Tapping the Government Grapevine
eBook - PDF

Tapping the Government Grapevine

The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Tapping the Government Grapevine

The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources

About this book

Judith Schiek Robinson has updated and expanded this popular guide, which offers a thorough and sometimes humorous tour of government information sources. Her highly readable text explains the intricacies of government information and how to find sources that meet specific research needs. New features in the third edition include detailed coverage of Internet resources, directories of World Wide Web addresses, and quick tips on which government Web sites to search for different types of information. Helpful guides to government abbreviations and citations are also included, as are numerous new tables, user guides, exercises, and illustrations.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1: Introduction to Government Information Resources
  4. Chapter 2: Access to Government Information
  5. Chapter 3: GPO, The Mother Lode
  6. Chapter 4: Depository Libraries: Federal Information Safety Net
  7. Chapter 5: Bibliographies and Indexes
  8. Chapter 6: Scientific Information
  9. Chapter 7: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
  10. Chapter 8: Legislative Information Sources
  11. Chapter 9: Regulations
  12. Chapter 10: Executive Branch Information Sources
  13. Chapter 11: Judicial Information Sources
  14. Chapter 12: Statistics
  15. Chapter 13: Primary and Nonprint Sources
  16. Chapter 14: Docs Populi: A Documents Toolkit
  17. Chapter 15: Foreign and International Documents
  18. Appendix 1: Publishers’ Addresses and Web Sites
  19. Appendix 2: Citation Signposts
  20. Appendix 3: Answers to Exercises
  21. Appendix 4: Abbreviations and Popular Names
  22. Appendix 5: Internet Addresses
  23. Appendix 6: Tips for Seaching Old GRA&I Issues
  24. Index