A depository library is a library designated by the U.S. government to receive and keep some or all of that government's published documents. Gould Library is a depository library and has been since 1930. Our government documents collections are comprised of a total of 279,097 cataloged items in tangible formats:

• paper (85,831 items on Level 1)
• microfiche & film  (184,119 items on Level 1)
• CD-ROMS  (2,034 items on Level 1)
• maps  (7,113 cataloged items on level 2, plus thousands of uncataloged maps, including all USGS topographics for all states)

as well as thousands of documents available electronically available.