Selected Government Document Resources for Geology

Interior Department

    Geological Survey (Document I 19. )

      Bulletins (Document I 19.3: )
      Water Resources Bulletin (Document I 19.3/3: )
      Circulars (Document I 19.4/2: )
      Monographs (Document I 19.9:25 )
      Water-Supply Papers (Document I 19.13: )
      Professional Papers (Document I 19.16: )
      Water Resources Investigations (Document I 19.42/4: )
      Water Resources Data for North Dakota (Document I 19.53/2: )
      Open-File Report (Document I 19.76: )

    Reclamation Bureau (Document I 27. )

    Mines Bureau (Document I 28. )

    National Park Service (Document I 29. )

    Geographic Names Board (Document I 33. )

    Land Management Bureau (Document I 53. )

    Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office (Document I 71. )

    Minerals Management Service (Document I 72. )

Agriculture Department

    Soil Surveys (Document A 57.38/ )

How to find Documents in the NDSU Library:

As a Depository Library, NDSU receives most of the Department of Interior publications, including publications of the U. S. Geological Survey. Let's say that you found the following record in GeoRef, and you want to locate the item in the NDSU Library:

BK: Acid-neutralizing potential of minerals in intrusive rocks of the Boulder Batholith in northern Jefferson County, Montana.
BA: Desborough-George-A; Briggs-Paul-H; Mazza-Nilah; Driscoll-Rhonda
SO: Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey. 1998.
PB: U. S. Geological Survey. Reston, VA, United States. Pages: 21. 1998.
PY: 1998
RN: OF 98-0364
AN: 98-71025

By looking at the Publisher Field (PB), you see that the U.S. Geological Survey published the item. Looking in the Source Field (SO), you see that it is an Open-File Report. In the RN Field, you see that it is Open File Report number 98-0364 (report number 364 published in 1998).

Looking at the above list of relevant government documents, you will see that the SuDocs Number for U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports is: (Document I 19.76:). Therefore, to find this item, you will need to go to the Documents area of the Main Library on 2nd floor and look for: I 19.76:98-364.

There is one aspect of Government Documents SuDocs numbers that confuses people. The "period" is NOT treated as a decimal point. So in this example, find the " I's ", then find the " I 19's ", and then find "76" (NOT ".76"). Then find 98, and then number 364. If you have trouble, ask a Librarian at the Reference Desk to help you.

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