Troy Public Library has been a Federal Depository Library since 1869. Since 1979 the collection has been developed in cooperation with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute according to the guidelines of a selective housing agreement.

• GPO Access
  A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.
• Government Documents currently received at Troy Public Library
  Item numbers, SuDoc numbers, and stack location.
• Government Information at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Access to U.S. and New York State government documents as well as links to federal, state, local, and international government information.
• Federal Depository Library Program Electronic Collection
  Primary full-text data sources and secondary data sources or finding tools at GPO or at other official sites.

We serve the government information needs of the 21st Congressional District along with other depositories located at the New York State Library, Union College, State University of New York, Albany, and the Albany Law School. Troy Public Library places special emphasis on acquiring publications from the Census Bureau, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the State Department. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) emphasizes publications from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NASA, the Department of Energy, patents, and technical information from most departments.

For assistance in locating U.S. Government documents at the library, at other local depositories, or online, or for further information about our holdings, please call 274-7071 or stop by the Information Desk at the Main Library.

The library also receives a limited number of state and local documents. Ask at the Information Desk for more details.

Government Documents at the library

• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
  The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.
• USA.gov – The gateway to U.S. government information.
• DATA.gov – The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
• FDsys – GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes.
• Senior Citizens’ Resources
• Parenting Resources
• Kids.gov – Find links to government and other kids’ sites — grouped by age and subject.
• Basic Government Document Collection