GPO FDsys

Database
Information

GPO FDsys

Also known as:

Federal Digital System, FDsys

Access:

Freely available Internet database

Description:

GPO FDsys provides free fulltext collections of some of the most frequently used government information sources. The collections include the major publications from all three branches of government: exectuve, legislative, and judicial.

There are several options for finding information:

Simple Search — retrieves results from all collections; results may then be narrowed by using the limiters, such as collection or date
Advanced Search — select collections for a search and fields in which to search
Browse — by year (volume) or Congressional session, then by date
Retrieve by citation

PFsys collections:

Budget of the United States Government
Code of Federal Regulations (2007 to 2009)
Compilation of Presidential Documents
Congressional Bills
Congressional Calendars
Congressional Committee Prints
Congressional Documents
Congressional Directory
Congressional Hearings
Congressional Record
Congressional Record (Bound)

Congressional Record Index
Congressional Reports
Economic Indicators
Economic Report of the President
Federal Register & CFR Parts Affected
GAO Reports and Comptroller General Decisions
History of Bills
Precedents of the United States House of Representatives
Public and Private Laws
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (1991-2005)
United States Government Manual
United States Statutes at Large

Other resources are available at GPO Access, which is an older platform. All resources will eventually be moved to GPO FDsys.

Coverage:

Varies. Many collections begin with 1995 (104th Congress)

Help:

Use GPO Access Help, which includes an Online Knowledge Base. For guides, go to Research Guides for U.S. Government Information. For further assistance, contact a librarian.

Related Resources:

THOMAS, LexisNexis Congressional, LexisNexis Academic, CQ Weekly, MarciveWeb DOCS, Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GCP)..

Major publications from the federal government (both print and electronic) are listed in DELCAT.

Users:

unlimited concurrent users

Producer:

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)