GPO Monthly Catalog (GPO)
Why select this database?
- GPO Monthly Catalog contains more than 600,000 records for documents printed by the U.S. government.
- It covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
- Each record contains a bibliographic citation.
- It is produced by the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Subjects included
- U.S. government information resources
- Any subject of interest to the U.S. government
Database details
| Database name | GPO |
|---|---|
| Short database name | GPO1 |
| Available on | FirstSearch, WorldCat Discovery, and WorldCat.org |
| Sources | U.S. government |
| Number of records | Over 830,000 |
| Coverage | Covers July 1976 to the present. |
| Update frequency | Mensualmente |
| Producer | U.S. Government Publishing Office |
Índices
Index labels and search examples
Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.
| Search indexes | Etiquetas | Ejemplos |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword | kw: | byproduct+ [keyword searches the Extended Title, Map Data, Notes, and Subject indexes] |
| Resumen | ab: | higher education |
| Access method | am: | army |
| Autor | au: | o'hara ohara |
| Author phrase | au= | ohara, charles g ohara charles g |
| Conference name | cn: | federal forecasters conference |
| Corporate name | co: | overseas private investment corporation |
| Descriptores | de: | scanner+ |
| Descriptors phrase | de= | bar coding |
| Número de clase decimal Dewey | dd: | 300.71073 |
| Edición | ed: | 2nd |
| Nombre geográfico | gc= | cape cod mass |
| Número de documento gubernamental | gn: | 1008c1008d |
| Item number | it: | 40-b-1 |
| Número de llamada de la Biblioteca del Congreso | lc: | KZ6030 |
| Map data | md: | scale or scales |
| Named conference | cf: | lunar materials technology symposium |
| Named corporation phrase | nc= | renssalaer polytechnic institute |
| Named person | na: | jefferson thomas |
| Notes | nt: | treaty |
| Número OCLC | oc: | 6001018 |
| Place of publication | pl: | ohio |
| Editorial | pb: | mcgraw-hill |
| Record type phrase | rt= | microfilm [use to refine other search terms] |
| Número de informe | rn: | 807drr880pt1 |
| Declaración de la serie | se: | metallurgical |
| Número estándar | sn: | 0036-8741 |
| Stock number | st: | 803-004-00000-5 |
| Asunto | su: | coffee+ |
| Subject phrase | su= | food processing |
| Título | ti: | music application+ |
| Title phrase | ti= | music professional training |
| Año | yr: | 1997 1993-1997 |
Notes on specific indexes
Subject phrase indexes (cf=, de=, na=, su=): Each portion of the subject heading (e.g., subheading in 650/a,x,y,z) will be handled as a distinct phrase search. The suggested strategy in searching for records that contain those subheadings is to and those terms together.
Example: 650 #a Nuclear Power Plants #x Safety Measures is searched by entering: nuclear power plants and safety measures.
| If: | Use attribute: |
|---|---|
| cf= | 5611 |
| de= | 5650 |
| gc= | 58 |
| nc= | 5610 |
| su= | 21 |
Index use and structure
What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.
- For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
- Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
- Restrictors are specially implemented indexes and are not available for scanning. Terms for these must be ANDed with other terms to limit the size of the result set. See the table provided for each restrictor to determine valid terms and their associated meaning.
FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:
| Índice | Descripción | Atributo de uso | Estructura Atributo | Indexed Fields and Subfields |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palabra clave (kw) | Cualquier | 5110 | 2 |
110/t |
| Keyword All |
Cualquier |
1016 |
2 |
100/abcdequ |
| Abstract (ab) | Resumen | 0062 | 2 | 520/a |
| Access method (am) | Electronic location | 5856 | 2 | 856/u |
| Author (au, au=) | Author-name | 1003 | 1, 2 |
100/abcdequ |
| Named Conference (cf=) | OCLC Defined | 5611 | 1 | 611/acd,n,vxz |
| Conference Name (cn) | Author-name-conference | 1006 | 1 |
111/a,en |
| Corporate Name (co) | Author-name-corporate | 1005 | 1 |
110/acd,np |
| Dewey Decimal Call Number (dd) | Classification-Dewey | 13 | 2 | 082/a 092/a |
| Descriptors (de, de=) | OCLC Defined | 5650 | 1, 2 |
