The ISU Library collects government documents to provide government information to the public as part of Freedom of Information Act.
Government documents are shelved on the Lower Level of the ISU Library.
Government documents are organized and shelved according to SuDoc Call Numbers. The Superintendent of Documents Classification System is a provenance system – it organizes publications based upon issuing agency. It does NOT organize materials by subject.
Superintendent of Documents Classification System
A Agriculture Department
AE National Archives and Records Administration
B Broadcasting Board of Governors
C Commerce Department
C 3 Census Bureau
CC Federal Communications Commission
CR Civil Rights Commission
CS Civil Service Commission
D Defense Department
E Energy Department
ED Education Department
EP Environmental Protection Agency
FA Fine Arts Commission
FCA Farm Credit Administration
FEM Federal Emergency Management Administration (became part of Homeland Security -- HS)
FHF Federal Housing Finance Board
FM Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
FMC Federal Maritime Commission
FR Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
FT Federal Trade Commission
FTZ Federal Trade Zone Board
GA Government Accountability Office (formerly: 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
I 19 U.S. Geological Survey
IA U.S. Information Agency
IC Interstate Commerce Commission
ID U.S. Agency for International Development
ITC International Trade Commission
J Justice Department
JU Judiciary (Courts of the United States)
L Labor Department
LC Library of Congress
LR National Labor Relations Board
MS Merit Systems Protection Board
NA National Academy of Sciences
NAS National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NC National Capital Planning Commission
NCU National Credit Union Administration
NF National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NS National Science Foundation
OP Overseas Private 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
T 22 Internal Revenue Service
TD Transportation Department
TDA U.S. Trade and Development Agency
VA Veterans Administration
X and Y Congress
Y 1 House and Senate Reports and Documents
Y 4 Congressional Committee Hearings