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DOCUMENTS: SUMMARY & LOCATIONS

United States Government Documents:

      The UMPI library has been a depository library for federal government documents since 1979. Presently the library receives approximately 15% of all new government publications. Federal documents are generally kept for five years. All current federal documents holdings are listed in URSUS.

     United States government documents are shelved on the ground of the library. The federal government publishes some of its documents in microfiche. These items are stored along with other microforms in the cabinets located next to the Documents on teh ground floor. CD format documents can be used at the documents workstation located on the main floor. Some CD's can be used on any computer. For assistance in using these CD's. Contact a staff member.

     This workstation may help you gather more quickly the information you need from the vast quantity of statistical documents produced by the federal government. The government documents workstation provides access to products, such as: Census Bureau information; Department of Commerce Regional Economic Information System; U.S. counties statistics; Statistical Abstract of the United States; TIGER/Line files; DiscPassage (Deep Sea Drilling Project information).

      Aside from hardcopy and compact-disk formats, some federal agencies place their documents on the Web. The Reference Collection contains an index of those accessible through the Internet.

Maine State Government Documents:

      UMPI library is a depository library for Maine State government publications. UMPI holdings of state documents are in the process of being added to the URSUS database. Indexes to some Maine State publications are located in the Maine documents area.

      The reference librarians are trained in the use of all types and formats of government documents. Please ask them for assistance in the use of these vital, and often difficult to manage, publications.