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Federal Depository Library Program

As part of the Federal Depository Library Program, the UC Merced Library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. government publications. The library is the first fully electronic Federal Depository Library.

Electronic federal government documents, and many online California state documents, are accessible through UC Library Search.

Key Resources

ProQuest Congressional
Access to U.S. legislative information, including bills and pending legislation, legislative history, hearings, testimony, reports, documents, Congressional Record, public laws, etc.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Reports, documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial Set will consist of approximately 369,000 volumes and over 11 million pages.

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
Statistical series on subjects ranging from population and land area to production figures for crops and manufactured products. Detailed documentation provides brief histories of the statistical series and source materials.

GPO Access
Locate online versions of major U.S. government publications such as: the Congressional Record, bills, congressional publications of all kinds, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court decisions, and executive branch documents.


Questions about the federal documents collection?

Contact Eric Scott at escott@ucmerced.edu