Cowles Library safeguards your right to know what the government is doing through the Federal Depository Library Program.
We have been an official federal depository library since December 1966.
The library provides a public computer to persons not affiliated with Drake that permits browsing federal government, Iowa state government, and U.S. military websites. Email and other general web browsing are not available from this computer.
For additional information about government documents at Cowles Library, visit the Government Documents Research Guide.
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