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This up-to-date guide provides informational professionals and their clients with much-needed assistance in navigating the immense field of government information. When information professionals are asked questions involving government information, they often experience that "deer in the headlights" feeling. Mastering United States Government Information helps them overcome any trepidation about finding and using government documents. Written by Christopher C. Brown, coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, this approachable book provides an introduction to all major…mehr
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This up-to-date guide provides informational professionals and their clients with much-needed assistance in navigating the immense field of government information. When information professionals are asked questions involving government information, they often experience that "deer in the headlights" feeling. Mastering United States Government Information helps them overcome any trepidation about finding and using government documents. Written by Christopher C. Brown, coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, this approachable book provides an introduction to all major areas of U.S. government information. It references resources in all formats, including print and online. Examples are provided so users will feel comfortable solving government information questions on their own, while exercises at the end of chapters enable users to practice answering questions for themselves. Additionally, several appendixes serve as quick reference sources for such topics as congressional sessions, the most popular government publications, federal statistical databases, and citation of government publications. It serves as a practical and current guide for practitioners as well as a text or supplementary reading for students of library information studies and for in-service trainings.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
- Seitenzahl: 446
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
- Gewicht: 673g
- ISBN-13: 9781440872501
- ISBN-10: 1440872503
- Artikelnr.: 60579968
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
- Seitenzahl: 446
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
- Gewicht: 673g
- ISBN-13: 9781440872501
- ISBN-10: 1440872503
- Artikelnr.: 60579968
Christopher C. Brown is reference librarian and coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, Main Library. Brown has taught as an adjunct professor in the University of Denver Library School for 20 years, and many students have taken his government publications course.
Foreword by Gwen Sinclair Introduction Chapter 1 The Shape of United States
Government Information Early Founders and Access to Government Information
Challenges to Free Access Government Documents or Government Information?
What Do Users Want? The Formats of Government Information Document Topics
Document Types Organization of Government/Organization of Publications
Superintendent of Documents Classification System Government Publications,
Print Collections, and Online Access Competencies of Government Information
Professionals Using Google to Find Government Information Testing
Government Database Exposure in Google Records in Library Catalogs Domain
Searching File Type Searching Direct versus Indirect Google Searching
HathiTrust, Internet Archive, and Government Publications Exercises
References Chapter 2 Federal Information Dissemination First Era: Early
Printing and the U.S. Congressional Serial Set Background of the Serial Set
American State Papers Contents of the Serial Set Numbering of the Serial
Set Intellectual Access to the Serial Set Series within Series Tangible
Serial Set Collections Hints on Free Online Access to the Serial Set
Numerical Lists and Other Print Finding Aids to the Serial Set Commercial
Online Versions of the Serial Set Second Era: The Federal Depository
Library Program Selective and Regional Depository Libraries Outdated
Mandate Leaving the Program Third Era: Online Dissemination
PURLs-Persistent Uniform Resource Locators Authentication Preservation
Dissemination Fugitive Documents Summing Up the Three Eras General Tools
and Finding Aids Catalog of Government Publications (CGP) WorldCat
Bibliographic Database Govinfo.gov Finding Older Publications Online Tools:
Free and Subscription GovDoc-L References Chapter 3 Legislative Branch
Information Sources Listen to the Parliamentarians Our American Government
Bills and Resolutions Different Types of Bills and Resolutions Getting the
Full Text of Bills and Resolutions Bill Tracking Services House and Senate
Journals Proceedings and Debates of Congress Early Debates What Is in the
Congressional Record? The Congressional Record: Daily Edition versus
Permanent Edition Résumé of Congressional Activity Searching the
Congressional Record Congressional Record Index Reports and Documents
Reports Documents Hearings Locating Hearings Generally Locating Hearings
Connected to Legislation Committee Prints Public Laws Private Laws United
States Code U.S. Code Appendices Commercial Versions of the U.S. Code
Confusing Nomenclature Additional Congressional Publications House and
Senate Journals Legislative Calendars Congressional Directories
Congressional Commission Publications (Y 3) Congressional Research Service
(CRS) Reports Government Accountability Office Reports Congressional Budget
Office Materials Committee and Subcommittee Memberships Congress.gov
Commercial Guides to Congress Exercises References Chapter 4 Legislative
History Research Researching the Document Trail Sources of Legislative
Histories Endnotes to Public Laws Congress.gov History of Bills in
Govinfo.gov ProQuest Legislative Insight Compiled Legislative Histories
Bills and Resolutions in the Legislative Process Congressional Debate in
the Legislative Process Congressional Reports and Legislative Intent
Presidential Signing Statements Outcome Studies and Legislative Histories
Review of Legislative History Research Legislative History Case Studies
Legislative History Case Study 1: Rapid DNA Act of 2017 Legislative History
Case Study 2: Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act Legislative History
Case Study 3: Emergency Daylight-Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of
1973 Exercises References Chapter 5 Documents of the Presidency
Presidential Issuances Executive Orders Presidential Proclamations Other
Presidential Issuances Sources of Presidential Documents [Weekly]
Compilation of Presidential Documents Public Papers of the Presidents
Social Media and the Presidency Treaties and Other International Agreements
Treaty Complexities Treaty Text Sources Presidential Libraries Exercises
References Chapter 6 Executive Branch Information Sources ProQuest
Executive Branch Documents Annual Reports of Executive Agencies Executive
Office of the President Budget of the United States Government Budget
Calendar OMB versus CBO Sources of Budget Documents Navigating the Budget
Documents Economic Report of the President Executive Branch Information
Resources Department of Agriculture Yearbook of Agriculture ARS and ERS
Agricola versus PubAg Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) International Trade Administration
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) United States Census
Bureau Statistical Abstract of the United States Department of Defense
Center of Military History Military Records and Research Department of
Education (SuDocs Stem ED) Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
College Navigator Department of Energy Energy Videos Science.gov Department
of Health and Human Services National Library of Medicine Medicare Coverage
Database Grants.gov Department of Homeland Security FEMA Data
Visualizations National Incident Management System Homeland Security
Digital Library Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of
the Interior Department of Justice Department of Labor Department of State
Archived Content Official Register of the United States Foreign Relations
of the United States (FRUS) State Department Noteworthy Publications
Department of Transportation (SuDocs Stem TD) Department of the Treasury
(SuDocs Stem T) Department of Veterans Affairs (SuDocs Stem VA) Securities
and Exchange Commission Environmental Protection Agency National Service
Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) Brownfields Superfund Federal
Election Commission National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook The Foreign Broadcast
Information Service Daily Reports Joint Publications Research Service
Reports Exercises References Chapter 7 The Regulatory Process The
Regulatory Process The Unified Agenda Federal Register Overview of Online
Interfaces Regulatory Histories Code of Federal Regulations Arrangement and
Publication Title 3: The President Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules
(PTOA) Online Access Correlating FR and CRF List of CFR Sections Affected
e-CFR Other Administrative Law Resources Administrative Law Resources
Exercises References Chapter 8 Judicial Branch Information Sources
Commercialization of Legal Resources The Judiciary Searching for Cases
Published Opinions Supreme Court Opinions Slip Opinions United States
Reports The Oyez Project C-SPAN Videos Westlaw and Lexis PACER Secondary
Sources before Primary Sources Where to Get Cases Commercial Online
Services Exercises References Chapter 9 Statistical Sources (Not Including
Census) Basic Statistical Starting Strategies Strategy 1: Use Google Web
for Direct and Indirect Search Strategies Strategy 2: ProQuest Statistical
Insight Strategy 3: ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
Strategy 4: Going beyond U.S. National Sources Strategy 5: Do a Literature
Search Putting the Tools to Work Diving Into Statistical Databases
Historical Statistical Research Executive Branch Statistical Agencies
Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense
Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human
Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban
Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Department of
Labor Department of State Department of Transportation Department of the
Treasury Department of Veterans Affairs Social Security Administration
(SSA) Other Agencies That Maintain Statistical Programs Legislative Branch
Statistical Sites Judicial Branch Statistical Sites U.S. Courts Website
TRACFED Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Print Tools,
Statistical and Census Exercises References Chapter 10 Census Basics and
Background The Census and Reapportionment History of the Decennial Census
Statistics versus Records Sampling Personally Identifiable Information
(PII) Census Geographies 2010 Census National Geographic Tallies Adjusted
Geographic Boundaries State Data Centers Data Visualizations Special Census
Reports Exercises References Chapter 11 Census Data for People and Housing
Understanding Data Structures Programs Data Sets Tables Data Decennial
Census versus American Community Survey Race and Ethnicity
Self-Identification Hispanic Origin Public Use Metadata Samples (PUMS)
PUMAs, the PUMS Geography iPUMS Data from the Minnesota Population Center
Retired Census Data Tools Earlier Data Tools American FactFinder-Going Away
Disappearing Censuses Print Census Resources Data.census.gov Single Search
Bar Advanced Search Table Types Dealing with Geographies Context-Sensitive
Table Elimination Third-Party Statistical Tools Social Explorer PolicyMap
SimplyAnalytics Exercises References Chapter 12 Economic Census and Related
Business Data Economic Census Geographies SIC: Standard Industrial
Classification System NAICS: The Classification System NAICS Sectors The
SIC Zombie Economic Census Data Online Business Patterns Older Economic
Census Publications Online Census Business Builder Exercises References
Chapter 13 Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Selected
Map-Publishing Agencies Types of Maps Topographic Maps from USGS Degrees:
Minutes: Seconds versus Decimal Census TIGER/Line Files National Geodetic
Survey Nautical Maps from NOAA Perry Casteñeda Map Collection CIA Maps Maps
from NTIS GeoPlatform.gov Maps within FRASER Serial Set Maps Commercial
Mapping Tools USGS Mapping Tools Shapefiles and Georeferencing Where Can I
Find These Maps? Resources Exercises References Chapter 14 Federal STEM
Information Technical Reports National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
and Its National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) OSTI.gov EPA Documents
and the NEPIS Database NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Defense
Technical Information Center (DTIC) Technical Report Archive and Image
Library (TRAIL) Medical Information Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Library of
Medicine PubMed, Medline, and PubMed Central Standards Standards.gov
Military Standards Data Print Tools for NTIS Technical Reports Exercises
References Chapter 15 Intellectual Property, Secrets, and Declassified
Information Intellectual Property Patents Trademarks Copyright Secret,
Declassified, and Unpublished Government Information Secret Documents and
Declassification Declassified Document Sources Unpublished Hearings The
Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act Freedom of Information Act
Background Making FOIA Requests FOIA Uses Privacy Act System of Records
Notice (SORNs) Exercises References Chapter 16 State and Local Government
Information State Government Websites URL Patterns below State Level
Legislation Regulations Local Ordinances State Government Information and
Copyright State Depository Programs Older State Materials Exercises
References Chapter 17 Citing Government Publications Citing Executive
Branch Materials Executive Orders, Presidential Proclamations, and Other
Issuances Treaties Executive Agency Publications General Publications
Annual Reports Foreign Relations of the United States Topographic Map
Regulations Technical Reports Citing Legislative Branch Materials
Congressional Record Congressional Hearing Congressional Report
Congressional Document Public Law Citing Judicial Branch Materials Supreme
Court Case Appellate Court Case Appendix A. Superintendent of Documents
Classification System Appendix B: Congress/Year Table Appendix C: Foreign
Government Internet Domains Appendix D: Acronyms Appendix E:
Correspondences between U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations Appendix
F: Selected Major Federal Databases Index
Government Information Early Founders and Access to Government Information
Challenges to Free Access Government Documents or Government Information?
