QUICK GUIDE GPO Access UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FULLTEXT DATABASES VIA THE INTERNET MCINTYRE LIBRARY ( UW-EAU CLAIRE ( EAU CLAIRE, WI 54702-5010 ( (715) 836-3859 ITM ( INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT GPO Access is an Internet site maintained by the U.S. Government Printing Office. The free services of GPO Access fall within the following categories: full-text searchable documents for regulatory, Congressional, and business databases like the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Commerce Business Daily and many more. a directory of Federal Depository Libraries and a search for what is available in these collections access to the Federal Bulletin Board and more than 4,500 agency files. useful reference tools to assist in finding government information like the Sales Product Catalog (formerly PRF), Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (MOCAT), Pathway Indexer and more. User Support services. ACCESS GPO Access is available at the GPO Access site on the World Wide Web, through Federal Depository Gateways, and at Federal Depository Libraries like McIntyre Library. Users with telnet capability or a modem can access the databases through SWAIS directly from the GPO or through a gateway library. This guide will covers Internet access through a web browser like Netscape. Detailed information on other access methods is available online at the GPO Access site and in the Government Publications Department. Workstations in the Department feature Netscape bookmarks for the main GPO Access site as well as selected gateway sites. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available on the workstations to view, print, and download PDF files. The GPO Access site URL is: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html Alternate access through a Depository Library Gateway site may provide an easier-to-use interface. Two recommended sites include the University of California at: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/ and Purdue University at: http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu:8100/gpo/ Additional gateway sites are listed on the GPO Access search page. FULL-TEXT DATABASES The following databases are available as of June 30, 1998; addditional databases will be added and can be located at the GPO Access site. The Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1997- Campaign Reform Hearing Code of Federal Regulations Commerce Business Daily Congressional Bills, 103d Congress - Congressional Calendars, 104th - Congressional Directory, 1995-96 - Congressional Documents, 104th - Congressional Hearings (selected) Congressional Record, 103d, 2nd Session - Congressional Record Index (CRI), 1983 - Congressional Reports, 104th- Constitution of the United States of America Economic Indicators, 104th- Ecnomic Report of the President, 1996 - Federal Register, 1994 - GAO Comptroller General Decisions, Oct 1995 - GAO Reports, October 1994 - Government Information Locator Service GPO Access User Guide History of Bills and Resolutions, 1998 - House Rules Manual Interior Department - Reports of the Office of the Inspector General International Space Station Miscellaneous House Publications Miscellaneous Senate Publications Privacy Act Issuances, 1995 Compilation Public Laws, 104th - Senate Manual Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975 Unified Agenda Online via GPO Access, 1994 - (Semiannual Regulatory Agenda) United States Code, 1994 United States Government Manual United States Constitution Ways & Means Committee Prints, 104th - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1995- DECIDE WHAT YOU NEED Complete database descriptions can be found on the GPO Access site. Because there are more than 30 GPO Access databases, it helps to consider some of the details of the search before beginning. If you can discover which documents your information is likely to be located in, such as the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, or the Congressional databases, it will aid in the efficiency of the search. In many cases knowing the date of the requested information will help to select the correct database. BASIC SEARCH TIPS To select the database(s) you want, highlight your choice or click in a check box, depending on which version of GPO Access you have accessed. Enter a word or phrase. Enclose phrases in quotation marks. To use Boolean logic in a search form, input AND, OR, or NOT in captial letters. The default is OR if you do not specify AND or NOT. Broaden the search by using an asterisk for truncation. For example, congress* will also search for congresses, congressional, etc. Advanced searches through the use of named fields is available for some databases. Read database online help to achieve maximum search success. ADDITIONAL GPO ACCESS APPLICATIONS In addition to the document databases, the site also features the following tools: GILS The Government Information Locator Service-search all available Federal GILS sites. Pathway Services An indexed search of more than 1350 agency and military Internet sites. MOCAT Catalog of U.S. Government Publications-Search and retrieve cataloging records of titles available at Federal Depository Libraries. SPC Sales Product catalog-search and order government pubications (formerly PRF). C:\guides\gpoacc.doc (June-98 Mary Hayden UW-Eau Claire GPO ACCESS ( 2 GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT