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Peabody Library at Vanderbilt University receives government documents about education topics, most published by the Department of Education.
Location
Paper documents: the main floor of the library near the workstations. All can be checked out.
Videos, CD-ROMs, or diskettes: the Multimedia Room on the main floor, in two of the drawers (the second and third from the top) in the long filing cabinet. All can be checked out.
Microfiche: the Multimedia Room on the main floor (location details below). None can be checked out.
- ERIC Documents on microfiche are found in a number of places in the library system: cabinets in the AV Room (documents with accession numbers ED281000-most recently received); cabinets in the basement of the library (ED193172-ED280999); and cabinets in the Annex (documents before ED193172). Library staff will be happy to help you locate items in the collection.
- Non-ERIC microfiche are in the same filing cabinet in the AV Room where the video, CD-ROM, and diskette documents are stored. (The fiche are in the top drawer.)
Government documents can be found in other Vanderbilt libraries as well. Most of the government documents received by Vanderbilt University are kept in the Central Library, with a selection of others distributed to appropriate libraries on campus. The Law and Science libraries receive documents related to their collections.
Many recent government documents can be found online. Check Acorn, our Web catalog; follow one of the links below; or ask a library staff member for assistance in locating online government information.
Useful Links
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- Documents in the News, University of Michigan
- ERIC Documents
- Finding Government Documents on the Shelf
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
- FedWorld.gov
- USA.gov
- Learning, Education, and Training
- Statistical Sources
- students.gov
- Thomas: Legislative Information
- The U.S. Department of Education
- Vanderbilt University's Government Information Web Site
This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, the use of the primary source materials of GPO Access, and how one can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities. And, just as GPO Access provides locator services to U.S. Government sites, Ben's Guide provides a similar service to U.S. Government Web sites developed for kids.
Use this site to search for U.S. Government publications.
Information about ERIC documents and ERIC search sites on the Internet.
A guide and self-test explaining the Superintendent of Documents numbers and how to use them.
"On April 18, 1997, President Clinton asked Federal agencies to determine what 'resources you can make available that would enrich the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning.'" This site is the result of that effort. You can view and contribute here.
This site is meant to act as an online locator service for Federal government information.
A compendium of links to "all online U.S. Federal Government resources," arranged by subject area and searchable by keyword.
From the White House server, this page provides links to education-related government resources.
Direct links to selected documents online and to the National Center for Education Statistics.
Government site geared for students. Includes information on and links for federal financial aid, college planning, career development, military service, and so on.
Find information about the U.S. Congress, including the text of bills, the Congressional Record, committee reports, and historical documents.
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Last updated October 9, 2007 by Amy Dumouchel.