GPO ACCESS on the WEB  

& the U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

 

1.    The U. S. Government Printing Office  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov
        Public access to GPO Access is available through the Federal Depository Library, or
        directly from GPO.  The site offers free access to Electronic Government Information
        Products
 
2.    Superintendent of Documents Homepage and GPO Access
       http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/
3.    GPO Access - What is it?  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/whatis.html 
       GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic
       access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government.
       The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information
       retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted. This
       free service is funded by the Federal Depository Library Program and has grown out of
       Public Law 103-40, known as the Government Printing Office Electronic Information
       Enhancement Act of 1993.
 

4.    GPO/SuDocs Homepage Index  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html
 

5.    GPO Access - Federal Locator Service  -
       http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces700.html
 

6.    Core Documents of U. S. Democracy  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/coredocs.html

7.    Government Information Locator Service (GILS)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/gils.html
       The GILS via GPO Access allows users to search all GILS records for agencies who have
       mounted their records on GPO Access, but also search other known WAIS-based Federal
       GILS sites from this same page!  Note: This new feature is not available  from the GILS
       fielded search page.

GILS Search Page  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/gils.html
Browse GILS Records (Federal Government Agencies' whose GILS records are hosted on GPO Access)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/browse-gils.html
 
Browse Pathway GILS Records (GPO's Library Programs Service maintains the Pathway Records providing links to the agencies' home pages and GILS databases)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/pathway.html

Browse GILS Pointer Records (Agencies that have mounted their GILS records on a server other than GPO Access have a GILS pointer record, describing their GILS holdings and containing links to those holdings)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/pointer.html

8.    Pathway Services

Federal Agencies  -   http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/agencies.html
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/btitles.html

Browse Electronic Titles :  A Guide to Government Information Products Available via the Internet - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/btitles.html

Search the Federal Government  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/searche.html

Pathway Indexer  (search federal government sites) -  http://gather.access.gpo.gov/Harvest/brokers/Pathway/query.html

9.    Federal Web Sites Hosted By GPO Access  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sites.html

10.   Federal Bulletin Board (Over 4,500 individual Federal agency files, in a variety of formats, are available for free download) -
        http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/
 

Browse the Federal Bulletin Board - Federal Agency Files via the GPO Access Federal Bulletin Board -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedbbs.html

11.   Search the Sales Product Catalog (SPC) -  Formerly the Publications Reference File (PRF)  -
        http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/prf/prf.html

Fielded Search Page  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/prf/prffield.html

12.   Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html

13.   Statistical Abstract  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/statabstract/97statab.html

14.   GPO Access Search Page - Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access  -  General Search
        Page - to search one or more GPO Access databases at the same time.
        http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html

Search Databases Online via GPO Access   - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/db2.html
Because the content of each database is unique, the databases on the Specialized Search Pages allow you to perform fielded searches to help make the search more specific. These fields make it possible to perform more advanced functions, such as limiting results by date or by section of the Federal Register or Congressional Record, for example, but are tailored to the individual databases. Fields in these databases make it possible to perform more specific (advanced) searches, such as limiting results by date or by section of the Register or Record, but are specific to the individual databases.

15.   List of Databases Online via GPO Access -
        http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces003.html

        Specialized search pages for detailed search of individual GPO Access databases.

Budget of the U.S. - FY1997  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/budget/index.html

CBDNet (Commerce Business Daily)  - http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/

http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/index.html
Fielded Search  -  http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/search2.html

Code of Federal Regulations  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

Search the entire set of CFR databases by keyword (current data)  -          http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html#page1

Retrieve CFR sections by citation (current and/or historical data)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-retrieve.html#page1

Search your choice of CFR titles and/or volumes (current and/or historical data)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1

Search the Federal Register for related documents (current and/or historical data)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

Constitution of the United States  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/index.html

Federal Register, 1994 - Forward  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

Browse Back Issues:  1998  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont98.html
Table of Contents: current  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html

Economic Indicators - 1995 Forward  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong002.html

