Government Documents - A Guide to the Collections: Home

Location: Hamilton Library, ground floor (basement)

Reference hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday; other hours by appointment

Contact us Telephone: (808) 956-8230

Government Documents staff

The Government Documents Collection is comprised of two collections:

The Federal Documents Collection

The United Nations Collection

This library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law (Title 44 United States Code).

Documents from the State of Hawai`i are kept in the Hawaiian Collection.

To locate publications and documents in the Government Documents Collection:

• All United Nations and intergovernmental organization publications are in the Voyager catalog.
• Only about 20% of our U.S. government documents are in Voyager. To search for federal government documents, you may use the following catalogs:
  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (1976-present)
  • Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (1850-1999)
  • printed indexes or catalogs available in the Government Documents Collection
• Electronic and printed federal documents are also listed in OneSearch.

View instructional videos for some of our online databases and other resources.

These tutorials will familiarize you with the SuDoc system used to arrange federal documents on the shelf: