Use this guide to search US Federal Documents by their SuDoc number. If you are not sure what call number stem to search this guide should help you find the agency and the range of call numbers represented. In some cases when the SuDoc number has changed for an agency this guide may provide a hint of what other areas to look.
This unique section allows you to browse the documents stacks in shelf order (according the the Superintendent of Documents of classification system).
A - | Department of Agriculture (1862- ) |
AA - | ACTION (1971-1994) |
AC - | Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1961- ) |
AE - | National Archives (1934- ) |
B - | Broadcasting Board of Governors/International Broadcasting Bureau |
C - | Department of Commerce (1913- ) |
CAB - | Civil Aeronautics Board (1978-1985) |
CC - | Federal Communications Commission (1934- ) |
CR - | United States Commission on Civil Rights (1957- ) |
CS - | Civil Service Commission (1883-1979) |
CSA - | Community Services Administration (1974-1981) |
CZ - | Canal Zone Government (1951-1979) |
D - | Department of Defense (1949- ) |
DC - | District of Columbia |
E - | Department of Energy (1977- ) |
EB - | Bureau of Efficiency (1916-1933) |
EC - | Employees' Compensation Commission (1916-1946) |
ED - | Department of Education (1979- ) |
EP - | Environmental Protection Agency (1970- ) |
ER - | Energy Research and Development Administration (1975- 1977) |
FA - | Commission of Fine Arts (1910- ) |
FAA - | Federal Aviation Agency (1958-1967) |
FC - | Fish and Fisheries Commission (1880-1903) |
FCA - | Farm Credit Administration (1933-1939, 1953- ) |
FCD - | Federal Civil Defense Administration (1951-1958) |
FE - | Federal Energy Administration (1974-1977) |
FEM - | Federal Emergency Management Agency (1979- ) |
FHF - | Federal Housing Finance Board (1989- ) |
FHL - | Federal Home Loan Bank Board (1955-1989) |
FL - | Federal Housing Administration (1939-1942) |
FM - | Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (1947- ) |
FMC - | Federal Maritime Commission (1961- ) |
FO - | Foreign Operations Administration (1953-1955) |
FP - | Federal Power Commission (1920-1977) |
FPI - | Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (1934-1939) |
FR - | Federal Reserve System Board of Governors (1935- ) |
FS - | Department of Health, Education and Welfare, etc. (1939-1969) |
FT - | Federal Trade Commission (1914- ) |
FTZ - | Foreign-Trade Zones Board (1934- ) |
FW - | Federal Works Agency (1939-1949) |
GA - | General Accounting Office (1921- ) |
GB - | Geographic Board (1906-1934) |
GP - | Government Printing Office/Superintendent of Documents (1895- ) |
GS - | General Services Administration (1949- ) |
HE - | Department of Health and Human Services (1980- ) |
HH - | Department of Housing and Urban Development (1965- ) |
HS - | Department of Homeland Security (2003- ) |
I - | Department of the Interior (1849- ) |
IA - | United States Information Agency (1953-1978, 1982-1999) |
IC - | Interstate Commerce Commission (1987-1995) |
ICA - | International Communication Agency (1978-1982) |
ITC - | United States International Trade Commission (1981- ) |
J - | Department of Justice (1870- ) |
JU - | U.S. Courts |
L - | Department of Labor (1913- ) |
LA - | Bureau of Labor (1888-1903) |
LC - | Library of Congress (1800- ) |
LR - | National Labor Relations Board (1935- ) |
M - | National Military Establishment (1947-1949) |
MB - | Board of Mediation (1926-1934) |
MC - | Maritime Commission (1936-1950) |
MCB - | Board of Mediation and Conciliation (1913-1921) |
MS - | Merit Systems Protection Board (1979- ) |
N - | Department of the Navy (1798-1947) |
NA - | National Academy of Sciences (1863- ) |
NAS - | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958- ) |
NC - | National Capital Planning Commission (1952- ) |
NCU - | National Credit Union Administration (1970- ) |
NF - | National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1965- ) |
NHA - | National Housing Agency (1942-1947) |
NMB - | National Mediation Board (1934- ) |
NMC - | National Munitions Control Board (1936-1940) |
NS - | National Science Foundation (1950- ) |
OP - | Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1969- ) |
P - | United States Postal Service (1970- ) |
PA - | Pan American Union |
PAC - | Canal Zone |
PE - | Peace Corps (1982- ) |
PM - | Office of Personnel Management (1979- ) |
PR - | President of the United States |
PrEx - | Executive Office of the President (1961- ) |
PrVp - | Vice President of the United States |
PS - | Postal Savings System (1910-1966) |
RC - | Federal Radio Commission (1927-1934) |
RL - | Railroad Labor Board (1920-1926) |
RNB - | Renegotiation Board (1951-1979) |
RR - | Railroad Retirement Board (1935- ) |
S - | Department of State (1789- ) |
SB - | Shipping Board (1916-1933) |
SBA - | Small Business Administration (1953- ) |
SE - | Securities and Exchange Commission (1934- ) |
SI - | Smithsonian Institution (1846- ) |
SS - | Social Security Board (1935-1939) |
SSA - | Social Security Administration (1995- ) |
T - | Department of the Treasury (1789- ) |
TC - | International Trade Commission (1974-1981) |
TD - | Department of Transportation (1966- ) |
TDA - | U.S. Trade and Development Agency |
VA - | Department of Veterans Affairs (1930- ) |
VE - | Federal Board for Vocational Education (1917-1933) |
W - | Department of War (1789-1947) |
X - | Congress |
Y 1 - | Congress: House and Sentate reports, documents, bills, journals, etc. |
Y 3 - | (A-L) Congress: Commissions, Committees, Boards |
Y 3 - | (M-end) Congress: Commissions, Committees, Boards |
Y 4 - | Congress: Hearings, Committee Prints, Publications |
Y 6-10 - | Congress: Impeachment Proceedings, Memorial Addresses, CBO |
Z - | Continental Congress Papers |
The Shared Collections Cataloging Unit was established in April 2014 to catalog the Government Documents collection and any uncataloged material in the UF storage collections. The Unit processes incoming government documents as part of UF's Regional Depository Library responsibilities.
This guide was based on work presented by Chris Brown at the University of Denver. For the original guide see http://libguides.du.edu/BrowseDocs. Additional information was provided by Donna Andriot's Guide to U.S. Government Publications 2009 edition.
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