Products : Public Documents Masterfile
- An affordable and comprehensive access to 200 years of Public Documents.
- More than 8 million OpenURL and Google Book SearchTM links for full text access.
- Unique cross-searching of pre-and post-1976 GPO data, alongside millions of bibliographic records from additional sources.
- Enhanced GPO Monthly Catalog subject access, including SuDoc Numbers, Item numbers, and depository status.
- More than 380,000 records and links to Readex’s U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994 recently added.
For the first time ever, federated searching of pre-1976 government documents data in tandem with the post-1976 GPO files!
Public Documents Masterfile assists in doing better research by providing electronic, single search access to the overwhelming majority of United States government publications from 1774 to date.
Moreover, Public Documents Masterfile has expanded to become a cumulative source for locating, cataloging, and distributing information provided by government entities from around the world.
Public Documents Masterfile is expanding continuously to help document librarians and library patrons unlock the research value of their documents collection.
PDM offers single access to resources you've come to know well, and those you might not even have thought to explore.
Contents
Public Documents Masterfile grows regularly as new data sources are added. These include:
- Energy, Science and Technology Database (DOE) 1943-2009
- Monthly Catalog Subject Indexes with Page/Entry Numbers 1895-1976
- Cumulative Title Index with SuDocs Numbers 1789-1976
- Non-US and International Agency Public Documents (developing) 1960-
- Non-GPO Public Documents Held by the Library of Congress 1860-
- Post-1976 GPO Public Documents current 1976-
- State and Provincial Public Documents (developing) 1826-
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Records 1965-
- Records from the U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Readex ) 1817-1994
- Index to the Farmers’ Bulletin 1889-1984
- Index to the Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789
- Index to the Annals of Congress 1789-1824
- Index to the Register of Debates 1824-1837
- Index to the Congressional Globe 1833-1873
- Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the U.S. (Ames) 1881-1893
- Popular Names of US Government Reports 1808-1983
- Descriptive Catalog of the Govt Publications of the U.S. (Poore) 1774-1881
- Monthly Catalog of U.S. Govt Publications (Hickox) 1885-1894
A new, comprehensive Web-based Guide to Federal, State, Foreign and International Public Documents spanning over 200 years, in a single, searchable database.
Trial Use
Trial access via IP authentication is available for all academic, public and special libraries. Trial periods are generally two weeks in duration, but can be extended to thirty (30) days upon request.
If you wish to establish trial access for your library, or represent a library consortium, please go to the trial initiation site here. Your request will be responded to by Paratext personnel as quickly as possible.
