Government Documents

The Cleveland State Library is a Federal Depository Library. The library is a selective depository and currently holds more than 10,000 federal documents from 874 item categories. The documents are located in the Reference and General collections and are searchable in the library's catalog.

The Library became a Federal Depository Library in 1973 and currently receives about 4% of offered print government resources.  Digital versions of printed resources are available through various websites, many of which are featured in this Subject Guide. Please contact the reference librarians if you have any questions or need assistance in locating government resources. The library currently offers computer access at no cost with internet access to the public as a means to facilitate free access to all digital government documents.

The Federal Depository Library Program is administered by the Superintendent of Documents, and adhering to Title 44 of the United States Code, the program makes government information resources freely and easily accessible by the public. There are currently about 1,200 federal depositories in the United States. As a selective depository, the Cleveland State Community College Library chooses which documents to receive beyond the required basic collection. Tennessee's regional depository library at the University of Memphis is one of the nation's 48 regional depositories, and it is the designated regional library for Tennessee. As a regional depository library, it is required to collect and retain all government documents.