The machines make change for quarters and one or five dollar bills. Cowles Library is a partial depository for United States government publications and Iowa government publications. These documents include census materials, the Congressional Record , Federal Register , ERIC documents and many special statistical publications and reports. The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications , the census and many other materials are available as CD-ROM databases. Assistance in using documents is available at the Reference Desk.
More detailed information is available on government documents.
Microfiche and microfilm are a method of retaining material which is highly perishable, takes up excessive space, or is unobtainable in print. Microforms in Cowles include past editions of newspapers and some periodicals, ERIC documents, many government publications and dissertations. Microform readers are located on the west side of the ground floor. The loan period for Browsing Books is three weeks for all library users. Six private study rooms are available on a first-come basis on the ground floor, west side.