriam Library Catalog, many link to the full text on the internet.

Melvyl
---Catalog of the University of California Libraries. Contains U.S. docs (limit library: CSL) most libraries use SuDocs classification system. Many link to the full text on the internet.

Pharos
---Catalog of the California State University Libraries. Contains U.S. docs, many w/links to the full text on the internet

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (formerly Monthly Catalog)
---coverage 1976 - (contains many full text gov. docs)

USA.gov
---U. S. Government's Official Web Portal : official information and services from the U.S. government

Google
---advanced search - to limit searches to government documents -- in domain box type: .gov

Google Scholar
---searche scholarly literature : more on Google Scholar @ CSU, Chico

GPO Access
---full text databases from the Government Printing Office

LexisNexis Congresional (restricted to CSU,Chico)
---index/abstract to Congressional publications (index/abstract 1970-) (full text approx.1988-)

American Statistics Index (ASI) 1973-2003 (index Z7554 U5 A46)
---"A comprehensive guide and index to the statistical publications of the U.S. Government."

CIS Presidential Executive Orders and Proclamations (ref KF70 A55 1986)
---index by subject, organization, personal name, chronological list by date

CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index through 1969 (ref J74 C66)
---subject & title index to Congressional committee prints, 1945?-1969)

CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index. (index J74 C65 1833-1969)
---name, title & subject index to Congressional hearings 1833-1969.

CIS U. S. Serial Set Index 1789-1969 (index Z1223 Z9 C65)
---subject and numeric access to Serial Set

Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents, 1789-1976 (index Z1223 Z7 L47)
---title index. with SuDoc numbers

Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives. (ref CS68 U54 200)
---genealogical materials available

Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 (ref HA202 A385 1960)
---historical population and housing data for U.S., regions, states and counties

Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920 (ref HA217 T46 1987)
---county jurisdictions/boundaries

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (ready ref & ref HA 202) & (doc C 3.134:(yr.)
---statistics on social, political and economic organization of U.S.

paper: 1920- date (incomplete)
microfiche: 1878-1955
online: 1878 - date Census Bureau

United States Statutes at Large (law ref KF50 U5) 1789-current
---is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress
available online: (2003-date) GPOAccess
available online: (1789-1875) American Memory
available online: Lexis/Nexis Congressional (1988-date)
see also Public and Private Laws : Full-text versions of all signed bills (1995-date) GPO Access

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American Archives. (doc folio Z 1.1:4/1-5/3)
---colonial papers/documents 1774-76 on colonial affairs & American Revolution

American State Papers. (doc folio 01-038)
---executive and legislative documents of first 14 congresses, 1789-1823, grouped by subject categories.
available online: (1789-1938) American Memory

Catalogue of the Public Documents of the 53rd-76th Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the U.S. for the period from March 4, 1893 to Dec. 31, 1940. (doc GP 3.6:1-25)
---25 volumes. No SuDoc nos.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (doc GP 3.8:1895-) (formerly Monthly Catalog)
---government documents index (has SuDoc nos.)
available online: (1976-current) GPO Access

Checklist of U.S. Public Documents 1789-1909 (doc GP 3.2:C41/2)
---contains Congressional tables (listed by Serial Set Number) and departmental publications list (by SuDoc)
available online: Evergreen State College

Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1895-1899. (doc GP 3.8:895-899/v.1-2) and 1900-1971. (doc GP 3.8:900-971/v.1-15)
---subject access, leads to Monthly Catalog citation

Foreign Relations of the United States. (doc S 1.1:)
---official record of U.S. foreign policy with correspondence and papers on major policies and decisions

microfilm: 1899 - 1918
paper: 1932 - date
microfiche: 1945 - date
online: 1945-1972 [incomplete] Dept. of State
online: 1861 - 1960 [incomplete] University of Wisconsin-Madison

Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties by Charles Kapler (doc I 1.107:1-7) (1778-1971)
---compilation of treaties, laws, executive orders, etc. relating to Indian affairs
v. 1-7 available online Oklahoma State University Library

Journal of the House of Representatives (doc XJH) (1875-1881,1967-)
---official record of House proceedings
available online: American Memory

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America. (doc XJS)
---official record of Senate proceedings (1875-1881, 1967-)
available online: American Memory

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 (doc LC 4.5:)
---proceedings of the Continental Congress
available online: American Memory
available online: Avalon Project

Letters of Delegates to Congress 1774-1789 (doc LC 1.34:1-18)
---supplements Journal of the Continental Congress
available online: American Memory

Measuring America: the decennial censuses from 1790 to 2000 (doc C 3.2:M 46/2)
---detail analysis of census questionnaires every ten years from 1790 to 2000

Messages and Papers of the Presidents. (doc Y 4.P 93/1:3/1-20)
---from George Washington (1789) through Calvin Coolidge (1927)

Naval Documents of the American Revolution. (doc D 207.12:)
---original documents and letters on naval operations from 1774-1777.

