Government Documents Index |
Government Documents on Military History Government publications are essential sources for military history students and scholars. Purdue University Libraries have extensive collections of U.S. Government publications dealing with military history with most of these being located in HSSE Library. Subject headings you can use to search for military history information in the Library Catalog include: Air Warfare The principal index for U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 which is also available online from 1994-present. The GPO Index covers from 1976-present. |
Other useful U.S. Government document indexes include:
| Cumulative Subject index to the Monthly Catalog 1900-1971 | HSSE REF 016.353 Un36a |
| Cumulative Title Index to U.S. Public Documents 1789-1876 | HSSE REF 016.353 C913 |
| Checklist of United States Publications 1789-1909 HSSE REF 016.353 Un3cs |
Additional subject specific indexes to government military history information are:
| Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals | HSSE REF 016.6295 Ai7 |
| Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index | HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 |
| CIS Congressional Serial Set Index 1789-1969 | HSSE REF 328.73 C761c |
| CIS Unpublished Senate Comm. Hearings Index 1823-1964 | HSSE REF 348.731 C497 |
| CIS Congressional Comm. Prints Index | HSSE REF 348.731 C755c |
| CIS U.S. Congressional Comm. Hearings Index 1833-1969 | HSSE REF 348.731 C76 |
| CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 | HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990 |
| CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 | HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996 |
Key Reference Sources
| World Military Expenditures & Arms Transfers & here | HSSE REF 328.47355 |
| U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Reports: European War | HIKS Repository W 1.71: |
| U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Reports: Pacific Theatre | HIKS Repository W 1.71/2: |
| Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships | HSSE 359 Un3d HSSE DOC D 207.10:1/ |
| U.S. Naval Aviation 1910-1955 (CD-ROM) | HSSE REF D 221.18:Av 5/CD |
| Gulf War Airpower Survey | HSSE DOC D 301.2:G 95 |
| Official Records War of the Rebellion: Army (Courtesy- Cornell University Library) |
HIKS Repository W 45.5: (also in CD-ROM HSSE REF) |
| Official Records War of the Rebellion: Navy (Courtesy- Cornell University Library) |
HIKS Repository N 16.6: |
| Foreign Relations of the United States HSSE Periodicals 327.73 Un32 & HSSE MF S 1.1 and here (Courtesy-University of Wisconsin Library for coverage from 1863-1958 |
| Defense Appropriation and Military Construction Appropriation Laws (Courtesy-Pentagon Library) |
U.S. Government publications are classified by the Superintendent of Documents
(SuDoc) sytem in which publications are classified alphabetically by the agency
producing them. Military history publications produced by the Dept. of Defense,
armed services, and Dept. of Veterans Affairs will be located primarily in the HSSE
Library in the following SuDoc ranges:
| Department of Defense | D 1.1: to D 1.105: |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff | D 5.2: to D 5.21: |
| National Defense University | D 5.400's |
| U.S. Army | D 100's |
| Army Corps of Engineers | D 103's HSSE & ENGR |
| Center for Military History | D 114's |
| U.S. Navy | D 200's |
| U.S. Marine Corps | D 214's |
| Naval Historical Center | D 221's |
| U.S. Air Force | D 300's |
| Department of Homeland Security | HS |
| Dept. of Veterans Affairs | VA |
Congressional Publications
Congressional committee hearings, prints, and reports are excellent sources of military history information. These committees are responsible for funding and conducting oversight of military programs. Use indexes such as the congressional serial set and CIS Index listed above to start your search.
| Congressional Record (Online 1994-present) | HSSERepository X/A: (See also its predecessors Congressional Globe and Annals of Congress HSSE Repository X) |
Congressional Serial Set (Purdue users only for online ed.) |
HSSE Repository Y 1.1/2: |
| House Armed Services Committee (Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) is a member of this committee) |
HSSE DOC Y 4.AR 5/2A:: |
| House National Security Committee 1995-1998 |
HSSE DOC Y 4.SE 2/1A: |
| Title 10, United States Armed Forces | HSSE DOC Y 4.AR 5/2:T 53/2000 |
| House Veterans Affairs Committee. (Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) is this committee's ranking member) |
HSSE DOC Y 4.V 64/3: |
| Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe | HSSE DOC Y 4.SE 2: |
| Senate Armed Services Committee (Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) is a member of this committee). |
HSSE DOC Y 4.AR 5/3: |
| House Appropriations Committee. (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee) |
HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:D 36/5/ HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:M 59/ HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:V 64/4 |
| Senate Appropriations Comm.. (Appropriations Committees are excellent sources of project expenditure information) |
HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2: |
| Senate Veterans Affairs Comm. | HSSE DOC Y 4.V 64/4: |
Internet Sources
Large volumes of U.S. Government military history information can be found on the
Internet. A masterlist of government information resources on the WWW can be
found at:www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/
GPO Access is an excellent source for current and
recent legislative, legal, and regulatory information such as congressional bills,
committee reports, legislative status information, and the Federal Register..
Additional U.S. Government military and military-related WWW sites include:
| Historical Government Publications from World War II: A Digital Library (Courtesy-Southern Methodist University Library)(NEW) |
| State Dept. Bureau of Arms Control |
| U.S. Dept. of Defense |
| U.S. Army & Combined Arms Research Library (Features historical analyses and student theses from the Army's Command & General Staff College) |
Selected International and Foreign Government Sites
| Multinational Force & Observers |