The Houston Public Library is a selective depository library for U.S. government document publications. The Library has been a depository since 1884 and has the oldest and largest collection of government publications in the Houston area. The collection currently is comprised of over 800,000 documents from virtually every agency of the federal government.
Documents come in many formats including books, pamphlets, periodicals, CDs, and maps.
Basic access to this collection is through the Houston Public Library catalog. Materials dating from 1976 to the present appear in the catalog. Many older documents have not been cataloged, but are definitely findable. Check with a librarian for assistance in finding older materials. Materials must be retrieved by staff members for use in the library.