Who Can Use the Government Documents & Information Center  

By federal law or depository agreements, the collections of the Government Documents & Information Center are available for use by the public.

A Yale ID with proxy card status is required for entrance to the Mudd Library and to the Government Documents & Information Center. Non-Yale affiliates must obtain a temporary privileges card, from the Privileges Office,in Sterling Memorial Library, in order to be permitted entrance to the Mudd building.

Contacting the Government Documents & Information Center

Telephone: (203) 432-3209
E-mail: govdoc@yale.edu
Fax: (203) 432-3214

Location and Directions: Mapquest, Google Maps

Seeley G. Mudd Library
Government Documents and Information Center
38 Mansfield Street, (P.O. Box 208294)
New Haven, CT 06520-8294

From I-91, take Exit 3 (Trumbull Street exit), at the bottom of the exit ramp, go straight. At the fourth traffic light, turn right onto Prospect Street. Go north, on Prospect Street, for one block, to the corner of Prospect and Sachem Streets. Turn left onto Sachem Street. The Mudd Library will be on your left, at the next intersection, on the corner of Sachem and Mansfield Streets. The Government Documents and Information Center is on the main level of the Mudd Library.

Parking

Street parking in the vicinity of the Mudd Library is strictly metered by the city of New Haven. Parking vouchers and/or coin operated parking meters govern all on-street parking in the immediate vicinity.

The Yale Parking Service administers all Yale University parking lots and garages.

Identifying and Locating Materials

The Center has been a U.S. federal depository since 1859, a United Nations depository since 1945, a Food and Agriculture Organization depository since 1945, a Canadian federal depository since 1961, and a European Union depository since 1972.

A subset of each of the depository collections is cataloged in Orbis, Yale Library's online catalog. Depository materials not yet cataloged in Orbis can be identified through a variety of online and print indexes. Contact the Government Documents & Information Center for assistance with these indexes and to determine whether any particular item is held in Yale's depository collections.

Scanning, Photocopying and Printing  

The library has two self-service scanners available for scanning printed material, microfilm and microfiche. Use of the scanners is free.

Photocopiers and microfiche reader/printers are operated using a purchased card. A new card may be purchased in the Mudd Library for $1.00 (a single dollar bill is necessary; change is not available). Money may be added to existing cards onsite.

Laser printing from computer workstations is possible using an online debit system called UnipriNT.

All uses of scanned, photocopied or printed material are subject to U.S. copyright law.

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