Government Documents Department  

WELCOME TO THE SHERROD LIBRARY GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS DEPARTMENT

Sherrod Library has been a federal document depository for the First Congressional District of Tennessee since 1942, although many items in our collection were published prior to that date. We are currently one of 22 depository libraries in the state of Tennessee, selecting over 50% of the items distributed by the United States Government Printing Office. Our documents collection is one of the seven largest in Tennessee, and we serve as a shared regional depository, with the University of Memphis Library as the primary depository for the state. Sherrod Library has also been a depository for Tennessee state documents since 1978.

During the past 70 years, our collection has grown to well over 1,000,000 items. Collection strengths are in areas relating to the environment, the Appalachian region, education, health, justice, business, and veterans' affairs.

During the past twenty years, the Government Printing Office has increasingly turned to electronic publication to provide information to our citizens. The Sherrod Library online catalog provides access to government publications in all formats--print, microform, cd-rom, and electronic publications available on the internet.