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Williams College

Visit the Williams College Library and the John Griffith Ames Government Documents Collection

Institution Name: Williams College
Institution Address: Williams College Libraries
55 Sawyer Library Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267
Telephone/Communications:
  • Voice:
    		• (413) 597-2505 - Research Help Desk
    (413) 597-4321 - Rebecca Ohm
  • Fax:
    		• (413) 597-4106
  • E-mail:
    		• rohm@williams.edu
    Staff: Rebecca Ohm, Reference and Government Documents Librarian
    (413) 597-4321
    Federal Depository Status/Other Affiliations: Government Printing Office
  • Designation year and type:
    		• 1858
  • Depository Library number:
    		• 0259
  • Congressional District:
    		• First
  • Percentage selected:
    		• 26%
    Collections: Federal (ext); State (ltd); international (ltd); foreign (n/a)
    Subject Specialties: Congressional materials, including Serial Set; Census; USGS; Supreme Court
    Acquires: Congressional documents; Census; environment; any agency documents that relate to policy formation; OECD; World Bank; IMF; FAO; member, ICPSR
    and Roper Center
    Automation:
  • CD-ROM:
    		• FBIS index; GPO on Silver Platter; various federal depository CD-ROMs
  • Online Catalog:
    		• Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III Millenium)
  • Web Databases:

    • CGP, web-based FBIS index; Lexis-Nexis Congressional Hearings (digital); Serial Set (digital from L-N and original print Serial Set); UN Treaty Series; SourceOECD; Lexis-Nexis Statistical; DDRS (Declassified Documents Reference System); WestLaw
    Equipment:
  • public workstations
    		• 9
  • Microforms:
    		• Readers and reader/printers
    Notes: Public access; no fee; ILL; most of collection circulates
    Public Transportation: Bus service is available to Williamstown from Boston. Regional carriers (Peter Pan, Bonanza Bus Lines) stop at the Williams Inn, adjacent to campus (413-458-9371). Contact Greyhound Bus Lines (800-229-9424) for connecting information.
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