LSU LIBRARIES:
Government Documents/Microforms Department
This library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law. (Title 44 United States Code)
General Information
VOTE411.org
Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) in October of 2006, VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information on the following aspects of the election process:
- Absentee ballot information
- Ballot measure information (where applicable)
- Early voting options (where applicable)
- Election dates
- Factual data on candidates in various federal, state and local races
- General information on such topics as how to watch debates with a critical eye
- ID requirements
- Polling place locations
- Registration deadlines
- Voter qualifications
- Voter registration forms
- Voting machines
An important component of VOTE411.org is the polling place locator, which enables users to type in their address and retrieve the poll location for the voting precinct in which that address is located. The League has found that this is among the most sought after information in the immediate days leading up to, and on, Election Day.
Check it out at www.VOTE411.org.
General information
For reference and research questions, visit the Middleton Reference Desk, Room 141. At the Reference Desk you can also receive help with electronic databases, including the online catalog. If you are looking for a U.S. government document that was published before 1976, it may not be listed in the online catalog. Check with the Reference Desk for assistance in identifying those publications.
The Government Documents/Microforms Collection is physically located on the basement level, Room 53, of Middleton Library on the LSU Campus. Once you enter the library, go to the stairwell past the information kiosk. Descend the stairs, go immediately to your right, around the corner. Proceed straight ahead.
The Depository's map collection is housed in the Cartographic Information Center in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Room 313.
Click here for directions to LSU and the Library.
Government Documents/Microforms' hours of access (regular semester)
- Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Friday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Saturday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Sunday: 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
NOTE: The department begins closing 15 minutes before the posted closing times.
Library hours are subject to change, especially during intersession and holidays. Check variations online here, at Middleton Library's main entrance, or call the department at (225) 578-2570.