What Do Users Want? The Formats of Government Information Document Topics
Document Types Organization of Government/Organization of Publications
Superintendent of Documents Classification System Government Publications,
Print Collections, and Online Access Competencies of Government Information
Professionals Using Google to Find Government Information Testing
Government Database Exposure in Google Records in Library Catalogs Domain
Searching File Type Searching Direct versus Indirect Google Searching
HathiTrust, Internet Archive, and Government Publications Exercises
References Chapter 2 Federal Information Dissemination First Era: Early
Printing and the U.S. Congressional Serial Set Background of the Serial Set
American State Papers Contents of the Serial Set Numbering of the Serial
Set Intellectual Access to the Serial Set Series within Series Tangible
Serial Set Collections Hints on Free Online Access to the Serial Set
Numerical Lists and Other Print Finding Aids to the Serial Set Commercial
Online Versions of the Serial Set Second Era: The Federal Depository
Library Program Selective and Regional Depository Libraries Outdated
Mandate Leaving the Program Third Era: Online Dissemination
PURLs-Persistent Uniform Resource Locators Authentication Preservation
Dissemination Fugitive Documents Summing Up the Three Eras General Tools
and Finding Aids Catalog of Government Publications (CGP) WorldCat
Bibliographic Database Govinfo.gov Finding Older Publications Online Tools:
Free and Subscription GovDoc-L References Chapter 3 Legislative Branch
Information Sources Listen to the Parliamentarians Our American Government
Bills and Resolutions Different Types of Bills and Resolutions Getting the
Full Text of Bills and Resolutions Bill Tracking Services House and Senate
Journals Proceedings and Debates of Congress Early Debates What Is in the
Congressional Record? The Congressional Record: Daily Edition versus
Permanent Edition Résumé of Congressional Activity Searching the
Congressional Record Congressional Record Index Reports and Documents
Reports Documents Hearings Locating Hearings Generally Locating Hearings
Connected to Legislation Committee Prints Public Laws Private Laws United
States Code U.S. Code Appendices Commercial Versions of the U.S. Code
Confusing Nomenclature Additional Congressional Publications House and
Senate Journals Legislative Calendars Congressional Directories
Congressional Commission Publications (Y 3) Congressional Research Service
(CRS) Reports Government Accountability Office Reports Congressional Budget
Office Materials Committee and Subcommittee Memberships Congress.gov
Commercial Guides to Congress Exercises References Chapter 4 Legislative
History Research Researching the Document Trail Sources of Legislative
Histories Endnotes to Public Laws Congress.gov History of Bills in
Govinfo.gov ProQuest Legislative Insight Compiled Legislative Histories
Bills and Resolutions in the Legislative Process Congressional Debate in
the Legislative Process Congressional Reports and Legislative Intent
Presidential Signing Statements Outcome Studies and Legislative Histories
Review of Legislative History Research Legislative History Case Studies
Legislative History Case Study 1: Rapid DNA Act of 2017 Legislative History
Case Study 2: Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act Legislative History
Case Study 3: Emergency Daylight-Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of
1973 Exercises References Chapter 5 Documents of the Presidency
Presidential Issuances Executive Orders Presidential Proclamations Other
Presidential Issuances Sources of Presidential Documents [Weekly]
Compilation of Presidential Documents Public Papers of the Presidents
Social Media and the Presidency Treaties and Other International Agreements
Treaty Complexities Treaty Text Sources Presidential Libraries Exercises
References Chapter 6 Executive Branch Information Sources ProQuest
Executive Branch Documents Annual Reports of Executive Agencies Executive
Office of the President Budget of the United States Government Budget
Calendar OMB versus CBO Sources of Budget Documents Navigating the Budget
Documents Economic Report of the President Executive Branch Information
Resources Department of Agriculture Yearbook of Agriculture ARS and ERS
Agricola versus PubAg Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) International Trade Administration
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) United States Census
Bureau Statistical Abstract of the United States Department of Defense
Center of Military History Military Records and Research Department of
Education (SuDocs Stem ED) Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
College Navigator Department of Energy Energy Videos Science.gov Department
of Health and Human Services National Library of Medicine Medicare Coverage
Database Grants.gov Department of Homeland Security FEMA Data
Visualizations National Incident Management System Homeland Security
Digital Library Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of
the Interior Department of Justice Department of Labor Department of State
Archived Content Official Register of the United States Foreign Relations
of the United States (FRUS) State Department Noteworthy Publications
Department of Transportation (SuDocs Stem TD) Department of the Treasury
(SuDocs Stem T) Department of Veterans Affairs (SuDocs Stem VA) Securities
and Exchange Commission Environmental Protection Agency National Service
Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) Brownfields Superfund Federal
Election Commission National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook The Foreign Broadcast
Information Service Daily Reports Joint Publications Research Service
Reports Exercises References Chapter 7 The Regulatory Process The
Regulatory Process The Unified Agenda Federal Register Overview of Online
Interfaces Regulatory Histories Code of Federal Regulations Arrangement and
