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Government Documents Collections

State Documents
UNO Library has been a depository for Louisiana state documents since 1959.We are one of eight complete depositories in the state. Important parts of this collection include documents from the Louisiana legislature and the Department of Education which includes information from the LSU university system and the catalogs of all the state colleges and universities. The collection is located on the 4th floor of the library in the Louisiana & Special Collections Reading Room (room 402). Documents in this collection can be found by using the print finding aids located in the same department. For more information about this collection contact the Louisiana & Special Collections reading room at 504.280.6544. Web access to various government web pages and databases are listed on the Internet Resources on Louisiana and New Orleans page.

Federal Documents
The library has been a federal depository since 1964. It currently selects over 90% of the documents available for distribution through the Federal Depository Library Program. This collection supports the university as well as the needs of the businesses and people of the second congressional district of Louisiana. Documents are selected according to the federal documents collection development policy and include documents in all formats: paper, microfiche, CDROMs, DVDs and electronic only materials. Most of the paper and all of the microfiche documents are located on the 3rd floor of the library on aisle 4. CDROMs, DVDs, Government Documents computer workstations and reference materials are located in the Reference Department on the 1st floor (public service policy: electronic collection).

Documents acquired beginning in 1976 can be located by searching the library's online catalog (iLink). Older materials can be located by using the print finding aids located in Federal Documents on the third floor. Web access to various government web pages and databases are listed on the Government Documents Subject Guide page. For assistance in using these resources contact the Federal Documents office at 504.280.7276.

European Union Documents
The library has been a EU depository since 1973. Some of the major EU publications that the library collects include: the Official Journal of the European Communities ("L" series and "C" series), Bulletin of the European Union, Basic Statistics of the European Union and Panorama of the EU Industries. Materials in this collection can be found by searching the library's online catalog (iLink). For assistance in using these resources contact the Documents/Reference Librarian at 504.280.7276.