The Galvin Library is a Federal Depository Library. It complies with the Federal
Depository Library Program. The Federal Depository Library Program (44 USC 19) provides
for the establishment and maintenance of depository libraries and the distribution of
Government documents to those libraries for use by the public. (Federal Depository Library
Manual, 11/93)
Non-members of the IIT community may visit the library and use its Government
Depository and other resources, but the library staff reserves the right to limit access
to materials, resources, or equipment needed by IIT students and faculty. For more
information, see our list of Galvin Library
Policies.
The Galvin Library has been a selective federal depository
library since 1982. We receive 40% of the government documents that are produced by
the United States and printed through the Government Printing Office. Government
information has recently been moving to a more electronic format. We maintain a
collection of Internet Resources that can be
accessed through our site.
Government Documents are not organized under the same
classification scheme as the general collection. The documents are organized and shelved
according to the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) numbers.
The SuDoc number is unique in that it always has a colon.
For example, A 1.1: is an annual report from the Agriculture Department. The letter in the
SuDocs number refers to the publishing agency such as: "A" Agriculture
Dept."C" Census "D" Defense "E" Energy "HE" Health
and Human Services "X-Y" Congress.
The documents are arranged alphabetically by the
government agency. You may locate the agency letter with the SuDoc
Agency Chart. The numbers are whole numbers, not decimals. Therefore, E 1.9:
comes before E 1.12:.
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