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Government Documents Center & Links
Government Document Center Quick Links:
The Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library has been collecting government publications since the U.S. House of Representatives designated the library a depository of federal documents in 1968. It became a state and county depository around the same time. The library participates in the Federal Depository Library Program which provides free access to federal government information at libraries across the country. Selected documents produced by Federal agencies are distributed to the Monmouth County Library through this program.
The Government Documents Center collection contains federal, state, and county information useful in many fields including business, economics, education, health and medicine, history, law, and science. It consists of a wide variety of topics, some of which include legal, census, labor, education, environmental, military, justice, tax, weather data, presidential and congressional documents, and much more. Information may be found in many formats including books, magazines, pamphlets, microfiche, maps, compact discs, and DVDs.
The Government Documents Center materials can be found throughout the Eastern Branch library collection. State and County government documents and a few select Federal documents of popular interest collected by the library may be found in the library's WebCat Catalog. Government documents are primarily non-circulating reference works which may be used only in the library.
The collection has been greatly expanded by information and documents found online. For useful and frequently requested information, view our Government Links to federal, state and local web sites selected by our librarians.
Librarians at the Eastern Branch Reference Desk are available to provide assistance with identifying, locating, and using Government Documents Center information at the library or online.
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