Government Publications

The Government Publications section collects documents from Canadian federal, provincial and municipal governments, interprovincial, territorial, foreign governments, and international agencies.

The Elizabeth Dafoe Library is a full depository to receive free and automatically publications from the Canadian federal level, Manitoba provincial level and European Union. As not all publications are distributed through these depository programs, the majority of items are ordered directly from the publishing agencies/departments.

The Government Publications section also endeavours to obtain documents from international governmental organizations including United Nations and its agencies, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Bank, and the International Labour Office. The collection includes items from other countries as well, with selection emphasis placed on American and British government publications.

Most of the collection is catalogued and can be found through the UML BISON catalogue system. The call numbers for these items begin with "GovDocs". Part of the collection has not yet been catalogued, but can be searched through a card catalogue found in the area. Arrangement of these cards is by country or organization, then by department or division, and finally by title. The shelves for the uncatalogued items follow the same format as the card catalogue.

Most government publications can be borrowed, for a period of two weeks, through the Circulation/Reserve counter on the main floor of Elizabeth Dafoe Library. They are also returned in the same manner as other items from the library. There are major groups of items that do not circulate.

Various government documents' collections are located in other University of Manitoba Libraries, including Sciences & Technology, Albert D. Cohen (Management), Architecture/Fine Arts and E.K. Williams Law Library.

See the Floor Plan

See Internet Resources for Government Information

July 2006