Publication Title 3: The President Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules
(PTOA) Online Access Correlating FR and CRF List of CFR Sections Affected
e-CFR Other Administrative Law Resources Administrative Law Resources
Exercises References Chapter 8 Judicial Branch Information Sources
Commercialization of Legal Resources The Judiciary Searching for Cases
Published Opinions Supreme Court Opinions Slip Opinions United States
Reports The Oyez Project C-SPAN Videos Westlaw and Lexis PACER Secondary
Sources before Primary Sources Where to Get Cases Commercial Online
Services Exercises References Chapter 9 Statistical Sources (Not Including
Census) Basic Statistical Starting Strategies Strategy 1: Use Google Web
for Direct and Indirect Search Strategies Strategy 2: ProQuest Statistical
Insight Strategy 3: ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
Strategy 4: Going beyond U.S. National Sources Strategy 5: Do a Literature
Search Putting the Tools to Work Diving Into Statistical Databases
Historical Statistical Research Executive Branch Statistical Agencies
Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense
Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human
Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban
Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Department of
Labor Department of State Department of Transportation Department of the
Treasury Department of Veterans Affairs Social Security Administration
(SSA) Other Agencies That Maintain Statistical Programs Legislative Branch
Statistical Sites Judicial Branch Statistical Sites U.S. Courts Website
TRACFED Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Print Tools,
Statistical and Census Exercises References Chapter 10 Census Basics and
Background The Census and Reapportionment History of the Decennial Census
Statistics versus Records Sampling Personally Identifiable Information
(PII) Census Geographies 2010 Census National Geographic Tallies Adjusted
Geographic Boundaries State Data Centers Data Visualizations Special Census
Reports Exercises References Chapter 11 Census Data for People and Housing
Understanding Data Structures Programs Data Sets Tables Data Decennial
Census versus American Community Survey Race and Ethnicity
Self-Identification Hispanic Origin Public Use Metadata Samples (PUMS)
PUMAs, the PUMS Geography iPUMS Data from the Minnesota Population Center
Retired Census Data Tools Earlier Data Tools American FactFinder-Going Away
Disappearing Censuses Print Census Resources Data.census.gov Single Search
Bar Advanced Search Table Types Dealing with Geographies Context-Sensitive
Table Elimination Third-Party Statistical Tools Social Explorer PolicyMap
SimplyAnalytics Exercises References Chapter 12 Economic Census and Related
Business Data Economic Census Geographies SIC: Standard Industrial
Classification System NAICS: The Classification System NAICS Sectors The
SIC Zombie Economic Census Data Online Business Patterns Older Economic
Census Publications Online Census Business Builder Exercises References
Chapter 13 Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Selected
Map-Publishing Agencies Types of Maps Topographic Maps from USGS Degrees:
Minutes: Seconds versus Decimal Census TIGER/Line Files National Geodetic
Survey Nautical Maps from NOAA Perry Casteñeda Map Collection CIA Maps Maps
from NTIS GeoPlatform.gov Maps within FRASER Serial Set Maps Commercial
Mapping Tools USGS Mapping Tools Shapefiles and Georeferencing Where Can I
Find These Maps? Resources Exercises References Chapter 14 Federal STEM
Information Technical Reports National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
and Its National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) OSTI.gov EPA Documents
and the NEPIS Database NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Defense
Technical Information Center (DTIC) Technical Report Archive and Image
Library (TRAIL) Medical Information Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Library of
Medicine PubMed, Medline, and PubMed Central Standards Standards.gov
Military Standards Data Print Tools for NTIS Technical Reports Exercises
References Chapter 15 Intellectual Property, Secrets, and Declassified
Information Intellectual Property Patents Trademarks Copyright Secret,
Declassified, and Unpublished Government Information Secret Documents and
Declassification Declassified Document Sources Unpublished Hearings The
Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act Freedom of Information Act
Background Making FOIA Requests FOIA Uses Privacy Act System of Records
Notice (SORNs) Exercises References Chapter 16 State and Local Government
Information State Government Websites URL Patterns below State Level
Legislation Regulations Local Ordinances State Government Information and
Copyright State Depository Programs Older State Materials Exercises
References Chapter 17 Citing Government Publications Citing Executive
Branch Materials Executive Orders, Presidential Proclamations, and Other
Issuances Treaties Executive Agency Publications General Publications
Annual Reports Foreign Relations of the United States Topographic Map
Regulations Technical Reports Citing Legislative Branch Materials
Congressional Record Congressional Hearing Congressional Report
Congressional Document Public Law Citing Judicial Branch Materials Supreme
Court Case Appellate Court Case Appendix A. Superintendent of Documents
Classification System Appendix B: Congress/Year Table Appendix C: Foreign
Government Internet Domains Appendix D: Acronyms Appendix E:
Correspondences between U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations Appendix
F: Selected Major Federal Databases Index
Foreword by Gwen Sinclair Introduction Chapter 1 The Shape of United States
Government Information Early Founders and Access to Government Information
Challenges to Free Access Government Documents or Government Information?
What Do Users Want? The Formats of Government Information Document Topics
Document Types Organization of Government/Organization of Publications
Superintendent of Documents Classification System Government Publications,
Print Collections, and Online Access Competencies of Government Information
Professionals Using Google to Find Government Information Testing
Government Database Exposure in Google Records in Library Catalogs Domain
Searching File Type Searching Direct versus Indirect Google Searching
HathiTrust, Internet Archive, and Government Publications Exercises
References Chapter 2 Federal Information Dissemination First Era: Early
Printing and the U.S. Congressional Serial Set Background of the Serial Set
American State Papers Contents of the Serial Set Numbering of the Serial
Set Intellectual Access to the Serial Set Series within Series Tangible
Serial Set Collections Hints on Free Online Access to the Serial Set
Numerical Lists and Other Print Finding Aids to the Serial Set Commercial
Online Versions of the Serial Set Second Era: The Federal Depository
Library Program Selective and Regional Depository Libraries Outdated
Mandate Leaving the Program Third Era: Online Dissemination
PURLs-Persistent Uniform Resource Locators Authentication Preservation
Dissemination Fugitive Documents Summing Up the Three Eras General Tools
and Finding Aids Catalog of Government Publications (CGP) WorldCat
Bibliographic Database Govinfo.gov Finding Older Publications Online Tools:
Free and Subscription GovDoc-L References Chapter 3 Legislative Branch
Information Sources Listen to the Parliamentarians Our American Government
Bills and Resolutions Different Types of Bills and Resolutions Getting the
Full Text of Bills and Resolutions Bill Tracking Services House and Senate
Journals Proceedings and Debates of Congress Early Debates What Is in the
Congressional Record? The Congressional Record: Daily Edition versus
Permanent Edition Résumé of Congressional Activity Searching the
Congressional Record Congressional Record Index Reports and Documents
Reports Documents Hearings Locating Hearings Generally Locating Hearings
Connected to Legislation Committee Prints Public Laws Private Laws United
States Code U.S. Code Appendices Commercial Versions of the U.S. Code
Confusing Nomenclature Additional Congressional Publications House and
Senate Journals Legislative Calendars Congressional Directories
Congressional Commission Publications (Y 3) Congressional Research Service
(CRS) Reports Government Accountability Office Reports Congressional Budget
Office Materials Committee and Subcommittee Memberships Congress.gov
Commercial Guides to Congress Exercises References Chapter 4 Legislative
History Research Researching the Document Trail Sources of Legislative
Histories Endnotes to Public Laws Congress.gov History of Bills in
Govinfo.gov ProQuest Legislative Insight Compiled Legislative Histories
Bills and Resolutions in the Legislative Process Congressional Debate in
the Legislative Process Congressional Reports and Legislative Intent
Presidential Signing Statements Outcome Studies and Legislative Histories
Review of Legislative History Research Legislative History Case Studies
Legislative History Case Study 1: Rapid DNA Act of 2017 Legislative History
Case Study 2: Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act Legislative History
Case Study 3: Emergency Daylight-Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of
1973 Exercises References Chapter 5 Documents of the Presidency
Presidential Issuances Executive Orders Presidential Proclamations Other
Presidential Issuances Sources of Presidential Documents [Weekly]
Compilation of Presidential Documents Public Papers of the Presidents
Social Media and the Presidency Treaties and Other International Agreements
Treaty Complexities Treaty Text Sources Presidential Libraries Exercises
References Chapter 6 Executive Branch Information Sources ProQuest
Executive Branch Documents Annual Reports of Executive Agencies Executive
Office of the President Budget of the United States Government Budget
Calendar OMB versus CBO Sources of Budget Documents Navigating the Budget
Documents Economic Report of the President Executive Branch Information
Resources Department of Agriculture Yearbook of Agriculture ARS and ERS
Agricola versus PubAg Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) International Trade Administration
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) United States Census
Bureau Statistical Abstract of the United States Department of Defense
Center of Military History Military Records and Research Department of
Education (SuDocs Stem ED) Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
College Navigator Department of Energy Energy Videos Science.gov Department
of Health and Human Services National Library of Medicine Medicare Coverage
Database Grants.gov Department of Homeland Security FEMA Data
Visualizations National Incident Management System Homeland Security
Digital Library Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of
the Interior Department of Justice Department of Labor Department of State
Archived Content Official Register of the United States Foreign Relations
of the United States (FRUS) State Department Noteworthy Publications
Department of Transportation (SuDocs Stem TD) Department of the Treasury
(SuDocs Stem T) Department of Veterans Affairs (SuDocs Stem VA) Securities
and Exchange Commission Environmental Protection Agency National Service
Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) Brownfields Superfund Federal
Election Commission National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook The Foreign Broadcast
Information Service Daily Reports Joint Publications Research Service
Reports Exercises References Chapter 7 The Regulatory Process The
Regulatory Process The Unified Agenda Federal Register Overview of Online
