Statistical Abstract of the United
States
DOC.C3.134: 1879- MAIN STACKS
The
Statistical Abstract is the most wide-ranging statistical source of the U.S.
government. The notes below any given table identify a source of additional statistics on the
same topic.
Historical Statistics of the United
States: millennial edition online UIUC
Provides time series tables on many topics through 2000.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
DOC. C3.134/2:H62/789-970/ GDL
Also available as PDF files:
Part 1 /
Part 2
Selected Historical
Decennial Census: Population and Housing Counts
Provides mainly demographic data. Note particularly
Historic Census
Statistics on Population Totals by Race.
Census of Population and Housing, 1790- (Arranged chronologically against the GDL
east wall)
This is the U.S. government's premier source of demographic and social data.
Historical Census
Browser
Provides census statistics at the national, state, and county levels. Only a small
percentage of the tables (and little of the text) published in the printed census volumes are
available through this resource. NOTE: You must select a topic before you select a state
or county.
LexisNexis Statistical
UIUC
This database consists of tables in the form of PDF files. Use the Subject List to
ensure that your search results are complete and lacking false hits, and restrict your search to
U.S. resources.
Primary Sources of Vital Statistics for the United States:
Proceedings
Congressional Record (permanent ed.)
Q.328.731 Un34 1873-1975 MAIN STACKS
The indexes for this title are issued at the end of the year and are bound with the
proceedings.
Congressional Record (daily ed.)
328.731 Un34a 1958-1983 MAIN STACKS
The indexes for this title are issued at the end of the year and are bound with the
proceedings.
Statutes
United States Statutes at Large
DOC.GS4.111: 1789-1983 GDL
DOC.AE2.111: 1984- GDL
Contains every law passed by the U.S. government; the arrangement is chronological.
Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Names: Federal and State
345 Sh45 GDL
Use this as a bridge to get from the popular name of a law to the law itself as printed in
United States Statutes at Large or in LexisNexis Congressional. 'P.L. 71-1' is a
typical public law number. '71' represents the congress in which the law was passed; and '1'
represents the sequence in which it was passed during that congress.
Other Tools
Congressional
Information for Historians
Use this to identify all government document indexes covering particular periods.
General Indexes
LexisNexis Congressional
UIUC
Indexes legislative documents such as congressional hearings, committee reports and prints,
and the 15,000 volumes--and more than 325,000 individual documents--of the U.S. Serial
Set. Volumes 2,817 to 13,914 can be found on Deck 5 West of the Main Stacks in print
format. Other volumes are available in digital format and/or on microfiche in the Government
Documents Library. Use only the Advanced Search and change the years from the default (the
last 2 years) to "Prior to 1970" or some other period.
Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
015.73 Un35
1895-1991 Shelved in GDL before GP3.8:
The
Monthly Catalog is the most complete index to U.S. government documents issued from 1895
to the present.
Cumulative Subject Guide to U.S. Government Bibliographies, 1924-1973.
015.73C913 (Government Documents, MAIN STACKS)
"Contains more than 40,000 entries by subject, alphabetically arranged, taken from 50 years
of the
Monthly Catalog."
Indexes to Congressional Documents
CIS Index to US Senate Executive Documents & Reports: Covering Documents and Reports Not
Printed in the US Serial Set, 1817-1969. 2 vols.
Q.015.730532 C497 GDL
One volume serves as an index while the other (the "reference bibliography") provides
complete titles and brief abstracts.
Indexes to Executive Documents
CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909: Guide to Documents Listed in Checklist
of U.S. Public Documents, 1789-1909, not Printed in the U.S. Serial Set
Q.015.730534 C497 GDL
CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1910-1932: Guide to Documents not Printed in the
U.S. Serial Set
Q.015.730534 C4971 GDL
These two sets consist of six to seven parts, each of which has a subject index and a
reference bibliography. The index gives the publication date followed by a number that you
can use in two ways. One option is to use it to find an abstract in the reference
bibliography, where you will find the title and a detailed description of the document. The
other option is to give the number to a Government Documents librarian, who will use it to find the
document itself.
Issuing Agencies and Departments, 1789-1909
1 Treasury Department; Commerce and Labor Department.
2 War Department.
3 Departments of the Interior, Justice, and Labor; Interstate Commerce Commission; Library of Congress.
4 Department of Agriculture; American Republics Bureau; Civil Service, District of Columbia, and Fish Commissions; Freedman's Savings and Trust Company; Geographic Board; Government Printing Office; General Supply Committee.
5 Department of the Navy.
6 State Department; National Academy of Sciences; National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; Post Office; the President; Smithsonian Institution.
Issuing Agencies and Departments, 1910-1932
1 Tariff Commission; Veterans Administration; Veterans Bureau; Vocational Education Board
2 Commerce Department
3 War Department
4 Interior Department; Interstate Commerce Commission; Justice Department; Labor Department
5 Agriculture Department
6 Library of Congress; Mediation Board; Mediation and Conciliation Board; Navy Department; National Academy of Sciences; National Capital Parks and Planning Commission; National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
7 Civil Service Commission; Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission; Post Office Department; Pan American Union; President of the U.S.; State Department; Shipping Board; Philippine Government (War Department); other agencies
National Archives
Use the Subject Index at the top of the page and, perhaps more importantly, the Online
Research Tools whose links appear in the middle of the screen as you scroll down. The two
most important are the
Archival Research Catalog (ARC) and the
Guide to Federal Records.
The latter identifies each available record group and gives its locations. Call the staff of
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at (866) 272-6272.
American Memory
This is a gateway to U.S. historical materials digitized by the Library of Congress. It
is organized into more than 100 thematic collections that can be browsed by subject, period,
medium, or location.
CQ Voting and Elections
Collection
UIUC
This brings together a wealth of statistical data, analysis, and historical material.
It covers major and minor political parties, candidates, and so on. An associated database on
election results is also part of this resource.
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Last modified by: Leo Dion on 10/9/08