Abstract
The classification of government publications has always presented problems to the librarian. It was not until the principle of provenance was adopted for the classification of documents that order was given to this material. The Superintendent of Documents classification system, begun soon after 1895, was used as a model by other governmental jurisdictions, both in the United States and abroad. The League of Nations and the United Nations developed classification systems based on the same principle. Providing these classification systems are coordinated with analytical indexes, such as the United Nations Documents Index and the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, they are easy to understand, economical, and serve as suitable shelf-location devices.
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