Introduction
The Government Publications collection of Courtright Memorial library was established in 1967 as a partial U.S. Federal Depository Library. The Federal Depository Library Program was established to provide free public access to information produced by the Federal Government. Most of the federal government documents received through this program are located in the documents collection on the 2nd floor of the library. Some documents are added to the periodicals collection, and others to the reference collection.
The documents in the government document collection in Courtright Memorial Library do not have the same type of call number as the other materials in the library. Rather, they are organized by the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) Classification System. All government publications under this system are classified by issuing agency (rather than having a subject-oriented call number). Thus the call numbers reflect government hierarchy
The department and Agency symbols currently in use are listed as the following:
Superintendent of Documents Classification
| A | Agriculture Department |
| AC | Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| AE | National Archives and Records Administration |
| C | Commerce Department |
| CC | Federal Communications Commission |
| CR | Civil Rights Commission |
| D | Defense Department |
| E | Energy Department |
| E 2. | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| E 3. | Energy Information Administration |
| E 4. | Economic Regulatory Administration |
| E 5. | Bonneville Power Administration |
| E 6. | Western Area Power Administration |
| E 7. | Alaska Power Administration |
| ED | Education Department |
| EP | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FA | Fine Arts Commission |
| FCA | Farm Credit Administration |
| FEM | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FHF | Federal Housing Finance Boad |
| FHL | Federal Home Loan Bank Board |
| FM | Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
| FMC | Federal Maritime Commission |
| FR | Federal REserve System Board of Governors |
| FS | Health, Education, and Welfare Department (no longer active) |
| FTZ | Foreign-Trade Zones Board |
| GA | General Accounting Office |
| GP | Government Printing Office |
| GS | General Services Administration |
| HE | Health and Human Services Department |
| HH | Housing and Urban Development Department |
| HS | Homeland Security Department |
| I | Interior Department |
| IA | U.S. Information Agency |
| IC | Interstate Commerce Commission |
| ITC | International Trade Commission |
| J | Justice Department |
| JU | Judiciary |
| L | Labor Department |
| LC | Library of Congress |
| LR | National Labor Relations Board |
| MS | Merit Systems Protection Board |
| NAS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NC | National Capital Planning Commission |
| NCU | National Credit Union Administration |
| NF | National Foudation on the Arts and the Humanities |
| NMB | National Mediation Board |
| NS | National Scinece Foundation |
| Op | Overseas Privated Investment Corporation |
| P | United States Postal Service |
| PE | Peace Corps |
| PM | Personnel Management Office |
| PR | President of the United States |
| PREX | Executive Office of the President |
| PRVP | Vice President of the United States |
| RR | Railroad Retirement Board |
| S | State Department |
| SBA | Small Business Administration |
| SE | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SI | Smithsonian Institution |
| SSA | Social Security Administration |
| T | Treasury Department |
| TD | Transportation Department |
| VA | Veterans Affairs Department |
| W | War Department (predecessor of Defense Dept) |
| X | Congress |
| Y | Congress and National Boards and Commissions |
| Y 1.1/2 | Serial Set |
| Y 3. | Boards, Commissions, and Committees |
| Y 4. | Congressional Committees (hearings and prints) |
| Y 10. | Congressional Budget Office, Congress |