government documents as primary sources

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Government Documents

Intern Training, 8/13/2015

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Federal Documents

The FDLP was established by Congress to ensure public access to government information

Government Printing Office gathers documents, creates records, and sends them to the participating FDLP libraries.

Federal Depository Library Program

Jackson has been a depository since 1963, but have some earlier documents.

We have print, microfiche, and online collections

Some documents have been digitized for the Home Economics & Nutrition Pamphlets

http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/HENP/id/567

This is part of the ASERL Center of Excellence program

UNC Chapel Hill is our regional repository

Our collection

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North Carolina Documents

Print, microfiche (mostly microfiche), and online links

Some documents have been sent to regular stacks.

The collection transitioned to online only in late 2000s.

The collection is mostly mid-1980s up.

Our Collection

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Finding depository documents

Majority of print documents are in Ferguson’s remote storageand are searchable in catalog.

A few are in cataloging (C)

Major documents are in reference (Census, Statutes at Large).

Microfiche are in the Jackson Library Reading Room (for now).

The federal documents use the SuDoc Classification System.

The NC documents use a similar system.

If a call number has a colon [:], then it is a SuDoc and not LC.

Example: PR 41.8:B 52/2

Want to play with SuDocs?

Classification System

Print federal document in storage

Record will eventually reflect storage & include a request button

Print NC document in storage

Record will eventually reflect storage & include a request button

Microfiche

Online federal document

Examples of Catalog Records

Check policies for remote storage if you have questions (or come get Lynda or Susan)

Requests for material received on weekdays before 1:00 PM will be available for pickup at the Jackson Library Checkout Desk at 5:00 PM that day.

Accessing remote documents

Staff/Student/Faculty

Staff/Student/Faculty

Staff/Student/Faculty

Non-UNCG patron

FILL ME OUT!

Google advanced searching: site:.gov

USA.gov: Portal to online government information

ProQuest Congressional: Materials (hearings, reports, transcript of the floor debates, and more) for both houses of Congress.

See Government Information Research Guide for more!

Other search tools