The library's instructional services fully incorporate government information sources and research techniques. Regularly offered instructional sessions highlighting government information include patents, public data sources for demographic analysis, legal sources and career information. Electronic Access A growing number of government information sources from the Census, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Economic Analysis, OSHA and other federal agencies are available on CD-ROM and the Internet's World Wide Web. The Internet-based GPO Access service is also available in the library, which includes the Federal Register, Congressional Record , Congressional Bills, United States Code , and General Accounting Office blue book reports. Current GPO Access files are updated daily.
Reference librarians are available to provide assistance.
Access to Library Collections Montana, Canadian and many U.S. documents may be located using the MSU Libraries' online catalog , which provides access by personal and corporate authors, title, and subject. The Earth Sciences Map Library, located in Room 7 of Traphagen Hall on the MSU Bozeman campus, houses geologic, topographic, and other maps published by the U.S. government, state, and foreign mapping bureaus. This database is an electronic version of the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. This index provides access to congressional publications such as hearings, committee prints, reports and documents. ASI identifies, indexes, and provides abstracts for published federal government statistics.