Circulation places holds on books and searches for missing books. Staff retrieve materials from the Auxiliary Stacks and other book storage areas, two times daily and once a day on weekends. Materials include maps, charts, atlases, with worldwide coverage. Serves as a depository for government documents from Seattle, King County, Washington state, Alaska, California, the United States, Canada and the United Nations. Some materials are not included in the online catalog.
Many special indexes are available in the unit.
Ask for assistance. Many government publications are dispersed throughout the library collections and can be found in the online catalog. Others are shelved in the Government Publications stacks by specialized classification numbers and are retrieved by staff upon request. Also, within the limits of staffing and time, responds to the general public as well. Specializes in the humanities and social sciences.