Federal Government Document Resources

Randall Library is a selective depository for documents distributed by agencies of the United States Government. The Library has been a selective depository for US government publications since 1965 and currently receives approximately 74% of the items distributed to depository libraries by the Government Printing Office (GPO). The Library serves the UNCW community, Wilmington, and the 7^th North Carolina Congressional Districts of the United States House of Representatives. Davis Library at UNC Chapel Hill is the nearest regional depository library. It receives all publications distributed to depository libraries. Students, faculty and staff at UNCW may request documents not available at Randall Library through Interlibrary Loan free of charge.