Lists of Interesting Documents
- Best titles ever! (Free Government Information)identifies some government document titles that are interesting/strange/intriguing
- Match the document to the issuing agency (Western Washington University)e.g.,
- Request for Assistance in.. Preventing the Injury of Workers by Robots
- A Winning Combination: Wild Horses and Prison inmates - 'Best. Titles. Ever. - Oddly titled Government Documents' (Dan Cornwall)WorldCat links for titles
Government Comics
- Government Comics Collection (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)digitized copies of individual issues
A Selection of 'funny, interesting, unusual or quirky government documents'
- State-of-the-art dummy selection. byCall Number: TD 8.2:D 89/5/v.1available in UCF U.S. Documents Collection
Dave Morrison at the University of Utah solicited suggestions in April 2013 from the GOVDOC-L community for 'funny, interesting, unusual or quirky government documents'. In addition to the web lists identifed above, these are some of the titles folks submitted:
- "Who Are the Zombie Masters and What Do They Want?" byA 1994 discussion paper prepared for the Premier's Council on Health, Well-Being and Social Justice.
- "Security is an Eyepatch" byfeaturing Peanuts characters
- Know your 8-inch Howitzer byCall Number: D 101.22/12:750-6
- Review of the State Department's silverware replacement programCall Number: Y 4.G 74/7:St 2/8hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, March 11, 1987.
- Mark Trail tells the story of a fish in troubleCall Number: I 49.2: F 52/19
- NASA's great observatories : paper model kitsCall Number: NAS 1.84:136available in UCF U.S. Documents Collection
- The 9 lives of El Gato the Cat : a fire safety comic bookCall Number: Y 3.C 76/3:2 F 51/2
- Fat Albert & the Cosby kids : Buzzy's reboundCall Number: HE 20.8302:B 98available in UCF U.S. Documents Collection
- Color and learn : Sesame Street fire and safety stationCall Number: FEM 1.102:C 71available in UCF U.S. Documents Collection
- The adventures of Julia and Robbie : the disaster twinsCall Number: FEM 1.2:D 63available in UCF U.S. Documents Collection at FEM 1.2:D 63 [1999] and HS 5.102:D 63 [2003]
- Recipes for Cooking Muskrat Meat. [1942]Call Number: I 49.13: 229
- Brown Cubical Butt Rot. [1983]Call Number: A 13.2:D 63/4/cub
- Report of Expedition to Collect Wild Species of Potato [1994]Call Number: A 77.2:P 84available in UCF U.S. Documents Collection on microfiche
- Medical Care at Large Gatherings: A Manual Based on Experiences in Rock Concert Medicine [1976]Call Number: HE 20.8208:M 46available in UCF U.S. Documents Collection
Library Displays
- Government Documents Display Clearinghouse"This clearinghouse was established to assist federal depository library staff in creating intriguing and eye-catching displays for promoting government documents collections. A number of displays submitted to us from around the U.S. have been incorporated into this site. This enables others to view displays on numerous topics, as well as the sources used to create them.
You can find an alphabetical Subject List of displays which were featured at various libraries. Simply click on the desired topic to view the photos and source list from the respective library."