Interfaces Regulatory Histories Code of Federal Regulations Arrangement and
Publication Title 3: The President Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules
(PTOA) Online Access Correlating FR and CRF List of CFR Sections Affected
e-CFR Other Administrative Law Resources Administrative Law Resources
Exercises References Chapter 8 Judicial Branch Information Sources
Commercialization of Legal Resources The Judiciary Searching for Cases
Published Opinions Supreme Court Opinions Slip Opinions United States
Reports The Oyez Project C-SPAN Videos Westlaw and Lexis PACER Secondary
Sources before Primary Sources Where to Get Cases Commercial Online
Services Exercises References Chapter 9 Statistical Sources (Not Including
Census) Basic Statistical Starting Strategies Strategy 1: Use Google Web
for Direct and Indirect Search Strategies Strategy 2: ProQuest Statistical
Insight Strategy 3: ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
Strategy 4: Going beyond U.S. National Sources Strategy 5: Do a Literature
Search Putting the Tools to Work Diving Into Statistical Databases
Historical Statistical Research Executive Branch Statistical Agencies
Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense
Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human
Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban
Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Department of
Labor Department of State Department of Transportation Department of the
Treasury Department of Veterans Affairs Social Security Administration
(SSA) Other Agencies That Maintain Statistical Programs Legislative Branch
Statistical Sites Judicial Branch Statistical Sites U.S. Courts Website
TRACFED Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Print Tools,
Statistical and Census Exercises References Chapter 10 Census Basics and
Background The Census and Reapportionment History of the Decennial Census
Statistics versus Records Sampling Personally Identifiable Information
(PII) Census Geographies 2010 Census National Geographic Tallies Adjusted
Geographic Boundaries State Data Centers Data Visualizations Special Census
Reports Exercises References Chapter 11 Census Data for People and Housing
Understanding Data Structures Programs Data Sets Tables Data Decennial
Census versus American Community Survey Race and Ethnicity
Self-Identification Hispanic Origin Public Use Metadata Samples (PUMS)
PUMAs, the PUMS Geography iPUMS Data from the Minnesota Population Center
Retired Census Data Tools Earlier Data Tools American FactFinder-Going Away
Disappearing Censuses Print Census Resources Data.census.gov Single Search
Bar Advanced Search Table Types Dealing with Geographies Context-Sensitive
Table Elimination Third-Party Statistical Tools Social Explorer PolicyMap
SimplyAnalytics Exercises References Chapter 12 Economic Census and Related
Business Data Economic Census Geographies SIC: Standard Industrial
Classification System NAICS: The Classification System NAICS Sectors The
SIC Zombie Economic Census Data Online Business Patterns Older Economic
Census Publications Online Census Business Builder Exercises References
Chapter 13 Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Selected
Map-Publishing Agencies Types of Maps Topographic Maps from USGS Degrees:
Minutes: Seconds versus Decimal Census TIGER/Line Files National Geodetic
Survey Nautical Maps from NOAA Perry Casteñeda Map Collection CIA Maps Maps
from NTIS GeoPlatform.gov Maps within FRASER Serial Set Maps Commercial
Mapping Tools USGS Mapping Tools Shapefiles and Georeferencing Where Can I
Find These Maps? Resources Exercises References Chapter 14 Federal STEM
Information Technical Reports National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
and Its National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) OSTI.gov EPA Documents
and the NEPIS Database NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Defense
Technical Information Center (DTIC) Technical Report Archive and Image
Library (TRAIL) Medical Information Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Library of
Medicine PubMed, Medline, and PubMed Central Standards Standards.gov
Military Standards Data Print Tools for NTIS Technical Reports Exercises
References Chapter 15 Intellectual Property, Secrets, and Declassified
Information Intellectual Property Patents Trademarks Copyright Secret,
Declassified, and Unpublished Government Information Secret Documents and
Declassification Declassified Document Sources Unpublished Hearings The
Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act Freedom of Information Act
Background Making FOIA Requests FOIA Uses Privacy Act System of Records
Notice (SORNs) Exercises References Chapter 16 State and Local Government
Information State Government Websites URL Patterns below State Level
Legislation Regulations Local Ordinances State Government Information and
Copyright State Depository Programs Older State Materials Exercises
References Chapter 17 Citing Government Publications Citing Executive
Branch Materials Executive Orders, Presidential Proclamations, and Other
Issuances Treaties Executive Agency Publications General Publications
Annual Reports Foreign Relations of the United States Topographic Map
Regulations Technical Reports Citing Legislative Branch Materials
Congressional Record Congressional Hearing Congressional Report
Congressional Document Public Law Citing Judicial Branch Materials Supreme
Court Case Appellate Court Case Appendix A. Superintendent of Documents
Classification System Appendix B: Congress/Year Table Appendix C: Foreign
Government Internet Domains Appendix D: Acronyms Appendix E:
Correspondences between U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations Appendix
F: Selected Major Federal Databases Index
Government Information Early Founders and Access to Government Information
Challenges to Free Access Government Documents or Government Information?
