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Information Guides \u00a0\"down<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Since 1907, the University Library has been a United States Federal Depository Library and is the largest and most comprehensive in east-central Illinois.\u00a0 The University Library receives 98 percent of the U.S. government publications available through the Depository Library Program and selects further research materials for purchase.\u00a0 The United States Government is one of the most prolific and eclectic publishers in the world. The wealth of information produced by federal agencies comprises a valuable and incomparable collection of materials on the government’s activities as well as on general and scientific topics. These resources are widely distributed and available to all citizens through a unique system of Depository Libraries.\u00a0 The Federal Depository Library Program gives the public free access to government information. Each year libraries select items from a list of more than 6,000 categories of publications and electronic products.<\/p>\n

The University of Illinois Library began acquiring federal material before it was a depository library and, consequently, has 9251 volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set (nearly a complete run), substantial holdings of nineteenth century congressional hearings, and older titles of government agencies.\u00a0 Other strengths of the collection include:<\/p>\n