GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Government documents are a great source of primary information. Some examples include Congressional hearings on Vietnam War crimes, special reports on the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Kennedys, and the Congressional Record (of floor debates).
Feinberg Library has a substantial collection of U.S. government documents both in paper and microfiche located on the third floor. To find U.S. documents published from July 1976 to the present, search the GPO Monthly Catalog database listed on Feinberg Library's By Database Title menu. For U.S. documents published before July 1976 you may search the WorldCat database listed on Feinberg Library's By Database Title menu which includes books, video and sound recordings, manuscripts, and a variety of other material in addition to government documents. U.S. government documents collection is arranged by agency using the Superintendent of Documents classification system.
In addition to being a U.S. Federal Depository Library, Feinberg is also a depository library for New York State and Canadian federal government documents, many of which may be found through PlattCatt, the Feinberg Library Catalog (link name "Search Feinberg" on the Library home page). The New York State and Canadian documents are physically located on the second floor just beyond the Reference Room and also arranged by agency using their own classification systems (click here for Canada's)
For assistance in using the Government Documents collection ask at the Reference Desk in the Reference Room on the second floor of Feinberg Library.
Because government information is taxpayer supported and thus in the public domain, it is freely available on the web. For a menu of official government web sites, click on any of the following links as appropriate to your research:
United States (Federal Government)
Canada (Federal Government)