The Library is a selective depository for documents from the U.S. Government Printing Office and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This means that the Library does not receive all the publications of the U.S. Government or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The vast majority of the documents owned by the Library are available in the Government Documents Area. Government documents are published in several different formats, including print, CD-ROM, Web, and microform.

Access

• PILOT Library Catalog
  Beginning in 1996 all new U.S. government documents are being added to PILOT, the WCU online computer catalog. Only a small number, approximately 5%, of U.S. government documents published before 1996 arelisted in the catalog. Beginning in 1992 all Pennsylvania documents are listed in the catalog.


• Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
  The print index to all publications of the U.S. Government Printing Office. Available on the Index Tables in the Government Documents Area.


• MARCIVE WebDOCS
  A Web version of the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. It is an index to all publications of the U.S. Government Printing Office from 1976 to date.


• Congressional Universe
  A Web Index to laws, bills, and regulations, Congressional publications, Congressional Committees and staff, and other information about Congress and Washington. It has supplanted the Congressional Information Service (CIS)


• Congressional Information Service (CIS) [1970-1996]
  A print index to all the publications of the U.S. Congress. Available on the Index Tables in the Government Documents Area. Supplanted by the Congressional Universe.


• American Statistics Index [1980 - 1996 ]
  A print index to statistics published in U.S. government documents. Available on the Index Tables in the Government Documents Area.

Arrangement

• U.S. Government Documents are arranged according to the Superintendent of Documents (Su Dos) classification system.
• Pennsylvania State Documents are arranged according to the Pennsylvania Documents Classfication (Pa. Doc.) System

Circulation:
Most government documents may be checked out at the Circulation Desk

Hours:
The Government Documents collection is open for use whenever the library is open. The Government Documents staff (the Government Document and Map Librarian and the Documents Assistant) are availble from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Help is available from Government Document staff from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. When the Government Documents staff is not available, help is available at the Reference Desk.