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Exploring Government Documents: Resources, Strategies, and Tips for Success

This presentation dives into the vast resources available for exploring U.S. government documents. It highlights the Federal Depository Library Program, essential tools like LexisNexis and Westlaw, and strategies for navigating a fluid information environment. Attendees will learn how to efficiently utilize archives, catalogs, and online databases to uncover the information they need. Expect to gain insights on official websites, featured items, and reliable news sources, plus tips for overcoming challenges in document retrieval. Dancing is encouraged!

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Exploring Government Documents: Resources, Strategies, and Tips for Success

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  1. Introduction • Websites (& more) on handout: http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/docstoday.html • Time for questions at the end • Dancing is optional, but highly recommended

  2. How Did We Get Here? • Federal Depository Library Program • Gov Docs: the bleeding edge • Tips & tricks, sources & strategies

  3. Looking for Clues • LexisNexis & Westlaw news • BNA daily reports • Google News • PubSub Government

  4. Gitmo & Geneva Conventions • Findlaw • MSNBC • National Public Radio • New York Times • Newsweek • Wall Street Journal

  5. Beyond Google

  6. Running Down a Dream • Catalog of Gov Pubs • Fluid environment • Library catalogs • Multiple formats • Well of help

  7. Bibliographic records of depository titles, 1994- Click to e-only docs New name & interface soon

  8. Running Down a Dream • Catalog of Gov Pubs • Fluid environment • Library catalogs • Multiple formats • Well of help

  9. U.S. Government Meta-Sites • Official • Multiple databases search • Featured items • Archived IRS forms • Contracted research • Depository escapees

  10. Bills BudgetsCong. Reports & DocumentsEcon. Report of the Pres.Federal RegisterGovernment ManualLegislative CalendarsPublic Papers of the Pres.Session LawsUnified Regulatory AgendaU.S. CodeWeekly Comp. of Pres. Docs.

  11. Under Pressure • BeSpacific • JURIST • DocuTicker

  12. Congressional Documents • GPO Access & Thomas • Committee websites • Government Accountability Office (GAO) • Congressional Research Service

  13. Congressional Research Service Reports • U of North Texas • Open CRS • LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (fall ’05) CRS Report for Congress

  14. Executive & Independent • National Criminal Justice Reference Center • Environmental Protection Agency

  15. Crime is on my site Yes it is Crime is on my site Yes it is Now, I’ve got the crime docs The docs that you need N C JRS N C JRS N C JRS Dot G O V

  16. Acid rain = 643LUST = 242NEPA = 394Superfund = 3001

  17. Too Much or Nothing • State • Homeland Security • Civil Rights Commission • Interior

  18. Includes archives on own website and at DOSFAN

  19. Between Too Muchand Nothing • Civil Rights Commission • Interior

  20. Statistics • FedStats • Admin Office of the US Courts • Bureau of Justice Statistics

  21. But I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For • Internet Archive • CyberCemetery • University of Michigan Documents Center

  22. No Satisfaction • Not on the web • Classified • Invisible Web • Unpublished • Not a document

  23. Questions? http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/docstoday.html Includes links to PowerPoint slideshows

  24. Finding Gov Docs Today:The Soundtrack Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime Robert Palmer, Looking for Clues Tom Petty, Running Down a Dream Tom Petty, I Need to Know David Bowie & Queen, Under Pressure Three Dog Night, Liar Liar Rolling Stones, Time Is on My Side General Public, Too Much or Nothing Three Dog Night, One U2, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for Rolling Stones, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction Blondie, Call Me

  25. A Sixteen Paw Production

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