Government Documents

The Bangor Public Library has been a partial Depository library for Federal Government Documents since 1884. Partial means we receive selected documents of our choosing we think will be valuable to our patrons.

All of our documents are listed in our online card catalog called URSUS, and can be
checked out through the Circulation Department..
 For example:
  Title                      Social security : what you need to know when you get SSI
  Publisher          Baltimore, Md.?] : Social Security Administration, [2001]

  LOCATION                  CALL NO.                             STATUS  
  BPL documents            SSA 1.2:SU 7/2001               AVAILABLE

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  Search for Free, Online Government Information with These General Indexes

• USA.gov U.S. Government Searching Made Easy
• fdsys.gov The U.S. Goverment Printing Office Access
• Govspot.com User Friendly Subject Guide to Government Documents

  Or Try Government Department or Agency Webpages such as...

• Department of Homeland Security
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Labor
• Census Bureau Home Page
• FedWorld

  Or Try a Webpage of a Specific Government Document

• Occupational Outlook Handbook Nationally recognized source of career information
• Medicare and You Medicare Handbook
• Statistical Abstract of the United States Excellent source of US statistics of all kinds
• United States Reports Reports of Supreme Court Cases

  For more Useful Government Webpages click here