What Do Users Want? The Formats of Government Information Document Topics
Document Types Organization of Government/Organization of Publications
Superintendent of Documents Classification System Government Publications,
Print Collections, and Online Access Competencies of Government Information
Professionals Using Google to Find Government Information Testing
Government Database Exposure in Google Records in Library Catalogs Domain
Searching File Type Searching Direct versus Indirect Google Searching
HathiTrust, Internet Archive, and Government Publications Exercises
References Chapter 2 Federal Information Dissemination First Era: Early
Printing and the U.S. Congressional Serial Set Background of the Serial Set
American State Papers Contents of the Serial Set Numbering of the Serial
Set Intellectual Access to the Serial Set Series within Series Tangible
Serial Set Collections Hints on Free Online Access to the Serial Set
Numerical Lists and Other Print Finding Aids to the Serial Set Commercial
Online Versions of the Serial Set Second Era: The Federal Depository
Library Program Selective and Regional Depository Libraries Outdated
Mandate Leaving the Program Third Era: Online Dissemination
PURLs-Persistent Uniform Resource Locators Authentication Preservation
Dissemination Fugitive Documents Summing Up the Three Eras General Tools
and Finding Aids Catalog of Government Publications (CGP) WorldCat
Bibliographic Database Govinfo.gov Finding Older Publications Online Tools:
Free and Subscription GovDoc-L References Chapter 3 Legislative Branch
Information Sources Listen to the Parliamentarians Our American Government
Bills and Resolutions Different Types of Bills and Resolutions Getting the
Full Text of Bills and Resolutions Bill Tracking Services House and Senate
Journals Proceedings and Debates of Congress Early Debates What Is in the
Congressional Record? The Congressional Record: Daily Edition versus
Permanent Edition Résumé of Congressional Activity Searching the
Congressional Record Congressional Record Index Reports and Documents
Reports Documents Hearings Locating Hearings Generally Locating Hearings
Connected to Legislation Committee Prints Public Laws Private Laws United
States Code U.S. Code Appendices Commercial Versions of the U.S. Code
Confusing Nomenclature Additional Congressional Publications House and
Senate Journals Legislative Calendars Congressional Directories
Congressional Commission Publications (Y 3) Congressional Research Service
(CRS) Reports Government Accountability Office Reports Congressional Budget
Office Materials Committee and Subcommittee Memberships Congress.gov
Commercial Guides to Congress Exercises References Chapter 4 Legislative
History Research Researching the Document Trail Sources of Legislative
Histories Endnotes to Public Laws Congress.gov History of Bills in
Govinfo.gov ProQuest Legislative Insight Compiled Legislative Histories
Bills and Resolutions in the Legislative Process Congressional Debate in
the Legislative Process Congressional Reports and Legislative Intent
Presidential Signing Statements Outcome Studies and Legislative Histories
Review of Legislative History Research Legislative History Case Studies
Legislative History Case Study 1: Rapid DNA Act of 2017 Legislative History
Case Study 2: Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act Legislative History
Case Study 3: Emergency Daylight-Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of
1973 Exercises References Chapter 5 Documents of the Presidency
Presidential Issuances Executive Orders Presidential Proclamations Other
Presidential Issuances Sources of Presidential Documents [Weekly]
Compilation of Presidential Documents Public Papers of the Presidents
Social Media and the Presidency Treaties and Other International Agreements
Treaty Complexities Treaty Text Sources Presidential Libraries Exercises
References Chapter 6 Executive Branch Information Sources ProQuest
Executive Branch Documents Annual Reports of Executive Agencies Executive
Office of the President Budget of the United States Government Budget
Calendar OMB versus CBO Sources of Budget Documents Navigating the Budget
Documents Economic Report of the President Executive Branch Information
Resources Department of Agriculture Yearbook of Agriculture ARS and ERS
Agricola versus PubAg Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) International Trade Administration
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) United States Census
Bureau Statistical Abstract of the United States Department of Defense
Center of Military History Military Records and Research Department of
Education (SuDocs Stem ED) Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
College Navigator Department of Energy Energy Videos Science.gov Department
of Health and Human Services National Library of Medicine Medicare Coverage
Database Grants.gov Department of Homeland Security FEMA Data
Visualizations National Incident Management System Homeland Security
Digital Library Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of
the Interior Department of Justice Department of Labor Department of State
Archived Content Official Register of the United States Foreign Relations
of the United States (FRUS) State Department Noteworthy Publications
Department of Transportation (SuDocs Stem TD) Department of the Treasury
(SuDocs Stem T) Department of Veterans Affairs (SuDocs Stem VA) Securities
and Exchange Commission Environmental Protection Agency National Service
Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) Brownfields Superfund Federal
Election Commission National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook The Foreign Broadcast
Information Service Daily Reports Joint Publications Research Service
Reports Exercises References Chapter 7 The Regulatory Process The
