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A guide for library students and librarians as well as other users and potential users of government information. This updated and expanded edition (first was 1988) adds practice exercises to many chapters and a suggested documents reference collection. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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"Highly recommended for all reference collections and as a text for graduate library courses on government documents or legal bibliography."
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Highly recommended for all reference collections and as a text for graduate library courses on government documents or legal bibliography.CHOICE
Book 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.
About the Author
JUDITH SCHIEK ROBINSON is associate professor, School of Information and Library Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Tapping the Government Grapevine: The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources Third Edition FROM THE PUBLISHER
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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Robinson (information and library studies, State U. of New York- Buffalo) updates her guide both to sources themselves and to methods and strategies for accessing information. Web sites, of course are the sexiest addition; other resources include publications, databases, CD-ROMS, audiovisual material, microfiche, agency experts, clearinghouses, and research laboratories. She also surveys primary resources in the collections of the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the presidential libraries. Illustrations and sample pages are sometimes provided. No dates are noted for previous editions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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