Please consult Government Information staff for assistance in locating pre-1976 information. See also the Index of all sites listed on the Library's Government Information web pages. The University Library, designated as a Federal depository in 1910, accepted appointment as Regional Library for the Commonwealth in 1969. During this time, the Library has amassed a sizable collection consisting of almost 1.3 million paper documents, 1.5 million microforms, and over 140,000 maps. In print format the historical collections extend back well into the 19th century and include many reports of government-sponsored scientific and ethnographic explorations.
Recent documents are available in CD-ROM or other electronic formats.
The Library is a depository for Commonwealth of Virginia documents. The collection houses Virginia law, other General Assembly material, and departmental publications published from 1865 to the present. Consult Government Information staff for documents published prior to 1989. A comprehensive collection of early Virginia documents is also located in the Special Collections Department. The Library is a depository for the publications of the United Nations, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization.