GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

AdmiNet: the French connection
http://www.adminet.com/

Useful information about the current French Government as well as aboout various cities and regions, companies, culture, and information.

Economics and Finance from AdmiNet
http://www.adminet.com/min/fin/

Bibliographie nationale française. Supplément II, Publications Officielles. Paris: Bibliotheque nationale, 1990- .
SML Reference Z2165 B582 Suppl. II (LC)

"Lists publications from the national to the local level, entries are now classed in nine sections: (1)Budgets, lois et traites; (2) Assemblees constitutionnelles; (3) Cours et jurisdictions; (4) Administration centrale; (5) Administration locale; (6) Administration outre-mer; (7) Etablissements publics; (8) Etats etrangers; (9) Organizations intergouvernementales. Index in each issue, cumulating annually." (Sheehy AG105)

Bibliographie sélective des publications officielles françaises. Paris: Documentation française, 1952- .
SML Reference Z2169 B5 (LC)

Continued by: Bulletin signalétique d'information administrative. Biblios. Paris: Documentation française, 1982-1991.
SML Reference Z2169 +B53 (LC)

Bottin administratif et documentaire. Paris: Societe Didot-Bottin, 1942- .
SML Stacks JN2303 +B67 (LC) [Latest volume in Reference]

Includes members of the Senate, the diplomatic corps, etc. Brief histories and descriptions of various branches of government and administration.
Library has 1965, 1969-1974, 1977- .

Dampierre, Jacques de. Les publications officielles des pouvoirs publics: étude critique et administrative. Paris: Picard, 1942.
LSF Xo11 942d

"Contains a detailed historical description of the official publications of France. Those of a few of the major countries of the world--e.g., United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, and Germany--are briefly noted." (Sheehy AG107)

Embassy of France in the United States
http://www.info-france-usa.org/

Information about the embassy, administration, culture, tourism, and daily news in French.

France. Commission de coordination de la documentation administrative. Répertoire des publications périodiques et de série de l'administration française. Paris: Documentation française, 1973.
SML Reference Z2169 F73 1973 (LC)

"Lists and describes about 850 serial publications (periodicals, annuals, series of various kinds) issued by French official agencies. Listing is by ministry or other sponsoring body, with title and subject indexes. Information was current as of 1972." (Sheehy AG106)

France. Journal officiel de la République Française. Paris, 1870- .
Searching in Orbis and the card catalogue under this heading yields records for the sub-parts of this publication.

"Preceded by: Gazette nationale, ou Moniteur universel, 1789-1810; Moniteur universel, journal officiel, 1811-1868; Journal officiel de l'Empire Francais, 1869- 4 sept.1870. From 1881, in several parts, the main ones being: (1) Lois et decrets; (2) Debats Parlementaires: (a) Senat, and (b) Assemblee Nationale; (3) Documents administratifs; (4) Impressions; (5) Avis et rapports du Conseil Economique et Sociale. . . . Appears daily except Mondays and holidays; contains texts of national laws and decrees, important administrative orders and proclamations, and parliamentary debates and committee reports. Indexes (Tables) published annually." (Sheehy AG108)
For more complete information see Westfall, French official publications.

Guide to official publications of foreign countries. Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service, 1990.
Reference Z7164 G7 +G85 1990 (LC)
LSF Z7164 G7 +G85 1990 (LC)

"A very useful selective, annotated bibliography of official publications issued by 157 countries that includes guides to official publications, directories, statistical sources, legislative proeedings, development plans, court reports, etc. . . Arranged by country, then by subject." (Sheehy Supp. AG1) Chapter on France, pp. 110-116.

Updated by: Guide to official publications of foreign countries. Second edition. Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service, 1997.
SSL Reference Z7164 G7 +G85 1997 (LC)

Official publications of Western Europe. Ed. Eve Johansson. London; New York: Mansell; Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1984-1988. 2 v.
SML Reference Z291 O38 1983 (LC)

V.1 includes chapter on France (pp. 45-86) by Genevieve Boissard.

Réimpression du Journal officiel de la République française sous la Commune. Paris: Ressouvenances, 1995-1996. 3 v.
SML Stacks DC317 +J622
SML Stacks Bo77 050

Facsimile edition of the 1871 reprint published in Paris by Bunel. Originally published daily during the spring of 1871 by the government press under the Commune of the revolutionary government, continuing the form and numbering of the original Journal officiel de la République française, issued by the Assembleé nationale from 1869-1880.

This publication was the organ of the Comité central of the Garde nationale. It took the place in Paris of the Journal officiel de la République française (see above), which during the Commune was published in Versailles.

Répertoire des publications officielles: séries et périodiques. Paris: Documentation française, 1980. 2 v.
SML Reference Z2169 R46 (LC)
SML Stacks Z2169 R46 (LC)

Westfall, Gloria. French official publications. Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1980.
SML Reference Z2169 W47 1980 (LC)

"Offers a survey of French official publishing, with discussion of official publications and their issuing bodies and the problems of bibliographic control, dissemination, and acquisition of French government documents. Attention is given to the publishing history of various series and to available guides, indexes and bibliographies. Devotes a separate chapter to the Journal officiel. Indexed." (Sheehy AG109)

A note on the annotations:

Balay = Guide to reference books. Edited by Robert Balay. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
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Sheehy = Guide to reference books. Edited by Eugene P. Sheehy. 10th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.
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