650/ab,vxyz |
| Edition (ed) | OCLC Defined | 5250 | 2 | 250/a,b 254/a |
| Geographic Name (gc=) | Name-geographic | 58 | 1 |
600/z |
| Government Number (gn) | Classification-government-publication | 50 | 2 | 086/a,z 099/a |
| Item Number (it) | OCLC Defined | 5074 | 2 | 074/a |
| Library of Congress Call No. (lc) | Classification-LC | 16 | 2 | 050/a,b 090/ab |
| Map Data (md) | Code-map-scale | 1024 | 2 | 034/abdefg 052/ab 255/a-d 507/ab |
| Named Person (na) | Subject-name-personal | 1009 | 1 | 600/a-e,q |
| Named Corporation (nc=) | OCLC Defined | 5610 | 1 | 610/a-d,knp,tvxyz |
| Notes (nt) | Nota | 63 | 2 |
500/a |
| OCLC Number (oc) | OCLC Defined | 5999 | 2 | 001 |
| Publisher (pb) | Name-publisher | 1018 | 2 | 260/b,f 533/c |
| Place of Publication (pl) | Name-geographic-place-publication | 59 | 2 | 260/a 533/b |
| Personal Name (pn=) | Author-name-personal | 1004 | 1 | 100/a-e,q 700/a-e,q |
| Report Number (rn) | Identifier-report | 1027 | 2 | 027/a,z 088/a 770/r,u 773/u |
| Record Type (rt=) | Material-type | 1031 | 1 | 964/t |
| Series (se) | Title-series | 5 | 2 |
410/a,v |
| Standard Number (sn) | Identifier-standard | 1007 | 2 | 010/a,z 020/a,z 022/a,y,z 024/a 030/a,z 247/x 400/x 410/x 411/x 440/x 490/x 534/x,z 700/x 710/x 711/x 730/x 760/x,y 762/x,y 770/x-z 773/x-z 780/x-z 785/x-z |
| Stock Number (st) | Identifier-stock | 1028 | 2 | 037/a |
| Subject (su, su=) | Asunto | 21 | 1, 2 |
600/abcde,qtuvxyz |
| Title (ti, ti=) | Título | 4 | 1, 2 |
110/t |
| Year (yr) | OCLC Defined | 0031 | 2 |
008 |
Record display information
List of FirstSearch fields for GPO Monthly Catalog and the MARC fields to which they correspond:
| Nombre del campo | Campo(s) MARC |
|---|---|
| Número de control | 001 |
| Control Number Identifier | 003 |
| Date and Time of Latest Transaction | 005 |
| Fixed-Length Data Elements | 006 |
| Descripción física Campo fijo | 007 |
| OCLC Number in binary | 009 |
| Fechas | 008 |
| LC Control Number | 010/a,z |
| National Bibliography Number | 015/a,2 |
| National Bibliography Agency Control Number | 016/a,2 |
| OCLC Control Number Cross-Reference | 019/a |
| ISBN | 020/a,c,z |
| ISSN | 022/a,L,y,z,2 |
| Standard Technical Report Number | 027/a |
| Other System Control Number | 029/a,b |
| CODEN | 030/a,z |
| Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data | 034/a,b,d,e,f,g |
| Source of Acquisition | 037/a,b,c,f |
| Cataloguing Source | 040/a,c,d |
| Código de idioma | 041/a,h |
| Código de autenticación | 042/a |
| Geographic Area Code | 043/a |
| Local Holdings | 049/a |
| LC Call Number | 050/a,b |
| Geographic Classification | 052/a,b |
| National Library of Medicine Call Number | 060/a,b |
| NAL Call Number | 070/a,b |
| Subject Category Code | 072/a |
| GPO Item Number | 074/a |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 082/a |
| Government Document Classification Number | 086/a,z |
| Report Number | 088/a |
| Locally Assigned LC-type Classification Number | 090/a,b |
| Locally Assigned Dewey Classification Number | 092/a |
| Local Free Text Classification Number | 099/a |
| Autor | 100/a-e,g,q,u |
| Corporate Author | 110/a,c-d,k,n,p,t |
| Conference or Meeting Name | 111/a,e,k,n,t |
| Título del uniforme | 130/a,d,f,k,l,n,p,t |
| Abbreviated Title | 210/a |
| Variant Access Title | 212/a |
| Título clave | 222/a,b |
| Título del uniforme | 240/a,d,g,k,l,n,p |
| Translated Title | 242/a |
| Declaración del título | 245/a,b,c,f-h,n,p |
| Varying Forms of Titles | 246/a |
| Former Titles | 247/a,b,f,p |
| Declaración de edición | 250/a |
| Datos matemáticos cartográficos | 255/a-d |
| Características de los archivos informáticos | 256/a |
| Imprint | 260/a,b,c,e,f |
| Descripción física | 300/a,b,c,e |
| Current Publication Frequency (Serials) | 310/a,b |
| Former Publication Frequency (Serials) | 321/a,b |
| Dates of Publication/Volume Designation | 362/a |
| Series Statement—Corporate Name | 410/a,v |
| Declaración de la serie | 490/a,v,x |
| Nota general | 500/a |
| "Con" Nota | 501/a |
| Dissertation Note | 502/a |
| Bibliographic Note | 504/a |
| Formatted Contents Note | 505/a |
| Restricciones de acceso Nota | 506/a |
| Nota de escala para material gráfico | 507/a,b |
| Creation/Production Credits Note | 508/a |
| Citation/Reference Note | 510/a |
