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Interior Library Collections
General CollectionThe general collection includes publications produced by bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior, as well as reports of research and projects funded by the Department. The Library receives many reports each year from other agencies of the U.S. Federal government as a selective Federal Documents Depository Library. The Library acquires books and journals on such subjects as:
Reference CollectionThe reference collection includes standard reference sources such as almanacs, encyclopedias, yearbooks, and directories. Titles of special interest to the Department are also collected. These include microform copies of all Congressional publications and documents, presidential executive orders and proclamations, and selected records from the Department that are permanently maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration. Periodicals and NewspapersThe Library receives hundreds of journals and newsletters, and subscribes to five daily newspapers. Recent issues of many of the most popular titles and selected legal periodicals are shelved in the Periodicals Reading Room. Earlier issues are retained and shelved in the book stacks. However, most periodicals that are currently received have no call number, and issues are shelved alphabetically by the title of the periodical, on Deck 6. Legal periodicals are shelved alphabetically by title, on Deck 4. All current periodicals and newspapers, and those the Library continued to receive after 1975, are listed in the online catalog. Check the card catalog to locate other periodicals. Law CollectionThe law collection contains United States Reports, Federal and regional reporters, selected state, territorial, and tribal codes, and legal treaties. There are also Departmental legal and administrative materials, law reference sources, and law reviews. Subject specialties include environmental law, public lands and land use, law relating to American Indian tribes, and administrative law. U.S. Department of the Interior employees are provided access to Lexis-Nexis for online legal research. Several other online information services are also of interest:
Rare Book CollectionThe rare book collection includes 19th-century monographs on Native Americans, American history, and zoology. Rare books are indicated as such in the catalog as "Rarebook." Their locations are given as "RBR." To use a rare book, please see a reference librarian.
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