About Us

The Government Publications Library is a regional library of the Federal Depository Library Program as well as a depository of Colorado state, United Nations, and European Union information. It consists of over five million items including over ten thousand current serials and collects publications from the United States government, Colorado and other state governments, foreign governments, and international governmental organizations like the UN.

The Library offers a wide array of services to support students, staff and faculty, including in class instruction, phone, email, and walk-in reference. As a federal depository, the Library also offers assistance and its collections to members of the public.

As a federal depository, the Library also offers assistance and its collections to members of the public.  This includes providing public computers for unrestricted access to government information on the Internet.

 Individuals with disabilities unable to access any parts of the Government Publications Collection should contact the Government Publications Reference Desk (303-492-8834).

Collection areas

The Government Publications Library consists of over five million items in paper, microform, video and electronic format. The Library receives over ten thousand current serials. It collects publications from the United States Government, all fifty state governments, foreign governments, and international governmental organizations. Most of the collection is uncataloged and cannot be accessed using Chinook, the University Libraries online catalog. Users of the collection can search Chinook to find federal documents published since 1976, foreign, state and international documents published since 1989, and a limited number of older publications. The Library has numerous printed indexes and CD-ROM databases that can be used to identify older documents. The Government Publications Reference Desk staff can recommend the best way to find both current and historical government information. The collection policy is available online.

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Noteworthy

The Government Publications Library is a regional library of the Federal Depository Library Program. Of particular note are the extensive collection of technical reports, including National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and Department of Energy reports.

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