The Government Information Center has more than one million items including hearings, statistics, and reports produced by local, state, federal, and international governments and related organizations.  Need to find the right agency to solve your problem? Looking for government statistics or demographic data? Call us at 214-670-1468.

The Urban Information Center is well-stocked with books on urban sociology, city planning, landscape architecture, police science and firefighting, grassroots organizing, municipal finance, public administration and more. We have an extensive collection of documents published by the City of Dallas. 

The Community Information Database contains contact information and a brief description for 5,000+ local nonprofit associations, hobby groups, government agencies, neighborhood associations and more. 

Our Grants Information Service is a key resource for uncovering funding for your nonprofit organization.  In addition to foundation directories, there are books on proposal writing, nonprofit management and more.

The library has been a Patent Depository since 1977. Our collection is backdated to the first patents issued in 1790 and includes complete drawings and specifications for design, utility, reissue, plant patents, as well as defensive publications. We have all the materials needed to conduct a preliminary manual and online patent search.

The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library has been a depository for documents printed by the U.S. Government since 1902.

The Maps & Atlas collection houses more than 50,000 topographic maps, street atlases, folding maps and works on cartography, many of which can be checked out. We also have an extensive collection of State geological publications, soils surveys and USGS series maps.

As a Federal Depository Library we have 100 years of hearings, reports, monographs, census data and much more, including the U.S. Serial Set in hard copy.

Our State of Texas Depository collection was established in 1930. During sessions of the Texas legislature, we receive weekly shipments of bill files.

We also house an extensive collection of historical, United Nations publications, including records of the General Assembly, Security Council, Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNESCO and more.

is a nonprofit institute that conducts studies in the public interest on policy and planning in domestic and foreign affairs. Our collection of RAND reports is comprehensive. 

Questions?  Call us at 214-670-1468 or send us an email. Our hours are Mon-Thu 9am-9pm, Fri-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 1-5 pm. We are on the 6th floor of the Central Library.

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