Hartnett, Cassandra J., Andrea L. Sevetson, Eric J. Forte. Fundamentals of Government Information: Mining, Finding, Evaluating, and Using Government Resources. 2nd edition. Neal Schuman, 2016. ISBN: 978-8389-1395-6
Description
The 2nd edition of this fundamental resource provides updated information and new resources to round out the current picture of access to both historical and current government information resources. Arranged by both type of resource and topics, it is easy to use as both a text and a reference resource.
Table of Contents
Part I Overview of Key Government Information Resources
Chapter 1 Introduction: The People’s Information, by Eric Forte
Chapter 2 How to Think Like a Government Documents Librarian, by Andrea Sevetson
Chapter 3 Congressional Publications, by Cassandra Hartnett
Chapter 4 Introduction to Law, by Eric Forte and Peggy Roebuck Jarrett
Chapter 5 Public Laws and the U.S. Code, by Peggy Roebuck Jarrett
Chapter 6 Regulations, by Cassandra Hartnett
Chapter 7 Case Law and the Judicial Branch, by Peggy Roebuck Jarrett
Chapter 8 The President, by Andrea Sevetson
Part II Government Information in Focus
Chapter 9 The Executive Branch, by Cassandra Hartnett
Chapter 10 Statistical Information, by Amy West and Eric Forte
Chapter 11 Health Information, by Ann Glusker
Chapter 12 Education Information, by Susan Edwards
Chapter 13 Scientific and Technical Information, by Kathryn W. Tallman
Chapter 14 Environment and Energy Information, by Jesse Silva and Lucia Orlando
Chapter 15 Business, Economic, and Consumer Information, by Jessica Jerrit and Eric Forte
Chapter 16 Census, by Eric Forte, Kelly Smith, and Annelise Sklar
Chapter 17 Patents, Trademarks, and Intellectual Property, by Martin K. Wallace
Chapter 18 Historical and Archival Information, by Cassandra Hartnett
