State Publications Database

The Kentucky State Publications Database provides access to 20,000 items from the holdings of KDLA 1792 - forward. A small number of these are available in electronic format. Use the database to locate information by title, agency, date, and subject.

• Search KY State Publications by Title
• Search KY State Publications by Agency
• Search KY State Publications by Date
• Search KY State Publications by Subject

If you have difficulty locating state publications, contact Ask a Librarian for assistance.

Search Hints

Key Phrase - ” Enter a “Key phrase” to find all words in exact order. For example the search “annual report” does not produce a hit on the title “annual economic report.”

Truncation – Keyword searches for single words like “report” will also retrieve publications with the words “reports” and “reporting” in the field being searched. For the broadest number of hits one should use the shortest form of the search term.

Resorting the results of searches – Underlined column headings on a search result page may be clicked to resort the results by that field. For example, the title search, which automatically sorts the results in order by title, allows a resorting by two levels of government organization: cabinet and agency. This will help the user find a publication by a known agency.

Repeated keyword searching –When doing a new search, please use the new search button on the items page or return to the “state publications database” home page to avoid computer errors.