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SuDocs (Government Documents) Call Number Locations

As a Federal Depository, Wesleyan Libraries receive many publications issued by agencies of the U.S. Government.

These publications include books, maps, posters, pamphlets, and periodicals.  They contain information on statistical data, government operations, foreign relations, education, science and technology, and many other subjects.

Depository items at Wesleyan are arranged by their Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) classification numbers.

Finding SuDocs Locations

All government documents (except for microforms) shelved in the areas mapped below can be checked out.

A - Y  (except for Congressional Hearings and Reports)

Olin Ground Floor

Y 4 (Congressional Hearings)

Olin Ground Floor A

K83HE (Congressional Hearings)
[To find appropriate volume numbers, consult the Index in Reference area, East Corridor on Floor 1]

Olin Ground Floor A

Y 1 (Congressional Reports)

Olin Ground Floor

Microforms, A-Y

Microforms room on Olin Ground Floor

Note that the 'dot' in a SuDoc number is a period, not a decimal. Thus, for example, "C 61.34:" is shelved after "C 61.7:" 

Explanation of SuDocs Numbers

Publications are grouped together by issuing agency.

For example, the U.S. Industrial Outlook has the SuDoc number:

C

61.

34:

994

Commerce Department
(issuing agency)

International Trade Administration
(subordinate bureau within the agency)

Number designating the title

Year of publication (1994)

Issuing Agencies

A 

  

Agriculture Department

C 

  

Commerce Department
C 3.  Census Bureau

D 

  

Defense Department

E 

  

Energy Department

ED 

  

Education Department

GA 

  

General Accounting Office

GS 

  

General Services Administration

HE 

  

Health and Human Services

I 

  

Interior Department

J

  

Justice Department

JU 

  

Judiciary

L 

  

Labor Department

LC 

  

Library of Congress

NAS 

  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

S 

  

State Department

SI 

  

Smithsonian Institution

T 

  

Treasury Department
T 22.  Internal Revenue Service

X, Y

  

Congress
Y 1. Congressional Reports
Y 4. Congressional Hearings