Boston Library Consortium

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A Government Documents
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Boston Public Library

Visit the Boston Public Library and its Government Documents Collection

Institution Name: Boston Public Library
Institution Address: 700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116-2183
Telephone/Communications:
  • Voice:
    		• (617) 536-5400, ext. 2226
  • Fax:
    		• (617) 859-2292
  • TTY:
    		• (617) 266-9320
  • E-mail:
    		• govdocs@bpl.org
    Federal Depository Status/Other Affiliations: U.S. Government Printing Office; U.S. Patents and Trademarks; Massachusetts; United Nations; State Data Center affiliate
  • Designation year and type:
    		• 1859, Congressional designation
  • Depository Library number:
    		• 0268A
  • Congressional District:
    		• 8th, Massachusetts
  • Percentage selected:
    		• regional (selects everything)
    Collections: Federal (Ext); State (Ext); Local (Ext); International (Ext); Foreign (Limited)
    Subject Specialties: Statistics; Congress; Foreign Affairs
    Acquires: UN; OECD; FAO; WMO; IMF; ASI (index and non-depository fiche); SRI (index and all fiche); CIS; American Foreign Policy Index (fiche); Reports required by Congress and fiche; UN fiche; British Accounts and Papers fiche; Declassified Documents and film; Current Urban Documents; Constitutions of Countries of the World; State Constitutions and Constitutional Conventions; Economic Development Plans (fiche); Central Bank Annual Reports (fiche); JPRS and FBIS; ERIC; CRS; DOJ Current documents; CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1932 (and fiche); IIS (index and all fiche)
    Automation:
  • CD-ROM:
    		• U.S. Monthly Catalog (Marcive); United Nations Index; Congressional Universe; British Parliamentary Papers Index; Statistical Universe; Lexis (staff mediated searching only); Global Newsbank; Westlaw (1 PC only)
  • Online Catalog:
    		• MARCIVE; United States Catalog of Government Publications
  • GPO Access:
    		•  Internet, CD-Rom, print
    Equipment:
  • Other Computer Facilities:
    		• 2 public workstations, networked printer
  • Microform Readers, Reader/Printers, Fiche Duplicators:
    		• readers, reader-printers; microfiche duplicator
    Notes: Public; no fee; no circulation; ILL
    Public Transportation: Green Line (Copley); Orange Line (Back Bay/South End)
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