NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
New York University was designated a depository for federal documents in 1967. the collection is housed in the Business & Documents Center on the 6th floor west wing of Bobst Library. As a selective depository we currently collect approximately 67% of the documents distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The faculty and students of New York University are the primary users of the depository collection, however as a depository, the collection serves New York’s 8th U.S. Congressional District in New York City and therefore, members of the public can gain access to the collection by obtaining a pass from our Access Services office: Hours & Access Note: Passes are issued specifically for the use of depository materials only.
This is an abbreviated list of the most frequently used depository documents at bobst Library. Each title may be available in both print and electronic formats.
Note:In order to view many of these titles on-line, you must have a copy of the 
Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer installed on your computer
You can download a free copy of the reader from the Adobe web site.
Congressional Record
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Daily.
American Factfinder
Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
URL:http://factfinder.census.gov/"This is the Census Bureau’s
primary vehicle for the distribution
of the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1997 Economic Census, and American Community
Survey.Currently includes: 2006 Annual Survey of Manufacturers
Data from the 2007 American Community Survey,and 2007 Population estimates.
U.S.Census bureau.
Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Online Access
Provides access to a wide variety of finding tools for Census data and pulications, as well as
links to related information from other agencies.
Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretion.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2002.
United States Code
Washington, DC: Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives.
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News.
St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.
Bobst Ref6 Law Section Aisle 12b 1990– Present
Provides text of recently passsed Public Laws, as well as text of House and Senate reports regarding
recent laws. This is a good print source for legislative histories.
United States Statutes at Large
Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration.
Bobst Ref.6 Law Section Aisle 13b 1874– Present
URL:http://www.gpoaccess.gov/statutes/index.html Contains official text
of laws passed by Congress and signed by the President. Laws are compiled in order of passage. Includes indexes to allow for searching.
Statutes at Large 1789–1875
American Statistics Index
Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service. Annual.
Bobst Ref6 Index shelf F ASI provides abstracts for reports issued by Federal agencies and
the Executive branch that contain statistical tables. Examples include annual reports, working papers,
articles from government journals, budgets and yearbooks. The print indexing corresponds to the ASI microfiche set
filed in the cabinets in the U.S. Documents collection.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Online Access The BEA is an agency of the Department of Commerce. Along with the Census Bureau
and STAT-USA, BEA is part of the Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration. The mission of BEA is to produce
and disseminate accurate, timely, relevant, and cost–effective economic accounts statistics that provide government, businesses,
households, and individuals with a comprehensive, up–to–date picture of economic activity. BEA’s national, regional,
and international economic accounts present basic information on such key issues as U.S. economic growth, regional economic
development, and the nation’s position in the world economy.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Annual
Bobst Ref6 HA202 & SuDoc# C3.134: Ask at Reference Desk
A statistical compendium which covers a wide variety of topics, including population, vital statistics, health and nutrition
education, law enforcement, parks and recreation, elections, state and local government finance and employment, federal
government finance and employment, defense, human services, labor, income and expenditures, prices, banking and finance
business, communications and information technology, energy, science and technology, transportation, agriculture, natural resources
construction and housing, manufactures and trade. Tables provide summary statistics with footnotes indicating sources for
detailed data.
This site is an assignment for Thomas Krichel’s LIS650 course in Web Architecture
at Long Island University’s Palmer School of Library and Information Science
The author is Carol Arnold–Hamilton
URL: http://wotan.liu.edu/~hamiltonc/lis650assignmentNov08.html
