Since 1967, the Hekman Library is a selective depository library for United States government documents. Government documents are classified by the SuDoc system. Nearly all our government documents can be found by searching WebCat, and the items in this collection do not circulate. Also, a significant portion of the information published by the US Government can be found online through the Government Web pages.
Consult our tutorial on how to find Government Documents.
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Government Documents (2nd Floor)
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Hekman is one of two depositories in the third congressional district in Michigan, which includes Barry, Ionia, and most of Kent counties. The other depository library is Grand Rapids Public Library. Hekman currently selects about 33% of the materials available through the Federal Depository Library Program, and the collection has well over 100,000 items. The largest part of the collection is in paper format, held on "compact shelving" on the south side of 2nd floor. A smaller part of the collection is contained on compact disc, located in the DRC area on the 2nd floor, and the microform portion is located in the microforms area on the 2nd floor. The collection includes census data, congressional publications, laws, supreme court opinions, and selected materials from nearly every other federal government agency. In addition to serving the persons on Calvin's campus, the Hekman collection of government documents is available for use without fees by the citizens of Michigan's third congressional district.
In January 2003 the Hekman Library became a depository for for Michigan Government Documents.
The department is staffed during weekdays from 8:00 a.m until 5:00 p.m. Contact Diane VanderPol for more information.
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