Advanced Search

Our Advanced Search feature can provide you with a list of all publications currently available for purchase from the U.S. Government Bookstore that meet your unique criteria such as year published or Federal agency publisher, as well as publications that are upcoming, on hold, backordered, or require special processing.

How to Search for Online Bookstore Items by Detailed Criteria

The Advanced Search allows you to conduct a more specific search of the U.S. Government Bookstore by using criteria from one or more of the product data fields shown below. Entering search criteria in multiple fields requires that a publication must meet ALL the criteria.

  • To Search by Stock Number: Use all the dashes, such as 012-345-67890-1.
  • To Search for Items Not Currently Available for Purchase: To find upcoming new releases, items being reprinted or on some other backorder status, choose NO in the “Limit to titles available for Purchase” drop-down box.

For more detailed information and explanation on how to search the Bookstore, please see our Search Tips page.

Search the GPO Online Bookstore by entering criteria in the fields below:

Format for Year is xxxx, e.g., 2011
Format for Date is MM/DD/YY, e.g., 09/30/2012
Format for Date is MM/DD/YY, e.g., 09/30/2012