Hoover Library: Government Documents: Home

Quick Facts

Our Regional Depository Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Status: Selective (a subset of all depository items are selected for our collection)
Item Selections: 1.13% = 115 items
# of Volumes: 18,000
Access: Print materials are housed in our government documents collection and shelved by SuDoc Number. Some titles are cataloged in the regular collection instead.

“This library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law. (Title 44 United States Code)”

Selection Files

Basic Collection
FDLP Required Titles
Government Documents in the Online Catalog
Small subset of government documents searchable on the online catalog. Use WorldCat for a comprehensive search for Hoover govdocs.

Getting Started

You can use the Documents Data Miner's Online Catalog to get started finding government documents:

To search for documents in the Hoover Library depository collection, go to the "Depository" box and type in: 0248
To search for online documents available on the web, go to the "Format" box and choose "Online"
- Click on "View" to open the individual title's record
- Click on the url/purl link to open the document
For print, microfiche, and cd-rom titles, please ask a librarian to help you locate the materials you need

Documents Data Miner
Click on CATALOG

Other Finding Aids & Tools

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
List of Classes
SuDoc Classification Scheme
Congress.gov (Legislative Info - Library of Congress)
"Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service."

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Hoover Library government documents are searchable in WorldCat. After your search, click on "Government Documents" under "Topics" on the left to see govdocs only. Click on "View Now" for a link to the electronic version, if available.

govinfo (U.S. GPO)
Provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Federal Depository Library Directory
Use to locate depository libraries and access information about their item selections and contact information.
U.S. Government Bookstore (GPO)
Find government documents available for purchase.
Access to Archival Databases (NARA)
resource online access to records in a 475 selected data sets of historic databases preserved permanently in NARA. The records cover a wide variety of civilian and military functions and have many genealogical, social, political, and economic research uses.

Government Documents: Home

Quick Facts

Selection Files

Getting Started

Other Finding Aids & Tools

FDLP Program Information

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