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Finding Government Documents

Finding Government Documents. Walden University Library. Your hosts Jon Allinder Michelle Hajder. GoToWebinar Control Panel. Agenda. What are government documents? First steps to finding government documents Resources for finding government documents Finding statistics

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Finding Government Documents

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  1. Finding Government Documents Walden University Library

  2. Your hosts • Jon Allinder • Michelle Hajder

  3. GoToWebinar Control Panel

  4. Agenda • What are government documents? • First steps to finding government documents • Resources for finding government documents • Finding statistics • Using the Library

  5. Government Documents • “. . . informational matter which is published as an individual document at Government expense, or as required by law.” -44 U.S.C. 1901 • “. . . any publication produced by a federal, state, or local government agency.” -Univ. North Carolina

  6. Formats? Many!

  7. Government Documents So, you want to find that document online?

  8. Some issues • Incomplete citation, or no citation • No centralized location to find all government documents • Some documents are classified or otherwise not available.

  9. First Steps • Know what you’re after • “I heard about it in the news” • Do some digging around online

  10. Specific Agencies Time to start digging!

  11. Agency Homepages USA.gov (http://www.usa.gov/)

  12. Legislative Documents • Bills • Committee reports • Congressional Record • Hearing transcripts • House and Senate rules • Manuals and procedures • Reports of Independent Counsel investigations.

  13. Legislative Agencies

  14. Judicial Documents • Briefs • Opinions • Summaries • Argument transcripts • Court information

  15. Judicial Agencies LexisNexis Academic (Walden Library)

  16. Executive Documents • Many different kinds of reports and policy statements. • Statistics • Any information the president and the president’s cabinet needs to perform their functions within the government.

  17. Executive Agencies

  18. Finding Statistics Many government agencies collect statistics Fedstats (http://www.fedstats.gov/)

  19. Library Databases Many of the databases offered in the Walden Library contain government documents.

  20. Can’t find the document? • Document isn’t online • Document is classified • Document isn’t published

  21. Review • No single source for federal government documents • Use news sources to gather information about government documents • USA.gov is a great place to look for agency websites • Ask us!

  22. Important URLs Thomas: http://thomas.gov USA.gov: http://usa.gov US Courts page: http://www.uscourts.gov/Home.aspx Federal Depository Libraries: http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp The Cyber Cemetery contains the websites of old or defunct government committees/offices/agencies, and can be great if you’re looking for something and you can’t find the agency’s site! (http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/)

  23. Questions?

  24. ASK – A – LIBRARIAN 800-930-0914 Thank you!

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