Depository Libraries in the U.S.

The European Union has established a network of depository libraries across the US to provide Americans with access to many of its official publications. All depositories automatically receive, free of charge, one copy of most EU periodical and monograph publications. The collections are available to the public during each library’s regular hours of operation, free of charge and without any conditions. Many of the libraries also offer interlibrary loan services.

The official publications contain information ranging from policy developments in all sectors of EU activity to statistics on trade, demographics, agriculture, transport, energy and economic indicators.

Of particular importance is the Official Journal of the European Union, the approximate equivalent of the US Federal Register. The “C” section of the Official Journal includes important notices and other information; the “C E” electronic (only) section contains proposed legislation; the “C A” section contains special annexes to legislation and notices of competitions for EU employment; the “L” section has the final texts of legislation. Annual indices and the Directory of Community Legislation in Force provide subject and numeric reference access to legislation. Depository collections routinely receive the “C” and “L” sections and indices and may receive the “C A” section by request. The “C E” section is available on EUR-Lex–the portal to EU law–as are all versions of the Official Journal from 1998 to present free of charge. Depositories also hold the legislative proposals and communications of the Commission in their original “COM” document form, as well as reports and debates of the European Parliament (also available on EUROPARL), opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee and decisions of the Court of Justice (also available on Curia). European Documentation Centres elsewhere in the world may be found here.

Overview of all Depository Libraries in the US

University of Arizona International Documents University Library 1510 East University Boulevard Tucson, AZ 85721	Northwestern University Government Publications University Library 1970 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208	State University of New York Government Publications University Library 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222
University of Arkansas Documents Department Ottenheimer Library 2801 South University Avenue Little Rock, AR 72204	Indiana University – Bloomington Government Information, Microforms and Statistical Services Wells Library 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405	State University of New York Government Documents Lockwood Memorial Library Buffalo, NY 14260
University of California Government and Social Science Information Doe Library, Second Floor Berkeley, CA 94720	University of Notre Dame Document Center Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556	State University of New York Government Documents Lockwood Memorial Library Buffalo, NY 14260
University of California International Documents Reference and Instructional Services Young Research Library Los Angeles, CA 90095	University of Iowa Government Publications University Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242	Duke University Public Documents & Maps Department Perkins Library Durham, NC 27708
University of California, San Diego Social Sciences and Humanities Library Geisel Library 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093	University of Kansas Government Documents Library Anschutz Libary 1301 Hoch Auditoria Drive Lawrence, KS 66045	Ohio State University Information Services Department University Library 1858 Neil Avenue Mall Columbus, OH 43210
University of Southern California International Documents Von KleinSmid Center Library 3518 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089	University of Kentucky Government Publications William T. Young Library 1000 University Drive Lexington, KY 40506	Miami University of Ohio Government Documents King Library Oxford, OH 45056
Stanford University Government Documents Green Library Stanford, CA 94305	Loyola University Law Library Serials/Government Documents 7214 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118	University of Oklahoma Bizzell Memorial Library Serials Department Room LL 211 401 West Brooks Norman, OK 73019
University of Colorado Government Publications Norlin Library Boulder, CO 80309	University of Maine Garbrecht Law Library 246 Deering Avenue Portland, ME 04102	University of Oregon Document Center Knight Library 1501 Kincaid Street Eugene, OR 97403
Yale University Government Documents Center Seeley G. Mudd Library 38 Mansfield Street New Haven, CT 06520	Harvard University Law School Library Langdell Hall 1545 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138	University of Pennsylvania Serials Department Van Pelt Library 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
American University Law Library 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016	University of Michigan Law Library 801 Monroe Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109	Pennsylvania State University International Documents Paterno Library Social Science Library University Park, PA 16802
Library of Congress Serial Division Madison Building 10 First Street, SE Washington, DC 20540	Michigan State University Government Documents Library University Libraries East Lansing, MI 48824	University of Pittsburgh Government Documents Hillman Library 3960 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260
University of Florida Government Documents Department University of Florida Libraries Marston Science Library/POB 117011 Gainesville, FL 32611	University of Minnesota Government Publications Wilson Library 309 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455	University of Puerto Rico Law Library San Juan, PR 00931
Florida International University  Government Documents Department Green Library 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199	Washington University John M. Olin Library 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130	University of South Carolina Documents/Microforms Department Thomas Cooper Library Columbia, SC 29208
Emory University  MacMillan Law Library School of Law 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322	University of Nebraska Government Documents Love Library Lincoln, NE 68588	University of Texas Tarlton Law Library School of Law 727 East Dean Keeton Street Austin, TX 78705
University of Georgia Law Library Law School Herty Drive Athens, GA 30602	University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Wiener-Rogers Law Library 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451080 Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-1080	Texas Christian University Government Information Department Mary Couts Burnett Library Fort Worth, TX 76129
University of Chicago Government Documents Regenstein Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637	Princeton University Social Science Reference Center Firestone Library One Washington Road Princeton, NJ 08544	University of Utah International Documents Marriott Library Salt Lake City, UT 84112
University of Illinois Law Library School of Law 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, IL 61820	New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library 188 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016	University of Virginia Government Information Resources Alderman Library Charlottesville, VA 22903
Illinois Institute of Technology Downtown Campus Library 565 West Adams Street Chicago, IL 60661	New York University Law Library School of Law 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012	George Mason University Arlington Campus Library 3401 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22201
Cornell University Documents Section Olin Library Ithaca, NY 14853	University of Washington Libraries Government Publications Suzzallo Library, Box 352900 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195	University of Wisconsin Memorial Library 728 State Street Madison, WI 53706