Authors: Jean L. Sears, Marilyn K. Moody
ISBN-13: 9781573562881, ISBN-10: 1573562882
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: February 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
JEAN L. SEARS is currently the head of the Government Documents Department at Miami University Libraries in Oxford, Ohio.
MARILYN K. MOODY is presently director of the Science and Engineering Library at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and will soon take over as the Associate University Librarian for Information and Research Services at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Updates the bestselling Oryx information guide with many more print and Internet resources.
This iteration reflects the proliferation of online government information resources and publications since the 1994 edition. Besides these Web and other sources, the authors provide time- saving specifics on subject, agency, and statistical search strategies. They also cover special techniques for exploring areas of interest such as judicial reports, patents and trademarks, and national archives. Includes source checklists by subject, catalog and screen samples, and a list of selected nongovernment addresses. Sears heads the Government Documents Department at Miami U. Libraries in Oxford, Ohio. Mood recently became an associate university librarian at the U. of California, Santa Barbara. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
List of Illustrations | ||
Preface to the Third Edition | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Ch. 1 | Introduction | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Search Strategy and Government Information Sources | 5 |
Ch. 3 | The Basics of Searching | 10 |
The Subject Search | 23 | |
Ch. 4 | Foreign Policy | 25 |
Ch. 5 | Foreign Countries | 35 |
Ch. 6 | Occupations and Jobs | 42 |
Ch. 7 | Selling to the Government | 50 |
Ch. 8 | Business Aids | 58 |
Ch. 9 | Directories | 64 |
Ch. 10 | Tax Information | 70 |
Ch. 11 | Travel Information | 77 |
Ch. 12 | Audiovisual Information | 84 |
Ch. 13 | Copyright Information | 88 |
Ch. 14 | Climate | 91 |
Ch. 15 | Elections | 102 |
Ch. 16 | Maps | 111 |
Ch. 17 | Genealogy | 119 |
Ch. 18 | Agriculture | 128 |
Ch. 19 | Health | 141 |
Ch. 20 | Education | 160 |
Ch. 21 | Geology | 174 |
Ch. 22 | Environment | 181 |
Ch. 23 | Astronomy and Space | 195 |
The Agency Search | 201 | |
Ch. 24 | Government Programs and Grants | 203 |
Ch. 25 | Regulations and Administrative Actions | 215 |
Ch. 26 | Administrative Decisions | 225 |
Ch. 27 | The President | 232 |
The Statistical Search | 243 | |
Ch. 28 | Population Statistics | 245 |
Ch. 29 | Vital Statistics | 261 |
Ch. 30 | Economic Indicators | 271 |
Ch. 31 | Business and Industry Statistics | 279 |
Ch. 32 | Housing and Construction Statistics | 297 |
Ch. 33 | Income | 308 |
Ch. 34 | Earnings | 318 |
Ch. 35 | Employment | 328 |
Ch. 36 | Prices | 338 |
Ch. 37 | Consumer Expenditures | 345 |
Ch. 38 | Foreign Trade Statistics | 352 |
Ch. 39 | Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics | 364 |
Ch. 40 | Defense and Military Statistics | 373 |
Ch. 41 | Energy Statistics | 380 |
Ch. 42 | Projections | 389 |
Ch. 43 | State and Local Government Statistics | 395 |
Ch. 44 | Transportation Statistics | 403 |
Special Techniques | 419 | |
Ch. 45 | Legislative History | 421 |
Ch. 46 | Judicial Reports | 433 |
Ch. 47 | Budget Analysis | 439 |
Ch. 48 | Treaties | 446 |
Ch. 49 | Technical Reports | 455 |
Ch. 50 | Patents and Trademarks | 463 |
Ch. 51 | Standards and Specifications | 476 |
Ch. 52 | Historical Searches | 482 |
Ch. 53 | National Archives | 502 |
App.: Selected Nongovernment Addresses | 511 | |
Index | 517 |