Example:
Find the 1991 Congressional Hearings on the publication "1986 Memorandum on the Export of Softwood Lumber Products from Canada" in the Congressional Information Service (CIS) microfiche.
Step 1 - CIS Index volume
call number - US7 CIS C58 (Documents Reference Collection)
- use the CIS number (Hxxx) to find an abstract in the accompanying Abstract volume.
- use the CIS number (Hxxx) to find the microfiche, which contains the full text of the document.
Note: it is useful to look ahead a year (e.g. 1992) as well in case the document did not make it into the CIS set in the actual year of publication.
Step 2 - Cumulative Index to the "Monthly Catalogue of United States Government Publications"
call number - US1 GP M51 (Documents Reference Collection)
- using the Keyword index, look up softwood lumber
- take note of accession number associated with the publications (e.g. 91-21074
- in the catalogue, look up the accession number (e.g. 91-21074)
- take note of the SuDoc (Superintendent of Documents) Number (e.g. Ym:Sm1: 102-3)
- using the CIS Index to the SuDoc Numbers (at the back of the index) to find the associated CIS number (e.g. H721-30)
Step 3 - Microfiche
in the CIS Microfiche cabinets, find the drawer for the year (1991) and then find the fiche number (H721-30).
