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United States Government Information: Government Documents in the Library

This guide is designed to provide an overview of the Federal Government Documents Available through the Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center.

Where can you fine U.S. Government Documents in the library?

The physical U.S. Government Documents collection is located in compact shelving on the second floor of the library. This collection is open to the public and available for check-out.

Electronic U.S. Government Documents can be located in  Find it... on the library website. These records will be listed in the Online U.S. Government Documents collection. Each record will have a permanent link containing the full-text document.

How to read SuDoc Numbers

Most of the Government Documents at Tech are shelved by SuDoc numbers.  

Here is a SuDoc Tutorial:

Here is a list of government authors with the SuDoc agency symbol:

A        Agriculture

AE      National Archives and Records Administration

B        Broadcasting Board of Governors

C        Commerce Department

CC     Federal Communications Commission

CR     Civil Rights Commission

D        Defense Department

E        Energy Department

ED      Education Department

EP      Environmental protection Agency

FA      Fine Arts Commission

FCA    Farm Credit Administration

FHF    Federal Housing Financing Board

FM     Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

FMC   Federal Maritime Commission

FR      Federal Reserve System Board of Governors

FT      Federal Trade Commission

FTZ    Foreign-Trade Zones Board

GA     Government Accountability Office

GP     Government Printing Office

GS     General Services Administration

HE      Health and Human Services Department

HH     Housing and Urban Development Department

HS      Homeland Security

I         Interior Department

IC       Interstate Commerce Commission

ID       US Agency for International Development

ITC     International Trade Commission

J        Justice Department

JU      Judiciary

L        Labor Department

LC      Library of Congress

LR      National Labor Relations Board

MS     Merit Systems Protection Board

NAS   National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NC     National Capital Planning Commission

NCU   National Credit Union Administration

NF      National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

NMB   National Mediation Board

NS      National Science Foundation

OP     Overseas Private Investment Corporation

P        United States Postal Service

PE      Peace Corps

PM     Personnel Management Office

PR      President of the United States

PREX Executive Office of the President

PRVP Vice President of the United States

RR     Railroad Retirement Board

S        State Department

SBA    Small Business Administration

SE      Securities and Exchange Commission

SI       Smithsonian Institution

SSA    Social Security Administration

T        Treasury Department

TD      Transportation Department

TDA    US Trade and Development Agency

VA      Veterans Affairs Department

X and Y        Congress