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About NARA Publications
A vast array of publications is available from the National Archives. They include:
- guides and indexes
to collections in specific
areas
- catalogs of microfilmed
records
- special archival publications
that will be useful to
scholars, archivists, historians,
researchers, and educators
Also available are general
interest books about NARA
and its holdings that will
appeal to anyone with an
interest in United States
history. In general the authors
and compilers of these works
are archivists and other
experts on the NARA staff.
NARA publishes both free
and fee publications.
Fee Publications
On this web site, some publications
are referred to as fee publications
and have a price noted
or are marked with a dollar
sign ($). Fee publications
are more comprehensive works
(and microfilm publications)
which Congress has authorized
the National Archives Trust
Fund to produce and sell
on a cost recovery basis.
Records and finding aids
that would otherwise be usable
only on site at the National
Archives are then more widely
available. [Note: A finding
aid is a publication that
assists researchers in locating
the records they need amid
the vast resources of the
National Archives.]
Free Publications
Free publications typically
provide to the public essential
general information about the
National Archives and Records
Administration and its holdings.
Free publications are usually
less comprehensive products
which are produced and distributed
using tax dollars.
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