Locating U.S. government information handbook
By: Edward Herman & Theodora Belniak
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Buffalo, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780837739748
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Government information; Handbooks, manuals; Electronic government information; Government Web sites; Public records; Government publications; Directories
Other titles: Locating United States government information handbook
Description: 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.
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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to government and government documents; title: Introduction to online research; title: Internet directories and portals; title: Government Publishing Office indexes; title: Technical report literature; title: Data.gov; title: Maps, GIS, and cartographic resources; title: Statistics, or "Lies, damned lies, and statistics"; title: Historical government documents; title: Browsing by popular topics; title: Contacting government agencies and Congress.