Usage and DiscoveryU.S. Documents Masterfile
Below are ways in which library practitioners have successfully implemented U.S. Documents Masterfile: 1774-2018 and maximized the value of the resource.
Below are ways in which library practitioners have successfully implemented U.S. Documents Masterfile: 1774-2018 and maximized the value of the resource.
“Single search for indexes and records for nearly 250 years of U.S. Federal government information. Includes The Annals of Congress, Register of Debates and Congressional Globe. Includes links to the full text at the Library of Congress’ American Memory.”
“U.S. Documents Masterfile is an electronic bibliographic guide to federal, state, local and international public documents, spanning over 200 years of publication, in a single searchable database.
Includes: * Post-1976 GPO Documents * GPO Monthly Catalog Indexes 1900-1976 * GPO Documents 1789-1976 with SuDocs Numbers * Pre-1900 United States Documents * International Documents (e.g., World Bank Records) * US Department of Energy * ERIC files…”
Paratext offers both an SRU-based API, for deployment within Federated Search Systems, as well as a MARC-based API. This works with our authentication system to allow libraries to pull millions of historical citations into your larger discovery platforms.
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The Documents Widget allows you to provide patrons with easy access to The Federal Index via a single search box placed anywhere within your site - or in LibGuides. It links effortlessly to our database, and launches our proprietary interface. Find the code here.
All Paratext resources can be used alongside your institution EZ Proxy set-up. Look for the proper stanza set-up here.
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