Tapping the Government Grapevine
The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources, 3rd Edition
3rd Edition
Published on 11. August 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-57356-024-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
755 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57356-024-5 (9781573560245)
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Judith Robinson
Tapping the Government Grapevine
The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources
E-Book
08/1998
3rd Edition
Greenwood Press
€81.89
Available for download
Person
JUDITH SCHIEK ROBINSON is associate professor, School of Information and Library Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo. She is the author of three books on reference librarianship and government sources and has conducted workshops for the Office of the Federal Registrar.
Content
Preface Introduction to Government Information Resources Access to Government Information GPO, The Mother Lode Depository Libraries: Federal Information Safety Net Bibliographies and Indexes Scientific Information Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights Legislative Information Sources Regulations Executive Branch Information Sources Judicial Information Sources Statistics Primary and Nonprint Sources Docs Populi: A Documents Toolkit Foreign and International Documents Appendix 1: Publisher's Addresses and Web Sites Appendix 2: Citation Signposts Appendix 3: Answers to Exercises Appendix 4: Abbreviations and Popular Names Appendix 5: Internet Addresses Appendix 6: Tips for Seaching Old GRA & I Issues Index