| Participant Note | 511/a |
| Type of Report and Period Covered Note | 513/a,b |
| Numbering Peculiarities Note | 515/a |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note | 518/a |
| Resumen | 520/a |
| Destinatarios Nota | 521/a |
| Supplement Note | 525/a |
| Additional Physical form Available Note | 530/a |
| Nota de reproducción | 533/a,b,c,d,e |
| Funding Information Note | 536/a-d,f,h |
| System Details Note | 538/a |
| Language Note | 546/a,b |
| Issuing Body Note | 550/a |
| Cumulative Index | 555/a |
| Linking Entry Complexity Note | 580/a |
| Source of Description Note | 588/a |
| Subject Added Entry, Personal Name | 600/a-e,q,t,u,v,x,z |
| Subject Added Entry, Corporate Name | 610/a-d,k,n,p,t,v,x-z |
| Subject Added Entry, Meeting Name | 611/a,c,d,n,v,x |
| Subject Added Entry, Uniform Title | 630/a,d,k,p,t,v,x |
| Subject Added Entry, Topical | 650/a,b,v,x-z,2 |
| Subject Added Entry, Geographic | 651/a,v,x-z |
| Index Term, Uncontrolled | 653/a |
| Genre Index Term | 655/a |
| Local Subject Added Entry, Topical | 690/a,b,x-z |
| Local Subject Added Entry, Geographic | 691/a,b,x-z |
| Added Entry, Personal Name | 700/a-e,p,q,t,u |
| Added Entry, Corporate Name | 710/a,c-e,n,p,t,u,x |
| Added Entry, Meeting Name | 711/a,e,t |
| Added Entry, Uniform Title | 730/a,d,f,g,k,l,n,p,s,t |
| Added Entry, Uncontrolled Related Title | 740/a,n,p |
| Detalles del sistema | 753/a,b,c |
| Main Series Entry | 760/a,g,t,x |
| Subseries Entry | 762/t |
| Supplement Issue Entry | 770/a,g,s,t,w,x,z |
| Supplement Parent Entry | 772/a,s,t,w,x,z |
| Host Item Entry | 773/a,d,g,t,x,z |
| Other Edition Entry | 775/a,b,i,t,w,z |
| Entrada anterior | 780/a,s,t,u,w,x |
| Entrada con éxito | 785/a,s,t,u,w,x |
| Nonspecific Relationship Entry | 787/a,b,g,s,t,w,x |
| Series Added Entry, Personal Name | 800/a,d,t,v |
| Series Added Entry, Corporate Name | 810/a-d,n,p,t,v |
| Series Added Entry, Meeting Name | 811/a,t,v |
| Series Added Entry, Uniform Title | 830/a,d,l,n,p,t,v |
| Localización y acceso electrónicos | 856/a-d,f-n,p,q,s-w,y,z,2,3,6,8 |
| Indexed Document Type | 945/f |
| GPO Internal Accession Number | 946/p |
| Library Holdings | 948 Field 948/a gives the ISO country code information for each library holding the item. Additional detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names. |
| Document Type | 949/i |
| OCLC Display Type | 949/x |
| Record Type | 964/t |
| OCLC Load Date | 980/g |
Restrictors
The following restrictors can be used only in conjunction with an index search. They must be added to an index search with the Boolean AND in order to receive results:
| Restrictor | Tipo | Input | Atributo de uso | Estructura Atributo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Año | All years Single year Range of years |
-- 19xx, 20xx 19xx - 20xx |
31 | 5 |
| Document Type | Book Serial Visual Map Machine-Readable Recording Score Manuscript |
bks ser med map mrf rec score mss |
1001 | 1 |
Sorting
Search results in the GPO Monthly Catalog database can be sorted by Author (1003), Title (4), and Publication Date (30).
General punctuation rules
(exceptions are made, but these are generally correct):
| Punctuation | Rule | Punctuation | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| " | Delete and collapse | $ | Delete and collapse |
| ' | (apostrophe) Delete and collapse | % | Delete and collapse |
| . | (period) Delete and collapse | * | Delete and collapse |
| , | (comma) Delete and collapse | + | Delete and collapse |
| ; | Delete and collapse | > | Delete and collapse |
| : | Delete and collapse | < | Delete and collapse |
| () | Delete and collapse | @ | Delete and collapse |
| <> | Delete and collapse | ? | Delete and collapse |
| {} | Delete and collapse | -- | Delete and collapse |
| [] | Delete and collapse | / | Substitute a space |
| = | Delete and collapse | - | Retain and index |
| ! | Delete and collapse | & | Retain and index |
| # | Delete and collapse | ||
Searching tips
Keyword ALL searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds information in these fields: Extended Author, Extended Title, Notes, and Subject (034/a,b,d-g, 255/a-e, 052/a).
Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31) and Document Type (1001).
Copyright information
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