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University of New Hampshire

Visit the Dimond Library and its Government Information Department

Institution Name: University of New Hampshire
Institution Address: Dimond Library
18 Library Way
Durham, NH 03824
Telephone/Communications:
  • Voice:

    • (603) 862-1777 - Govt. Info.
    (603) 862-1777 - Reference
  • Fax:
    		• (603) 862-0247
  • E-mail:
    		• linda.johnson@unh.edu
    Staff: Linda Johnson, Head Government Documents (603) 862-2453; Thelma Thompson, Map Librarian (603) 862-1132; Kathy Horrigan, Library Service Supervisor (603 862-3730
    Federal Depository Status/Other Affiliations: Government Printing Office; NH State Documents 1973, Full (housed in Special Collections); Canadian Government Publications 1974, Selective
  • Designation year and type:
    		• 1907, Land-grant
  • Depository Library number:
    		• 0358
  • Congressional District:
    		• 1st
  • Percentage selected:
    		• 75%
    Collections: Federal (ext); State (mod); International (mod); Foreign (ltd)
    Subject Specialties: Congress; U.S. Serial Set, USGS topographic maps, agriculture, Census, health and business statistics
    Acquires:
    Automation:
  • CD-ROM:
    		• Federal and Canadian depository CD-ROMS
  • Online Catalog:
    		• Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III)
  • Web Databases: (on-site use only for licensed services)
    		• LexisNexis Congressional; Lexis/Nexis Statistical; LexisNexis Academic; Marcive WebDocs; ICPSR (restricted to UNH); CQ; ERIC; FBIS; International Financial Statistics (IMF); Medline; PAIS; STAT-USA; World News Connection; America's Historic Newspapers; U.S. Congressional Serial Set; American State Papers
    Equipment:
  • Public Workstations with CD-ROM and DVD access:
    		• 4 in department
  • Microform Readers:
    		• 4 reader/printers located with fiche in Microforms Department
    Notes: Public access; no fees; most of collection circulates (must have current borrower status) maps and New Hampshire State Documents do not circulate

    Directions:

     

        From Boston, Mass. Take I-95 North to Exit 4 (NH Lakes and Mountains, Spaulding Turnpike). Continue North to Exit 6W and follow Route 4 West past the UNH/Durham Route 108 exit. Exit at Route 155A and turn east toward Durham. Follow 155A through a short stretch of fields to the UNH campus. Map and parking.
       By Bus C & J Trailways Bus Lines has routes to the Seacoast area and the UNH campus from Logan Airport and South Station in Boston. For information and costs, call 742-5111 (from N.H.) or 1-800-258-7111 (from outside N. H.)
       By Train Amtrak Downeaster service provides four round-trips daily between Boston (North Station) and Portland, Maine. The Downeaster service stops directly at the UNH campus Friday through Sunday. Monday through Thursday, the train stops at the Dover, NH station which is connected directly to UNH by Wildcat Transit Route 3. The Dover station is only five miles from the UNH campus - a short taxi ride away for immediate access. You can also call Amtrak at 1-800-USA-RAIL.
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