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United States Government Documents & Publications

A guide to locating U.S. government documents at the NYU School of Law Library and on the internet.

Online collections, search tools & archives

JULIUS NYU Law Library catalog

The JULIUS catalog of the law library lists all types of federal depository materials (reports, books, codes, etc.) in all formats (paper, microform, internet).

With the drop down above, search by title, author, call number, keyword, or ISBN/ISSN number. The Advanced Keyword search in JULIUS has more search options.

To search by author, it may help to put "United States" before the name of the government body, e.g., United States Tax Court. For a list of government agency, office, program and publication acronyms, see GovSpeak: A Guide to U.S. Government Acronyms & Abbreviations, by Kelly Smith, UC San Diego Libraries, and A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies, USA.gov

To locate print material in the Law Library, note the call number and location in the Julius record. Click on the location for a map, or ask for directions at the Reference Desk or the Circulation Desk. The Derenberg Room of the Law Library is the location for a few of the major law-related government documents, e.g., the United States Code

Worldcat and the CGP can be searched to identify other U.S. government publications that the Law Library might not have. 

CGP: Catalog of Government Publications

Use the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) to identify publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. If you find a title of interest, click on the Locate in a Library link near the bottom of the record to identify a library that might have the publication in its U.S. depository collection. Make a note of the SuDoc number and Item number of the material. Check Julius for the Law Library call number and location, or ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. 

The CGP is not comprehensive for pre-1976 government publications. These can be identified by using Worldcat and the earlier years of the CGP and related catalogs shelved in the Documents Assistant's office.