Got Questions?

For more options, visit the Ask A Librarian page.

Arizona State University Libraries, Government Documents Service, DocsCite

Citing Government Information Sources Using the MLA Style

General Guidelines for Citing Government Publications (University of North Texas Libraries)

University of Nevada, Reno, Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA

GOVPUB REF & 2nd fl. Z 7164 .G7 G37 2002
Cheney, Debora. The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for Social Science and Business Research. Bethesda, MD: LexisNexis; Congressional Information Service, 2002. 

MetaLib -- A federated search engine from the U.S. Government Printing Office that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, such as EPA, ERIC, Library of Congress, PubMed, and usa.gov, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.

Usa.gov

Databases

Federal Information by Subject

U.S. Government Agencies

Colorado Government Information and Denver and Local Government Information 

Foreign Countries and International Agencies

University of Colorado Government Information Library blog on current government topics

Federal

Auraria Library is one of over 1,200 federal depository libraries that receive U.S. government publications free of charge from the U.S. Government Printing Office with the stipulation that they must be made available to the public. Publications are available predominantly online and are selected to be appropriate for Auraria's academic programs. For example, this library receives most Congressional, Census, and statistical publications, as well as many major appropriate agency publications, such as those from the Department of Justice. All depository materials, however, are sent to Colorado's regional depository, the University of Colorado at Boulder's Norlin Library . CU Boulder also has an extensive historical collections dating back to the 1880s. Since Auraria Library has only been part of the depository program since 1978, both the Norlin Library collection and the Denver Public Library collection serve as valuable resources for historical publications, although Auraria has some pre-1978 publications also.

Colorado State and Local

Auraria Library is also a depository for Colorado state publications, for Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) publications, and receives selected publications from other local (city, county) government agencies.

Skyline should be searched for government publications in the Auraria Library and online. For the holdings of government publications in other Front Range libraries, following a search in Skyline, click on "Search Prospector", to search the Colorado Unified Catalog.

Most U.S. government publications have a different type of classification number, a Superintendent of Documents number, which is based on the governmental agency which issued the document, rather than the subject of the publication like the rest of the books in the Library. For example, "J" indicates the U.S. Dept. of Justice.The numbers look similar to the Library of Congress call numbers on the rest of the books, but they have a colon (:) in them and sometimes a slash (/). For example, HE 20.8108:Se 9/2 is a government publication whereas HE208 .B38 is not. The U.S. Government Printing Office's Explanation of the Superintendent of Documents Classification System details its principles and structure.