Government Documents

• United States Government documents are any printed or processed book, paper, periodical, pamphlet, map, microform, or electronic product prepared and published at public expense by the United States Congress or by any of the Executive Departments, independent agencies, or judicial bodies of the U.S. Government. They are not copyrighted and may be reproduced freely.
• Mitchell Memorial Library is a congressionally designated electronic-only depository for U. S. Government documents.
• Federal government information can be accessed online on the Internet and in tangible format via interlibrary loan.
• Public access to government documents is guaranteed by public law. Free public computer access is available in the Computer Commons.

How to access

• Electronically:
  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
  • GovInfo
  • United States Federal Documents via HathiTrust
• In print:
  • Interlibrary Loan

• Mitchell Memorial Library is Mississippi's first United Nations depository, joining over 400 other libraries in 144 countries.
• The United Nations provides 100% online access to its documentation (with comprehensive coverage beginning in 1993 and selected earlier coverage) and UN Resolutions (including the official records version of resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council since 1946).
• We have older UN publications in print as part of our circulating collection.

How to access

• Electronically:
  • Use Official Document System (ODS) to find documents from 1993 and later.
• In print:
  • Use the Online Catalog to find older UN publications in print.

• Mississippi government documents are housed in Archives and Special Collections.

How to access

• Find materials in the Online Catalog.

Location: Archives and Special Collections, Mitchell Memorial Library 3rd Floor

• Produced from just after the Civil War to just after World War II, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps provide a wide range of information about architectural structure, integrity and use of buildings; terrain; transportation; employment; locally-available goods and services; and the general population of a town.
• Mississippiana and Rare Books houses original and revised Sanborn maps for 116 communities across Mississippi.

• Find materials using our Finding Aids or the Online Catalog.

Location: Special Collections, Mitchell Memorial Library 3rd Floor