Regulatory Process The Unified Agenda Federal Register Overview of Online
Interfaces Regulatory Histories Code of Federal Regulations Arrangement and
Publication Title 3: The President Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules
(PTOA) Online Access Correlating FR and CRF List of CFR Sections Affected
e-CFR Other Administrative Law Resources Administrative Law Resources
Exercises References Chapter 8 Judicial Branch Information Sources
Commercialization of Legal Resources The Judiciary Searching for Cases
Published Opinions Supreme Court Opinions Slip Opinions United States
Reports The Oyez Project C-SPAN Videos Westlaw and Lexis PACER Secondary
Sources before Primary Sources Where to Get Cases Commercial Online
Services Exercises References Chapter 9 Statistical Sources (Not Including
Census) Basic Statistical Starting Strategies Strategy 1: Use Google Web
for Direct and Indirect Search Strategies Strategy 2: ProQuest Statistical
Insight Strategy 3: ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
Strategy 4: Going beyond U.S. National Sources Strategy 5: Do a Literature
Search Putting the Tools to Work Diving Into Statistical Databases
Historical Statistical Research Executive Branch Statistical Agencies
Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense
Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human
Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban
Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Department of
Labor Department of State Department of Transportation Department of the
Treasury Department of Veterans Affairs Social Security Administration
(SSA) Other Agencies That Maintain Statistical Programs Legislative Branch
Statistical Sites Judicial Branch Statistical Sites U.S. Courts Website
TRACFED Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Print Tools,
Statistical and Census Exercises References Chapter 10 Census Basics and
Background The Census and Reapportionment History of the Decennial Census
Statistics versus Records Sampling Personally Identifiable Information
(PII) Census Geographies 2010 Census National Geographic Tallies Adjusted
Geographic Boundaries State Data Centers Data Visualizations Special Census
Reports Exercises References Chapter 11 Census Data for People and Housing
Understanding Data Structures Programs Data Sets Tables Data Decennial
Census versus American Community Survey Race and Ethnicity
Self-Identification Hispanic Origin Public Use Metadata Samples (PUMS)
PUMAs, the PUMS Geography iPUMS Data from the Minnesota Population Center
Retired Census Data Tools Earlier Data Tools American FactFinder-Going Away
Disappearing Censuses Print Census Resources Data.census.gov Single Search
Bar Advanced Search Table Types Dealing with Geographies Context-Sensitive
Table Elimination Third-Party Statistical Tools Social Explorer PolicyMap
SimplyAnalytics Exercises References Chapter 12 Economic Census and Related
Business Data Economic Census Geographies SIC: Standard Industrial
Classification System NAICS: The Classification System NAICS Sectors The
SIC Zombie Economic Census Data Online Business Patterns Older Economic
Census Publications Online Census Business Builder Exercises References
Chapter 13 Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Selected
Map-Publishing Agencies Types of Maps Topographic Maps from USGS Degrees:
Minutes: Seconds versus Decimal Census TIGER/Line Files National Geodetic
Survey Nautical Maps from NOAA Perry Casteñeda Map Collection CIA Maps Maps
from NTIS GeoPlatform.gov Maps within FRASER Serial Set Maps Commercial
Mapping Tools USGS Mapping Tools Shapefiles and Georeferencing Where Can I
Find These Maps? Resources Exercises References Chapter 14 Federal STEM
Information Technical Reports National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
and Its National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) OSTI.gov EPA Documents
and the NEPIS Database NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Defense
Technical Information Center (DTIC) Technical Report Archive and Image
Library (TRAIL) Medical Information Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Library of
Medicine PubMed, Medline, and PubMed Central Standards Standards.gov
Military Standards Data Print Tools for NTIS Technical Reports Exercises
References Chapter 15 Intellectual Property, Secrets, and Declassified
Information Intellectual Property Patents Trademarks Copyright Secret,
Declassified, and Unpublished Government Information Secret Documents and
Declassification Declassified Document Sources Unpublished Hearings The
Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act Freedom of Information Act
Background Making FOIA Requests FOIA Uses Privacy Act System of Records
Notice (SORNs) Exercises References Chapter 16 State and Local Government
Information State Government Websites URL Patterns below State Level
Legislation Regulations Local Ordinances State Government Information and
Copyright State Depository Programs Older State Materials Exercises
References Chapter 17 Citing Government Publications Citing Executive
Branch Materials Executive Orders, Presidential Proclamations, and Other
Issuances Treaties Executive Agency Publications General Publications
Annual Reports Foreign Relations of the United States Topographic Map
Regulations Technical Reports Citing Legislative Branch Materials
Congressional Record Congressional Hearing Congressional Report
Congressional Document Public Law Citing Judicial Branch Materials Supreme
Court Case Appellate Court Case Appendix A. Superintendent of Documents
Classification System Appendix B: Congress/Year Table Appendix C: Foreign
Government Internet Domains Appendix D: Acronyms Appendix E:
Correspondences between U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations Appendix
F: Selected Major Federal Databases Index