Documents reference collection titles don't check out. Document periodicals check out for one week. You may also check materials out of the library with a community user card. Community user cards are issued at the circulation desk. Library instruction classes may be scheduled for government documents by contacting Diana J. Keith, Head, Government Documents Dept., Calvin T. Ryan Library.
Classes can cover the collection in general or focus on more specialized resources.
Older publications indexed by Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government Publications, documents index tables. Indexes statistics in periodicals, one-time publications, annual reports, etc. Hearings are partial full-text. The library's online catalog also selectively indexes government documents. 1987 Census of Agriculture on CD-ROM, Vol.