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 70% 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 or online via the World Wide Web through Interlibrary Loan free of charge.

To identify specific US government documents use the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications or the Index to US Government Periodicals (CD-ROM). US government documents received since 1990 are also listed in Randall Library’s online public access catalog.

Search Engines and Databases

• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• CIS Gov Periodicals
• FirstGov
• Google U.S. Government (Google Uncle Sam)
• GPO Access
• Lexis/Nexis (UNCW Only)
• WorldCat

Executive Branch

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (GPO ACCESS)
• Federal Register (FR) (GPO ACCESS)
• Official U.S. Executive Branch Web Sites
• White House

Agencies

• Federal Agencies Directory (LSU)
• US Links (Duke)

Judicial Branch

• Oyez
• FindLaw
• U.S. Courts
• U.S. Supreme Court

Legislative Branch

• Congressional Hearings (GPO Access)
• Congressional Record (GPO Access)
• Thomas (Library of Congress)
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate

Technical Reports

• NTIS

General and Topical Information

• American Fact Finder (Census)
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
• Copyright
• Documents in the News (UMich)
• Government Documents Librarians (UMich)
• Government Web Resources (LOC)
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (ADAMS)
• Patents and Trademarks
• Statistics (UMich)
• TopoNC (ECU)

Guides

• Accessing Federal Resources in Randall Library
• Census
• Census of Population/Housing 1990
• Copyright Law
• Environmental Impact Statements
• Finding Grants Assistance
• Government Publications SuDocs Classification Scheme
• Immigration Statistics
• Statistics
• Technical Reports

The head Government Resources Librarian is Eileen Brown (910-962-3277).
The Government Resources Assistant is Kathy Cherry (910-962-4272).

Last Update: November 6, 2007