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This guide provides information about the Federal Depository Library Program and NU's federal depository.
Last update: Aug 06th, 2009 URL: http://subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/feddep  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Government Documents reference assistance is available to all Library visitors.

Visit or call the Snell Library Reference Desk.  617.373.2356

Contact Roxanne Palmatier, Government Documents Coordinator  617.373.4968

Try the Government Information Online (GIO) live chat service.

 

 

Snell's Federal Depository

Snell Library received federal depository designation in 1962 under the sponsorship of Massachusetts Congressman John W. McCormick.  As a selective depository library, Snell receives the federal publications most appropriate for the University community and for the Congressional District we serve.  While the Library continues to receive print, compact disc, and microform, the Internet is now the primary delivery medium for government publications.  A neighboring institution, Boston Public Library, is the Regional Depository Library for the Commonwealth and receives a complete collection of the publications distributed through the Depository Library Program.

 
 

Federal Government Information at Snell Library

Welcome to the Federal Depository at Northeastern University's Snell Library!

 

Please visit our Federal Government Information Page for links to federal agency web sites and publications. 

Visit Finding Government Information - The Basics to view a variety of government databases and other resources provide through the Federal Depository Library Program.

 

Public access to federal government publications in all formats is guaranteed by Title 44, Section 1911 of the United States Code.

      
     

    What Is the Federal Depository Library Program?

    From the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Desktop:

     

    The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) was established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government's information. Since 1813, depository libraries have safeguarded the public's right to know by collecting, organizing, maintaining, preserving, and assisting users with information from the Federal Government. The FDLP provides Government information at no cost to designated depository libraries throughout the country and territories. These depository libraries, in turn, provide local, no-fee access to Government information in an impartial environment with professional assistance.

    As institutions committed to equity of access and dedicated to free and unrestricted public use, the nation's nearly 1,250 depository libraries serve as one of the vital links between "We the people" and our Government. Anyone can visit Federal depository libraries and use the Federal depository collections which are filled with information on careers, business opportunities, consumer information, health and nutrition, legal and regulatory information, demographics, and numerous other subjects.
     

    Your Librarian

    Profile ImageRoxanne Palmatier
    Contact Info:
    270 Snell Library
    (617) 373-4968
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    Subjects:
    Government Information, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Art, Architecture, Law, Military Science

    Education

    BA in English Literature, Bucknell University

    M.S. in L.S., Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

     
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