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• Access Policy
• Collection Development Policy

State and Local

International

• Congressional Publications
• Political Science
• Law
• Patents
• Social Science Data Services
• U.S. Census

The MIT Libraries are a depository for selected U.S. federal publications, and provide access to government information from around the world.

The collection reflects the subject strengths of the Institute's academic programs.

Our strongest research-level collections include:

• earth sciences
• environmental sciences
• nuclear science
• economics
• political science
• urban and regional planning

Government agencies represented include, but are not restricted to:

• Bureau of the Census
• Congress
• Executive Office of the President
• Department of Labor
• Department of Energy
• Department of Transportation
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• United States Geological Survey

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The MIT Libraries have a basic level collection of state and local documents.

• Documents from state and local planning agencies are at Rotch Library.
• Materials on state politics and government are at Dewey Library.

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The MIT Libraries collect international documents in all formats from many intergovernmental organizations and national governments to support the Institute's academic programs, most notably those in economics, political science, and urban studies and planning.

• Dewey Library has statistical publications of national governments and strong collections of materials published by:
  • The United Nations system
  • The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • The World Bank
  • The International Monetary Fund
  • The European Union

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