New American State Papers. (doc Z 8.2:(205 vols) (1789-1861)
---combines original American State Papers, Serial Set, Legislative Records Section of the National Archives. grouped by subject.

Official Records of Union and Confederate Navies in War of the Rebellion. 1894-1922 [incomplete] (doc N 16.6)
---letters, documents, reports regarding naval operations during Civil War

Public Papers of the Presidents. (doc AE 2.114: & GS 4.113:) (1929-1932/33,1945-date)
---Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President.
available online: GPO Access (1991-date)
available online: American Presidency Project (1929-2006)

Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, 1775-85 (doc Z 2.4:v.1-5)
---correspondence relating to foreign affairs and diplomacy during the American Revolution.
available online: American Memory

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.

Annual Reports (doc SI 2.1:1880-1931) [incomplete]

Bulletins (doc SI 2.3:nos.) 1887-1971 [incomplete]

Bulletin 200 (doc SI 2.3:200) [end of series]
---List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Territorial Papers of the United States. (doc GS 4.13:v.2-28) (1787-1845)
---documents and correspondence relating to constitutional and political beginnings and administration of territorial areas prior to statehood

Treaties and other International Agreements of the U.S.

doc S 9.12/2: (1776-1949)
doc S 9.12:v.1- (1950) - date

Treaties in Force (doc S 9.14:)
---A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force.

War of the Rebellion. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880-1901:130 vols.)(doc W 45.5:)
---military records, reports, letters, orders on the Civil War arranged by campaign and theaters of operation. has index to individual names.

see: Meriam Library - U. S. Historical Documents / Information

Aggregate / Summary Data (paper volumes in Meriam Library, Gov. Docs) 

1790-1900: (doc I 2. - I 13. )
1910 - (date) : (doc C 3. )

microfilm:
U.S. Decennial Census Publications : (doc film C 3.) 1900, 1910, 1920, 1920, 1940, 1950.

available online:
Census Bureau

Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts
---decennial census historical data/reports beginning 1790

Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses 1790-2000
---census data (some older publications are scanned) taken every ten years (incomplete)

Historical Census Browser 1790-1960 (every ten years)
---gives data for states and counties : data differs somewhat from decade to decade (University of Virginia Library, Geostat Center)

Statistical Abstracts of the U.S. (ready ref HA 202) & (doc C 3.134:(yr.)
---statistics on social, political and economic organization of U.S.

paper: 1920- date (incomplete)
microfiche: 1878-1955
online: 1878- date Statistical Abstract: Earlier Editions

California (aggregate / summary):

Counting California
---enables users access to public use data compiled by federal, state, and local agencies, and also allows users to collate and integrate data by topic, geography, title, and provider.

Historical Census Populations of California State, Counties, Cities, Places, and Towns, 1850-2000 (ready ref HA267 H57 2003)
---lists places listed by the U.S. Census Bureau (not all existing places) (Calif. Dept. of Finance)

Historical Census Populations of Counties, Places, Towns, and Cities in California, 1850-1990 (Counting California)

Records of California. (microfilm C 3.) (1850-1880)
---census schedules for various counties (deaths, agriculture, industry, social statistics

U.S. Bureau of the Census - California (doc film C 3.)
---Seventh Census (1850-51), Eighth Census (1860), Ninth Census (1870), Tenth Census (1880)

Population Schedules: California only (microfilm in Meriam Library)

1850 - 1920 (have 1852, not 1890) and Butte County only for 1930
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 Soundex/Miracode

Census questionnaires / forms used for each decennial census:

U.S. Census Forms : 1790-1930 (Ancestry.com)
Census Records Abstracts 1790-1930 (genealogy.com)
Enumeration Forms / Census Questions (1850-2005) (IPUMS, Minnesota Population Center, Univ. of Minnesota)

Census documents (genealogical research):

1860 California Census Index. (ref F 860 D54 1984)
---alphabetical listing by name, includes county, and location of person and page number

Butte County, California 1860 & 1880 Federal Census index : F868 B8 B74 (N.E. Cal)
---Paradise Genealogical Society

Butte County Census Indexes 1860 [Surnames A thru I], 1870 [Surnames A thru Z]

Butte County California : Federal Census : 1910

Grassroots of America. (doc folio 028-036/ind.) (1789-1837)
---index to names appearing in Serial Set/American State paper volumes 28-36, also includes land grants, claims

Heads of Families of the First Census of the States taken in the year 1790. (doc C 3.11:) (12 volumes for 13 states)
---contains name of head of family and number of people in household.

Index to the 1850 Census of California. (ref F 860 B6)
---lists individual names by county, age, place of birth, census location.

Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000 (doc C 3.2:M 46/2)
--- Contains questionnaires and instructions, plus individual histories of each census

see also Meriam Library - Genealogy Sources on the Web

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Chico has:
microfiche: Y 1.1/(nos.) began 96th Congress, (1979) - (date)

Y 1.1/2: Serial Set
Y 1.1/3: Senate documents
Y 1.1/4: Senate Treaty documents
Y 1.1/5: Senate Reports
Y 1.1/6: Senate Executive Reports
Y 1.1/7: House Documents
Y 1.1/8: House Reports

microcard: Serial Set no. 1 (1817) - no. 10285 (1938)

paper:

American State Papers (1789-1838) 38 volumes (10 subjects) [doc folio 01-038]

New American State Papers (1789-1861) 205 volumes (13 subjects) (includes original American State Papers [doc Z 8.2:]

doc (Congress)/(Session:H or S doc or rpt.) (1848-1980, incomplete)
doc Serial Set (1965-1979, incomplete)

available online: (1995 - date) GPO Access
available online: (1833 - 1917 - selected portions) Americam Memory: A Century of Lawmaking

Checklist of U.S. Public Documents 1789-1909 (doc GP 3.2:C41/2)
---contains Congressional tables (listed by Serial Set Number) and departmental publications list (by SuDoc)
available online: Evergreen State College

CIS U. S. Serial Set Index 1789-1969 (index Z1223 Z9 C65)
---subject and numeric access to Serial Set

Numerical Lists and Schedules of Volumes 1941-1980 ( doc GP 3.7/2:(Cong.)/(Session)
---numerical list of documents and reports for each Congress/Session

---official verbatim record of the proceedings and debates of Congress.

Annals of Congress: 1789-1824
Register of Debates: 1824-1837
Congressional Globe: 1833-1873
Congressional Record: 1873-

microfilm: 1789-1982 (doc X.)
microfiche: 1977 - 2002 (doc X 1.1:)
paper indexes (bound): 1873 - (date) (doc X.)
paper issues: no current issues on paper

Annals of Congress (1789-1824)
Register of Debates (1824-1837)
Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

available online: (1994 - date) GPO Access
available online: (1993 - date) Thomas

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subject/title file: look up topic or exact title in this file
author/agency file: if you know specific agency or personal author, use this file

---beginning January 1997 cal docs are entered in Meriam Library’s On-Line Catalog

1860 California Census Index. (ref F860 D54 1984)
---alphabetical listing by name, includes county, and location of person and page number

California Blue Book 1850-2000 (ref KFC721 Z9 C3 2000)
---an official directory of the judicial, executive, and legislative departments of the California State government. (Additional copy held in California Documents (L500 S35 B58)

Historical Census Populations of California State, Counties, Cities, Places, and Towns, 1850-2000 (ready ref HA267 H57 2003) (Calif. Dept. of Finance)
---lists places listed by the U.S. Census Bureau (not all existing places)

Index to the 1850 Census of California. (ref F 860 B6)
---lists individual names by county, noting age, place of birth, census location.

Statutes and Amendments to the Codes; California (law ref KFC25 A213) (1878 - date)
---laws, amendments to codes, resolutions, constitutional amendments passed by California legislature.
available online: 1993 - date Legislative Counsel of California: Statutes
available online: 1850 - 1995Legislative Document Archives (California State Assembly Chief Clerk)

Legislative Document Archives (California State Assembly Chief Clerk)
---contains historical archives of Assembly Journals (1849 - 1997), Histories and Indexes (1881-2001), and Statutes (1850 - 1995)
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California Historic Legislation : Historic Legislators 1849 - date (California State Capitol Museum)
---find a past California legislators by county or date since 1849.

Statutes and Amendments to the Codes; California (ref KFC25 A213) (1878 - date)
---laws, amendments to codes, resolutions, constitutional amendments passed by California legislature.
available online: 1993 - date Legislative Counsel of California: Statutes
available online: 1850 - 1995Legislative Document Archives (California State Assembly Chief Clerk)

Journal of the Assembly; California (cal doc L505 J7a) (1851 - date)
---official record of proceedings of Assembly
available online: 1995 - date Assembly Daily Journal
available online: 1849 - 1997Legislative Document Archives (California State Assembly Chief Clerk)

Journal of the Senate; California (cal doc L505 J7s) (1851 - )
---official record of proceedings of Senate
available online: Oct. 2002 - date Senate Daily Journal

Appendix to Journal of the Senate & Assembly (cal doc L505 J7 app.) (1851 - 1970?)
---agency & department reports

California Blue Book (cal doc G125 M3) (1889 - 1975)
---state government leaders, legislature, judiciary, state agencies/boards/commissions

California Blue Book 1850-2002 (cal doc L500 S35 B58)
---an official directory of the judicial, executive, and legislative departments of the California State government. (Additional copy held in ref KFC721 Z9 C3 2000)

California State Government: an outline of its administrative organization (cal doc F175 C3) (1850-36 v.1&2, 1951, 1958)
---describes California agencies, boards, commissions

see: Meriam Library - California Historical Information

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