Economic Report of the President 1998  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/budget/index.html

General Accounting Office (GAO) Comptroller General Decisions Online via GPO Access  -  (Full text of the GAO Comptroller General Decisions)   -    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces170.shtml

General Accounting Office 'Blue Book Reports   -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml
 
Interior Department - Reports of the Office of the Inspector General  -   http://www.oig.doi.gov/index.shtml

Privacy Act Issuances, 1995 Compilation  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/PrivacyAct.shtml

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/PrivacyAct.shtml?/nara/index.html

U.S. Government Manual for 1995-1996 forward  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html

The Plum Book (Committee on Government Reform and Oversight)

Supreme Court Decisions  - 1937 - 1975 (FLITE Database)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/supcrt/index.html

Supreme Court Opinions  -  1992 forward  -  http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/court01.htm

United States Code  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1995 forward  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html
 

U.S. CONGRESS  Databases  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/index.html

Congressional Pictorial Directory
Congressional Directory  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong016.html

Congressional Directory, 105th Congress -- April 1998 Online Revision  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/browse-cd.html

Congressional Bills, , 103d Congress (1993-1994) forward  -    http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong009.html
Congressional Record, 1994 - 1998 -

Congressional Calendars, U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation - 105th Congress, Daily Calendar    104th Congress, Final Calendar -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong003.html

Congressional Calendar - Senate Calendar of Business  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong004.html

Congressional Record Index from 1983 through 1998  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces190.html

Congressional Documents, 104th  and 105th Congress  - Senate, House and Treaty Documents - http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong006.html

Congressional Pictorial Directory, 105th Congress  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/105_pictorial/index.html

Congressional Pictorial Directory, 105th Congress - April 1998 Online Revision  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/105_pictorial_new/index.html

Congressional Reports - Senate, House and Executive Reports for 104th and 105th Congress  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong005.html

History of Bills for (1983-1998)  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces200.html

House Committee on Ways and Means  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house/house19.html

House Rules Manual,  105th Congress  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong014.html

Public Laws, 104th Congress  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html

Senate Manual  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong007.html

 

16.   Federal Depository Library Gateways From GPO Access  -  Connect to GPO Access Online
        Databases Through A Federal Depository Library Gateway
        http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces004.html

        Access to these sites are available free of charge to the public through the Federal
        Depository Library system - Library Gateways are available at college and university
        depository libraries.
 

   Examples of Gateway Search Pages:
   Specialized Search Page:          Michigan State University  -
                                                       http://gpo.lib.msu.edu/prod/GPOAccess.cgi
   Drop Down Menu:                     New York State Library "GPO Access on the Web"
                                                       Gateway  -
                                                        http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gpo/GPOAccess.cgi
   Topical Search Pages:                North Carolina State University
                                                        http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/gpo/
   Individual Search Pages:            University of California  -  http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/

University of North Texas Depository Library Gateway
                http://www.library.unt.edu/gpo/
 

OTHER FEDERAL DEPOSITORY LIBRARY DEPOSITORY GATEWAYS:

Amherst College Library   - http://www.amherst.edu/~library/GPOAccess/amherstGPO.html

Auburn University Libraries (WWW)   -  http://spot.lib.auburn.edu/gpo/

Empire Access, New York's Gateway to United States Government Information  -  http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/gpo/

Library of Michigan/The Michigan Electronic Library (WWW)  -  http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/gpo/

Louisiana State University Libraries Gateway  -  http://indigo.lib.lsu.edu/gpo/

Michigan State University GPO Access Gateway  - http://gpo.lib.msu.edu/

Search Page:  http://gpo.lib.msu.edu/prod/GPOAccess.cgi

Montana State University-Bozeman, Renne  -
http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/govdoc/gpo.html

New York State Library "GPO Access on the Web" Gateway  - http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gpo/GPOAccess.cgi

North Carolina State University Libraries Gateway Service  -  http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/gpo/

