Government Documents and GPO ACCESS

                     
                            

Roanoke College is a selective depository library for U.S. federal documents. Documents are received in a variety of formats (paper, fiche, CD-Rom, DVD, fulltext) and are included in the Fintel Library Catalog. Most are arranged by a special documents numbering system. [Reading document numbers help.]

Non-selected documents may be found by searching government information gateways (listed below and at the sidebar).  Please see a librarian for further assistance.

The following list suggests the best sites to find government information available online for federal, state, international, and foreign levels of government.

Searching Government Documents

• Depository CD-ROM Guides (links to guides on government CDs via the University of Michigan)
• FDLP Desktop, Locator Tools
• FedWorld (National Technical Information Service)
• FirstSearch GPO Monthly Catalog
• GPO Access (U.S. Govt Printing Office)
     -FirstGov (official gateway 51 million websites)
     -Locator Tools (links to finding aids, indexes…)
     -Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

• LOUIS (Library Of Unified Information Sources)

• Stat-USA 
• Search the Federal Government via FirstGov
• Ben's Guide to Government for Kids