The Publications Reference File (PRF) was the GPO's sales list for many years, and was an essential tool for depository libraries, distributed in microfiche. It has access in 3 arrangements: stock number, Su Doc classification number, and an alphabetical sequence which includes titles, series, key words, key phrases, subjects, and personal authors.
GPL has retained the set, which has SuDoc number GP 3.22/3: . It had several title variations, but holdings are generally from 1977 through 1999.
In 2000 the PRF was replaced by the online Sales Product Catalog (SPC), GP 3.22/7: , available via the Online Bookstore at GPO, http://bookstore.gpo.gov/. The SPC lists some best sellers and product releases back to 1996.
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