Government Documents is located in the basement at Kivett Hall. It is a cooperative of the Law Library and Carrie Rich Memorial Library.
Monday-Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
893-1465
The Government Documents was designated a selective federal depository on March 26, 1965. The primary mission is to support the collection of the Carrie Rich Memorial library, serving the Campbell university community and the surrounding area in this district by offering free use of Government Publications. Faculty and student research, small business opportunities, and the general needs of this small urban and rural area are all considered in this collection. The depository cooperates with the regional depository in Chapel Hill and other selective depositories both in Fayetteville and Mount Olive in this effort.
This depository bases its selections upon the needs of the university community and local patrons in Buies Creek, Harnett county and surrounding communities. Item selection lists are exchanged with Mount Olive College and Fayetteville State University. Regular communication and workshop attendance is done with Fayetteville State University. Any needs expressed by the faculty, students, or local patrons are documented and considered when updating the item selection list.
Consideration is taken when changes in the university curriculum are made which could be a cause for deletion or addition of item numbers.
All congressional hearings in microfiche format are kept for historical value.
In considering the new electronic documents, the decision has been made to subscribe to all CD's except those that pertain to states other than North Carolina.
The depository subscribes to topographical maps of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.
Some material is kept in Government Documents because of their usefulness as reference material or for research, such as Tax forms and census materials.
At present Government Documents houses about 38% of documents offered by Government Printing Office, with more than 58,980 printed documents, 145,210 microfiche, 1,120 maps, 190 DVD's, 50 videos, and 2,110 CD's.
Government documents are classified by the SuDoc classification system. In this system, classes are separated by Government Departments. The A class is Agriculture, ED is Education, HE is Health and Human services. X and Y are kept open for congress. There is a chart showing all classes in Government Documents.
The interlibrary loan program is available to patrons who need documents that are not found in this collection. Referrals are usually made to the regional depository at UNC-Chapel Hill. Fayetteville State University is also contacted if needed.