Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Fundamentals of Government Information: Mining, Finding, Evaluating, and Using Government Resources


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