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This article analyzes the online availability of a sample population of historical federal publications from 1943–1976. Results indicate that 21% to 26.5% of the sample documents are freely available online, with the majority stored in the HathiTrust repository.

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Federal government publications are important resources for primary source information such as statistics, history, legislative intent, and more.

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This page is a summary of: Availability of Legacy Government Documents Online, Internet Reference Services Quarterly, January 2011, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10875301.2011.582824.
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