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The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law. (Title 44 United States Code). The King Library is one of over 1,300 libraries in the United States designated as a federal depository library. The library joined the depository program in 1962 and serves California's 16th U.S. Congressional District.
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Finding Government Information
Location Map for Government Publications
Understanding Government Publications Call Numbers
Citing Government Publications
Search the Internet for Government Information
Government Publications Catalog
Government Publication Catalog
Research California Legislation
California State Agencies Databases
Archives for State and Local Institutions
Finding Government Information
How to search for Government Publications at the King Library
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From the library's catalog, click on the Advanced Search tab, next to the Basic tab.
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Type in your key words, this example is looking for Congressional Hearings on Health issues.
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Limit location to SJSU
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Limit to Government Publications: Federal (or state,etc.)

Location Map for Government Publications at King Library
Understanding Government Publications Call Numbers
Citing Government Publications
Two sources for citing: DocsCite and RefWorks. Arizona State University has set up an interactive program, called DocsCite. Use this to cite in either APA or MLA style. RefWorks also has a government publication module.
- DocsCiteDocCite is a step by step guide to citing government publications.
Use RefWorks to save and manage your citations online. Group Code/PW necessary for Google Scholar - Get Password
Mega-Government Site
- Government SitesA mega site to national and international government resources that is produced by the University of Vanderbilt.
Search the Internet for Government Information
USASearch -is the official U.S. gateway to federal and state government information. USASearch also searches local, regional and international government sites.
GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Government Publications Catalog
A meta-database from the federal government, the Government Publications Catalog is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online. This is a new version (October, 2010) of the Government Publications Catalog and is also called Metalib because of its ability to search the catalog and other government databases.
Congressional Serial Set
Overview of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set
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Government Printing Office
The Government Printing Office (GPO) celebrates 150 years of service to the country with an historical video.

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