We welcome depository visitors! Please consult our access information and hours pages for more information about our procedures to welcome depository visitors to the library.
Please note the following important points for non-Princeton University affiliated depository visitors:
- Our depository collection onsite is print only. Online government documents are available freely on the Internet, through website such as GovInfo.
- Please search our catalog to start to discover the print government documents that part of our depository collection. To get started, an advanced search for the publisher "U.S. Govt. Print. Off" or "GPO" or "Government Printing Office" should provide a list of most of our depository holdings in print. Electronic government documents that are available generally on the Internet may be accessed from home.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Most of our print depository collection documents are held off-site, at facilities such as ReCAP or our Annex. If you need a document located at either of these off-site locations, please email dholland@princeton.edu and km27@princeton.edu. These items take 2-3 business days to arrive at Firestone, and you will receive an email when they arrive.
- Many of the commercial databases available to Princeton faculty and students, and discussed in this research guide, provide electronic access to government documents. These databases are not part of our depository collection, and are not available to depository visitors.