Government Publications

Hours

		Mon-Wed   9am-8pm
		Thursday  9am-6pm
		Friday    9am-1pm
		Saturday 10am-5pm
		Sunday    1pm-5pm

Government Documents and Microforms are located on the second floor of the Library directly opposite the stairwell. Brooklyn College is a selective depository receiving 41% of material available. Our holdings from 1976 to the present are included in the CUNY+ online catalog. Paper indexes are available for older materials.

Collection strengths are: census materials and other demographics, criminal justice information, economic information, education, health and human nutrition, international/foreign relations, law (federal and state statutes), Congressional materials (hearings, bills), Supreme Court decisions.

Documents formats include paper, microfiche and electronic formats including CD-ROMS and the World Wide Web. Some non-reference paper and electronic materials may be borrowed by members of the Brooklyn College community and its affiliates if they have general library borrowing privileges. Ask in the Documents Office if you wish to borrow materials.

An open stack reference area is adjacent to the Documents Office. A large portion of the paper collection is in a closed stack area. Please ask at the Documents Office if you do not find your material and need someone to get it for you in the closed stack area.

Microfiche materials can be read and copied in the Documents area.

Documents on CD-ROM are available on the Local Area Network. Select Government Documents from the main menu to view a submenu listing specific titles. Many other specialized discs are available in the Documents Office for Library use.

Major Government Sponsored Documents Sites on the Web:

GPO Access
(Sponsored by the Government Printing Office)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/

List & Descriptions of Databases available from GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces003.html

From the index screen, click on "Electronic Information: Online..." This gets you a list of links to the Federal Depository Gateways and Federal Locator Service. The Gateways are great shortcuts to the big ticket GPO items on the Web. Congressional information includes major publications, bills, the Congressional Record, etc. The site includes a variety of links and access points to the information.

Stat-USA
A Collection of statistics from the Federal Government including NTDB.
http://www.stat-usa.gov

THOMAS:
Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov

In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a service of the U.S. Congress through its Library. Thomas provides access to:

Bills
Congressional Record
Congressional Advisory Board Reports
The Legislative Process
Legislative Branch Internet Sites
U.S. Government Internet Resources

New York State Gopher
http://www.state.ny.us/index.html
Provides access to NYS legislative and judicial information and NYS Agency gophers.

NYS Government Information Locator Service
http://unix2.nsyed.gov.ilS
Offers links to government web pages. Provides subject and branch of government access.

New York City Information
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us

Non-Governmental Sources of Government Information

The Legal Information Institute Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu

This WWW-server integrates both the Gopher-based and the Web-based offerings of the Legal Information Institute (LII), Cornell Law School. Includes recent Supreme Court decisions, recent opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, the full U.S. Code and many other important legal documents. Provides links to other law sites.