About the Government Documents & Information Center

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.

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.

Policies Governing Public Services for U.S. Federal Government Information in Electronic Formats

Identifying and Locating Materials

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.