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A research guide to HathiTrust's collections of U.S. Federal Documents

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HathiTrust Digital Library
Established in 2008, HathiTrust contains the largest collection of digitized items managed by academic, not corporate or federal, interests. The collection currently contains over 17 million items contributed by more than 120 international research institutions and libraries.

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HathiTrust Digital Library
University of Washington's research guide for searching, accessing, and viewing HathiTrust's general digital collections.
HathiTrust User's Guide
How to search the bibliographic catalog, search for full-text items, and build collections
Help - Using the Digital Library
FAQ about accessing documents via HathiTrust.

U.S. Federal Documents Collection
This collection contains over 1.4 million federal documents that have been identified via the HathiTrust Federal Government Documents Registry. It is frequently updated to add and remove content.

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HathiTrust Federal Documents Resources

Statistical Overview of HathiTrust's Federal Documents Collection
Charts and figures representing the growth of the Federal Documents Collection.
HathiTrust U.S. Federal Documents Program: At A Glance
Informational handout regarding the Federal Documents Program.
United States Government Documents Registry
A database of metadata intended to represent the comprehensive corpus of U.S. federal documents produced from 1789 to the present.

Resources on Government Publications

SuDoc Classification Scheme
Current Lettering for SuDoc Class Stems from the Federal Depository Library Program.
Government Publications
Research guide for government publications.
Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
Federal depository libraries receive government publications on the basis that they must make them freely available to the American public.

Last Updated: Feb 9, 2023 12:28 PM
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