Virtual Shelf Browser
Using the Virtual Browser
Below is a list of the Departments and Agencies featured in our collection. The letter(s) at the beginning of the SuDoc number indicate which Department/Agency produced a grouping of documents.
If you click on a particular letter you’ll then be shown a list of all the documents created by that Department or Agency by topic.
Once you’ve chosen a specific topic of interest click on the SuDoc stem. You’ll be taken to the TCU catalog where it will list all the documents we have in our collection with that SuDoc stem.
For more detailed information on the SuDoc classification system go to the Core Documents research guide.
| A | Department of Agriculture (1862- ) |
| AA | ACTION (1971-1994) |
| AC | Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1961- ) |
| AE | National Archives (1934- ) |
| AR | International Bureau of the American Republics |
| B | Broadcasting Board of Governors/International Broadcasting Bureau |
| C | Department of Commerce (1913- ) |
| 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- ) |
| E | Department of Energy (1977- ) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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- ) |
| 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- ) |
| L | Department of Labor (1913- ) |
| 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) |
| 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- ) |
| NMB | National Mediation Board (1934- ) |
| NS | National Science Foundation (1950- ) |
| OP | Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1969- ) |
| P | United States Postal Service (1970- ) |
| 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 |
| RC | Federal Radio Commission (1927-1934) |
| RR | Railroad Retirement Board (1935- ) |
| S | Department of State (1789- ) |
| SBA | Small Business Administration (1953- ) |
| SE | Securities and Exchange Commission (1934- ) |
| SI | Smithsonian Institution (1846- ) |
| 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 Senate reports, documents, bills, journals, etc. |
| Y 3 | Congress: Commissions, Committees, Boards |
| Y 4 | Congress: Hearings, Committee Prints, Publications |
| Y 6-10 | Congress: Impeachment Proceedings, Memorial Addresses, CBO |
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