Locating and Accessing Tangible Government Documents at Alkek Library
University Libraries at Texas State University has tangible government documents located at the Alkek Library and at the Archives and Research Center. This page explains how to access documents located at the Alkek Library.
Print Government Documents other than maps are located on the 4th floor in compact shelving:
Please feel free to contact the Checkout Desk or Ask Alkek staff for assistance.
Catalog Search for Government Documents
Patrons may search for government documents by using the library catalog and choosing Government Documents from the drop-down menu.
You may also used Advanced Search to limit specifically to Federal documents and a particular format.
Understanding Superintendent of Documents Call Numbers
Federal government documents are organized by the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification scheme, not by the Library of Congress call numbers used in the rest of the library. The University of Texas at El Paso has created a fantastic SuDoc classification tutorial:
The Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification system classifies each document by an institutional author (Congress or a government department or agency), rather than by subject. In other words, it is organized by who created the document.
The following example for SuDoc number I 29.9/5: 125 illustrates this system.
| I | = | Department (Department of the Interior) |
| 29 | = | Agency (National Parks) |
| 9 | = | Type of publication (type of document, e.g. an annual report, newsletter, bibliography, etc.) |
| 5 | = | More information about the type of publication |
| 125 | = |
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Material Request - Government Document
Patrons with NetIDs and passwords may request government documents to be pulled for them and held at the Checkout Desk or sent to the Round Rock Campus by searching for items in the library cataloging and clicking a button.
