Research Guides: Anthropology: Government Resources

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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options.
FDsys
FDsys provides free online access to official Federal Government publications.

GPO Monthly Catalog This link opens in a new window
Covers U.S. government documents including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments.
Hein Online - Core U.S. Journal Collection This link opens in a new window
An image-based collection of hundreds of legal periodicals published at U.S. law schools.
Proquest Congressional, including the U.S. Serial Set This link opens in a new window
The Proquest Congressional interface includes an online version of the CIS indexes of legislative history summaries (from 1970 forward) and congressional materials. The ongoing digitization of the entire U.S. Serial Set and American State Papers is also presented through the Lexis Congressional interface.

Historical Census Data
Data.gov
High value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government

FedFlix
Movies of the United States Government, from training films to history, from national parks to the U.S. Fire Academy and the Postal Inspectors.

Global Gateway
From Library of Congress.
Publications of the American Bureau of Ethnology
This is a complete listing of Bureau of American Ethnology publications from 1877 to 1971. It includes Annual reports, Bulletins, Contributions to North American Ethnology, Publications of the Institute of Social Anthropology, and miscellaneous publications. Material included in this bibliography available in Government Information.
Resources for Ethnographic Studies
From Library of Congress.