They are shelved on the first floor. An organized collection of computer records, standardized in format and content, that is stored in any of a variety of computer-readable modes. The Rod Library has databases available on the Web and on CD-ROMs. The Rod Library receives approximately half of the publications distributed by the Superintendent of Documents and is a depository library for the State of Iowa. An access point to a bibliographic record under which the record may be searched and identified.
Typical entries are title, author, and subject.
The concept contained in U.S. copyright law that allows for some copying of materials for the purposes of criticism, comment, news, reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. A compendium arranged for the quick location of facts and capable of being conveniently carried. Examples include the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . U.S. government publications that are printed transcripts of testimony given before the various committees of Congress. The Rod Library has hearings in the government documents section on the second floor.