United States Government Documents
About the collection
U. S. Government Documents are issued by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) or by individual departments and agencies within the U.S. Government. As the Regional Depository for U.S. documents in the state of Georgia, the University of Georgia Libraries receives in paper, microfiche or electronic format all publications made available to depository libraries under GPO's Federal Depository Library Program. Most documents of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches are included in this program. The Libraries also maintain a collection of non-depository publications beginning with those issued in 1953.
Access
U. S. Government Documents (1976 to present) can be located through GIL, the Libraries' online catalog. Please be advised that bibliographic records for electronic publications and non-depository publications have not yet been added to the catalog but will be added at a later date. In addition, specific holdings information about the U.S. Government Documents in our collection is being added over time to the catalog and may not be available on the day you search GIL. Please ask a reference librarian for assistance if you have a question about whether the Libraries own a specific document.
Additional access is provided by the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (published from 1976 to date). The Monthly Catalog is available through GALILEO. UGA faculty, staff, & students may obtain a password for off-campus access to GALILEO.
Location of documents at UGA
The U.S. documents are housed on the 2nd floor of either the Main or Science Library. The location is determined by the issuing agency with most of the documents of a scientific or technical nature being housed in the Science Library.
Most U.S. government produced maps as well as electronic spatial data resources are housed at the Map Library. Select CD-ROMs and Census Bureau publications are housed on the 1st floor of the Main Library in the Reference area. Additionally, there are some documents housed at the Repository.
- Documents housed at the Main Library:
Publications of agencies of economic, educational, statistical interest, etc; e.g. Congress, National Park Service, State Department, Department of Labor, Census Bureau, Department of Education - Documents housed at the Science Library:
Publications of agencies of agricultural, scientific, or technical interest; e.g., Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, U.S. Geological Survey - List of Documents housed at the Repository:
U.S. documents are shelved according to the U.S. Superintendent of Documents Classification System. The prefix J84 is added to this number to complete the call number used in this collection. If there are any questions concerning the location of a document, please call the Main Reference Desk (706-542-3251) or the Science Library's Reference Desk (706-542-0698).