
| Future Students | Current Students | Faculty & Staff | Alumni | Visitors | Help / Search | OAKLAND UNIVERSITY |
| About OU | Academics | Research | Arts | Athletics | Library | IT | Administration | Jobs | News |

The Government Documents collection at Kresge Library, consisting of both Federal and state of Michigan publications, is located in the north wing of the second (ground-entry) level. The Federal collection of print and microfiche documents is arranged according to the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification system which groups publications by the issuing agency. The state of Michigan collection is arranged according to Library of Congress (LC) classification (as are the library's book and journal collections) which groups publications by subject. Most, but not quite all, government documents in print format can be borrowed (see below). In addition, many Federal publications are now available online and are accessible via Voyager, the library's online catalog.
As a selective depository for Federal documents,
Kresge Library selects
approximately 50 percent of the items, or series, made available
to depositories. Area
libraries that are also selective depositories include Wayne State
University, Detroit Public Library,
Eastern Michigan University, University of Detroit Mercy, Oakland
County
Community College/Orchard Ridge Campus and Oakland County Research
Library. The Library of Michigan in Lansing is a regional depository
and thereby receives 100 percent of depository items available.
LIBRARY SERVICES
Information Access
Assistance in using the government documents collection is available at the reference desk on the second level of the library. For e-mail reference concerning government documents use the "Ask a Librarian" link on the library web page, or go there now. For specialized assistance with government documents, please contact Bill Cramer, 247 Kresge Library, telephone: 370-2480, e-mail: wcramer@oakland.edu.
For hours of operation, please check the "Library
Hours" link on the library's web page, or click
here.
Instruction
Instruction on how to access and use government
information is available
to any Oakland University class. Instructors interested in a session or
sessions should contact Bill Cramer (phone: 370-2480; e-mail:
wcramer@oakland.edu).
Individual research
consultations
focusing on government information are available as well to any Oakland
University student.
Circulation of Government Documents
While there are some documents that cannot be borrowed, most print documents can be checked out of the library by any Oakland student, faculty or staff member, as well as by any residents living within the 9th Congressional District. The latter will need to present a Michigan driver's license or other acceptable identification at the library's Circulation Desk. All non-OU borrowers will be subject to the library's regular procedures for overdue materials and lost or damaged materials.
