The Library of Lehigh University was designated a selective depository for U.S. government publications in 1876. It is the oldest depository in the state of Pennsylvania and the largest depository in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metropolitan Area. The library also serves as a depository for Pennsylvania government publications and is committed to making this federal and state information available to the general public while also serving the curricular and research needs of the University. 

The collection is comprised of materials published by a full range of U.S. and Pennsylvania government agencies and also contains a related collection of commercially published materials that facilitate their use. There are over 185,330 print, 451,689 microfiche publications and over 1,964 CD-ROMS in the Government Documents Collection. The library selects approximately 53% of the government publications made available to depository libraries. The Department also supports access to Federal Electronic information sources and houses a workstation for use of government supplied CD/ROM databases and access to the many government information sources available on the Internet.

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Roseann Bowerman, Government Documents. Revised May, 1999. Lehigh Instructional Technology [IT] Team