Northwestern University Library (WWW)  -  http://www.library.nwu.edu/gpo/

Oklahoma State University (WWW)  - http://www.okstate.edu/gpolink.html

Purdue University (WWW)   -  http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu:8100/gpo/

SAILOR-Maryland's Online Public Information Network (WWW)  -  http://gpo.sailor.lib.md.us/bin/GPOAccess.cgi

University of California (WWW)  -  http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/

University of Kentucky Libraries (WWW)  -  http://govinfo.uky.edu/

University of Mississippi Libraries Government and Business Information Services GPO Access Gateway   -  http://www.olemiss.edu/govinfo/gate.html

University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library (WWW)   -  http://www.unm.edu/~cmclean/gpo.html

University of North Texas Libraries (WWW)  -  http://www.library.unt.edu/gpo/

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (WWW)  - http://www.lib.utk.edu/gpo/govdoc.html

Washburn University School of Law Library (WWW)  - http://www.washlaw.edu:80/doclaw/gpoacc.html

Wichita State University "GPO Access on the Web"  -  http://www.twsu.edu/library/gpo/

http://www.twsu.edu/library/gpo/GPOAccess.cgi

WINSLO--Web Information Network, State Library of Ohio (WWW)  - 

 
17.    FDLP Administration  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/fdlppro.html

Federal Depository Library Information  -  http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/fdlp01.htm
Government Information at a Library Near You  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/libpro.html
Locate Federal Depository Libraries by State or Area Code  -   http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos003.html
 

18.   GPO Access Training Booklet  -  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces003.html

The GPO Access Training Booklet, June 1998 edition is available as an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file.  The booklet can be downloaded from the Federal Bulletin Board in the WAIS User Doc file library.  The name of the file is "trainbk698.pdf."  It is also available for direct download at the top of the List of Databases Online via GPO Access web page.

 

GPO ACCESS QUESTIONS

  1. Go to the Government Printing Office Informational Page.  Look at the map of the organizational structure of the GPO.  What is the URL for the map?  What services are offered by the Superintendent of Documents' office?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/aboutgpo/index.html


  2. Go to the Federal Depository Library Gateways?  Select a Depository Library Gateway one and give me the URL.  Evalute the search form and user friendliness of the Gateway page?


    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces004.html


  3. Look at the Gateway for the University of North Texas?  What is the URL?  What is the URL for the UNT Documents Homepage?   What sources are available at this page?

    http://www.library.unt.edu/gpo/ 


  4. Use the Monthly Catalog at the GPO Access.  Can you find a publication about the Internet and Copyright?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html


  5. Identify two agencies that use the FBB to distribute information? What are their URLs?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedbbs.html


     

  6. Look at the Congressional Directory?  What district does Rep. Steve Largent represent?  What state is he from?  What is his office address, telephone number, and the URL to his web page?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong016.html


  7. Search the U. S. Government Manual?  What is the telephone number to the Library of Congress? Who is the Librarian and Deputy Librarian of Congress?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html


  8. Look at the Pathway Services offered by GPO Access.  Browse the list and identify an agency site of interest to you and select a document or resource.  What is the name of the agency, the source, and the  URL?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/btitles.html
    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/btitles.html#omb


     

  9. Use the Government Information Locator Service to identify where you can retrieve a United States Individual Income Tax Return Form 1040.  What is the URL for tax forms on the WWW?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/gils.html


  10. GPO Access hosts a number of web sites for federal agencies.  What is the National Gambling Impact Study Commission?  What is the URL for the site?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sites.html


  11. Look at the Supreme Court Decisions on GPO Access.  What was the name of the attorney who represented the petitioner Roe in the case of  Roe v. Wade?  What was the state law that this case challenged?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/supcrt/index.html


     

  12. Look at the Federal Register for June 9, 1998.  What are the regulations for the Drawbridge Operating Regulation in Mississippi? Where is the US 90 bascule drawbridge.  What does this rule allow?

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html#frbrowse

    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html

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