Government Documents Index
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Government Documents on Agriculture
The U.S. Government produces voluminous information on agriculture. This information covers material as diverse as gardening advice, crop insurance, rice production, soils of individual U.S. counties, wheat export statistics, and laws. Purdue Libraries have many government publications on agriculture with most of these being in the HSSE, LIFE, and MEL Libraries. Useful subject headings to search the Library Catalog for government information on agriculture include
Agriculture and State--United States
Agricultural Laws and Legislation--United States
Agricultural
Price Supports--United States
Crop Insurance
Peanuts
Poultry Industry
Wheat Trade--United States
The principal index for U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36. The GPO Index on the Purdue Libraries indexes page is similiar to GPO on SilverPlatter. You can also use Catalog of U.S. Government Publications to search U.S. Government publications from 1994-present. A useful bibliographic guide to government agency publications is Guide to U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF Desk 015.73 G943.
Other useful indexes for U.S. Government information on agriculture Lexis-Nexis Statistical
covering statistical information, the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering congressional publications, its predecessor CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index 1833-1969 HSSE REF 348.731 C76, the Congressional Serial Set Index HSSE REF 328.73 C761c and Digital United States Congressional Serial Set for historical congressional publications, CIS Index to Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990, CIS Index to Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996, Checklistof United States Publications 1789-1909 HSSE REF 016.353 Un36, and Historical Statistics of the United States: Millenium Edition HSSE REF Desk 317.3 H629 2006.
Selected legal and regulatory sources of agricultural information include:
Selected U.S. Government documents on agriculture from the executive branch include:
Independent agency and congressional sources of agricultural information include:
Internet Sources
Increasing amounts of U.S. Government information are available on the Internet.
master index of government information resources on the Internet can be found at:
www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/
Useful Internet sources of U.S. Government agriculture information include:
| GPO Access-Provides access to major federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information sources such as congressional bills, the Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register. |
State Government Agriculture WWW Sites
International Government Organizations
Foreign Governments
Non-Government
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