Who We Are

The collection includes major statistical series on population, housing, transportation, health, business, education, agriculture, and crime; current Congressional bills, documents, hearings, and reports; the United States Code, Federal Register, and the Code of Federal Regulations; government CD-ROMS, including U.S. Census information, the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), and the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS); and hundreds of thousands of other documents on nearly every conceivable subject.  The collection also includes a variety of indexes and other access tools for government information, both print and electronic.

Federal Depository Libraries

Increasingly, government information and documents are being produced in electronic format, including CD-ROM and DVD products such as those mentioned above, the "GPO Access" program, and a growing collection of Internet accessible resources and files.

Examples of electronic government information are GPO Access, which among other resources includes complete texts of the Congressional Record and Federal Register, and World Wide Web homepages of depository libraries and government agencies, which serve as pointers to government information on the Internet.

Location and Accessibility

Accessibility Information and Campus Map

Mailing Address: (campus mail code MC-522)

Hours

In addition, the Government Documents Library and its resources can be used any time the Reference Room is open. Reference service at times not listed above can be received at the Reference Library (217-333-2290).

Contacts

Librarians

• Mary Mallory, Head, 244-4621
mmallory@uiuc.edu
• David Griffiths, United Nations Documents Librarian; 333-6696
dngriffi@uiuc.edu
• Karen Hogenboom, Assistant Government Information Librarian; 333-2472
hogenboo@uiuc.edu

Staff

• Paula Reveal, Office Manager; Acquisitions, Copy Cataloging (monographs)
• Kevin McLaughlin, Serials Cataloging kmclaugh@uiuc.edu
• vacant, Circulation, Collection Maintenance, Preservation
• Graduate Assistants: Leo Dion, Katie Helsabeck and Rosalind Fielder

Library Services

Reference

As well as collecting print and electronic government information through the U.S., Canadian, United Nations, and Illinois depository programs, the Government Documents Library purchases a variety of specialized indexes to U.S. legislation, statistical resources, and other types of government information products.  Stop by the library between 9 and 5 on weekdays, call, or e-mail us for help using the library's resources.  The phone number for the reference desk is 217-244-6445.  Click here for E-Mail Reference or e-mail us at gdoclib@library.uiuc.edu.  E-mail is checked every day Monday - Friday, and we will usually respond to your question within one business day.  We also participate in the university library's Ask a Librarian online chat service on weekday afternoons.

Consultation

For more time-intensive questions or individual instruction in using government information sources, you can request a personal consultation using E-Mail Reference, or call 217-244-6445.  If you describe the question or topic you are working on and give times when you would be available to meet with a librarian, we can prepare the resources you will need.

Instruction

Circulation

Materials checked out from the Main Stacks should be returned to them, or to the Main Library bookdrop. Fines and lost books from the Main Stacks should be dealt with through the billing office of the Central Circulation Department.

The Government Documents Library does circulate microfiche, DVDs and CD-ROMs. Items checked out from the Government Documents Library should be returned to the library to ensure proper discharge. Those with fines and lost books from the Government Documents Library should contact our circulation assistant at 333-8521.

Exhibits