contains publications distributed Government Printing Office since 1880

• organized according to the Superintendent of Documents classification system  
• located in several locations in Tutt Library and Creekside
• most are cataloged in the catalog
  • Prospector also contains government documents
• use special indexes, catalogs, bibliographies and guides and online sources
  to access the rest of this collection
• now government departments and agencies are providing much of their
  information on the Internet

The historical collection

• contains paper, microfiche, cds/dvds, and maps is particularly
• is strong in publications of the Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Census Bureau,
  Interior including the USGS, Labor, State, some areas of Agriculture and Treasury
• surveys of the west (Haycen, Powell, Wheeler, King and Pacific Railroad)