If you are writing a research paper, a search for government information on your topic should be an essential step in your search. The documents collection is likely to have information on topics ranging from AIDS to the environment. In fact, it is hard to think of a topic you would not find in government documents.
Government information includes laws, regulations,statistics.
It may be in the form of reference works, books, periodicals, bibliographies, pamphlets, maps, indexes, cd-roms, online databases, and microfiche. Fant Library's documents collection J.C. Fant Library has a collection of federal and state government documents. We select those materials which support the mission and curriculum of the library, university and community. The Mississippi regional depository, which receives all documents published, is located at The University of Mississippi in Oxford. Both the U.S. and Mississippi documents are located on the far left side of the first floor.