Locating U.S. government information handbook / Edward Herman & Theodora Belniak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, Edward, 1949- author.

Belniak, Theodora, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government information--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Government information.

Electronic government information--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Electronic government information.

Government Web sites--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Government Web sites.

Public records--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Public records.

Government publications--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Government publications.

Government information--United States--Directories.

Electronic government information--United States--Directories.

Government Web sites--United States--Directories.

Public records--United States--Directories.

Government publications--United States--Directories.

United States.

Genre:

Directories.

Handbooks and manuals.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Locating United States government information handbook

Place of Publication:

Buffalo, New York : William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2015.

Summary:

This handbook will show users how to do legal research in the wider and sometimes confusing world of government documents, and is organized intuitively to help the novice. Because many government documents are available freely online, this book is designed to be used in tandem with Internet resources. It can be used as a quick reference tool to navigate the citation formats and unique government information portals, to aid in understanding the material, to find related non-government resources, and to answer some subject-based questions about the availability of government documents. Appendixes cover often-used document numbers and citations, an explanation of the Freedom of Information Act and how to use it to find government documents, and further information and training resources.--Publisher.

Contents:

Introduction to government and government documents

Introduction to online research

Internet directories and portals

Government Publishing Office indexes

Technical report literature

Data.gov

Maps, GIS, and cartographic resources

Statistics, or "Lies, damned lies, and statistics"

Historical government documents

Browsing by popular topics

Contacting government agencies and Congress

Appendix 1. Decoding numbers and citations

Appendix 2. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Appendix 3. Further information on government publications

Appendix 4. Selected commercial resources for U.S. government publications.

Notes:

Revision of "Locating United States government information" by Edward Herman (Buffalo, NY : W.S. Hein, 1997) plus his Internet supplements published 1997 and 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Edition:

Revision of: 1575882035 Herman, Edward, 1949- 2nd ed. Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein, 1997

ISBN:

9780837739748

0837739748

OCLC:

904250127

Publisher Number:

99977552944