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American Statistics Index. Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, 1973- . [Print]
LexisNexis Statistical. [Online]
PRINT (1973- ): Document Ref. Index Z7554.U5 A46
ONLINE URL: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv

ASI is a comprehensive guide to all statistical material published by the U.S. government, with both a national and international scope. In addition to the print index, indexing to much of ASI is included in the LexisNexis Statistical database.

CIS/Annual Index to Congressional Publications and Public Laws. Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, 1970- . [Print]
LexisNexis Congressional. [Online]
PRINT (1970- ): Document Ref. Index KF49.C62
ONLINE URL (recent years): http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp

CIS indexes and provides abstracts for all Congressional publications, including hearings, committee prints, House and Senate reports and documents, Senate executive reports, and public laws which have been issued by the UnitedStates government since 1970. In addition to the print index, indexing to much of CIS is included in the LexisNexis Congressional database.

LexisNexis Congressional. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, 1997- .
ONLINE URL: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp

LexisNexis Congressional (CU) provides the same indexing as the CIS AnnualIndex for recent years in an online searchable version with links to some full text documents. CU also contains recent full text sources such as the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, Congressional.Record, Congress Daily, and the National Journal.

Index to International Statistics. Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, 1983- . [Print]
LexisNexis Statistical. [Online]
PRINT (1996- ): Document Index Ref. Z7552.I53
ONLINE URL (recent years only): http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv

IIS covers international statistical compilations in much the same way that ASI (see above) does. In addition to the print index, indexing to recent years of IIS is included in the LexisNexis Statistical database.

Index to U.S. Government Periodicals: A Computer Generated Guide to 180 Selected Titles by Author and Subject. Chicago: Infordata International, 1970-1987. [Print]
LexisNexis Government Periodicals. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, 1987-. [Online]
PRINT (1970-1987): Document Ref. Index Z1223.Z9 I5
ONLINE URL (1987- ): http://web.lexis-nexis.com/usgpi

These two sources provide indexing to articles in nearly 200 scholarly periodicals issued by various federal departments and agencies.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895- . [Print]
[Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government Publications.] GPO Monthly Catalog. Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC FirstSearch. [Online]
PRINT (1885-1894, 1899-1995): Document Ref.Index Z1223.A18
ONLINE URL (1976- ): http://firstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=GPO;done=referer;FSIP

The Monthly Catalog is the most comprehensive listing of U.S. Government publications. Access to recent volumes is online and access to older volumes are in print.

LexisNexis Statistical. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service.
ONLINE URL: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv

Provides indexing to and some full-text of a wide variety of statistical sources and information, including sources published by the U. S. government and some statistical sources. Included in the indexing services are recent years of the American Statistics Index (ASI) that is listed above.

Government Resources, College of Wooster Libraries.
ONLINE URL: http://www.wooster.edu/library/Gov/index.html

A classified listing of state, national,and international government resources available on the Web.
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