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PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE |
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Federal Government Resources Electronic Publications - http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/fedelec.html
Uncle Sam Migrating Government Publications - http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/mig.htm
Annotated list of federal government documents on the web or CD-ROM, arranged by Superintendent of Documents Classification number or title.Demystifying Government Documetns - Marilyn Moody - http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/sel/mkm/michigan/docs.html
Finding Government Information - What's the Difference? - Wayne State University - http://www.libraries.wayne.edu/purdy/govtrain.html
How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the Web maintained by Patricia Cruse and Sherry
DeDecker - University of California Santa Barbara and University of California, San Diego - . http://gort.ucsd.edu/pcruse/universe/intro.htmlGovernment Rsources on the Internet - Genie Tyburski and Cyndi Pitchon - http://www.virtualchase.com/govdoc/index.htm
Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications - Government Publications Department - The University of Memphis - http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/citeweb.htm
This guide provides examples of the most common examples of government document citations. These examples are based on the Chicago/Turabian standard bibliographic style and not reference-list form.
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List of Government Acronyms - Government Publications Library - University of Colorado at Boulder - http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/ps/gov/a-z/alpha.htm
This list is maintained by the Government Publications Library of the University of Colorado and compiled by Deborah Hollis and Norberto Lozoya-Escobar. The glossary identifies acronyms found in government databases or bulletin boards on the Internet and in print publications. The acronyms are agency names, economic terms, government publications such as the NPR or NAFTA documents, and Internet gopher sites.U.S. Government Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms - Electronic Messaging Center -
http://www.fed.gov/infohwy/govacro.html
The abbreviations and acronyms are organized in alphabetical order.
A Guide To Government Information: Subject Bibliographies - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/sale180.html
Subject Bibliographies (Publications By Topic) - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/sale100.html
Subject Bibliographies (Browse Topics) - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/pathbrws.html
Pathway Services - Browse Topics - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/pathbrws.html
Pathway Services - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/pathbrws.html
This is your guide to the more than 12,000 different books, periodicals, posters, pamphlets and subscription services available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Because it would be impractical to list all 12,000 publications in one catalog, these publications are listed in more than 150 free subject catalogs. Each catalog, known as a "Subject Bibliography," is devoted to one broad area of interest. There is an alphabetical listing of Subject Bibliographies as well as a more detailed index to the subject areas.
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Monthly Catalog of U. S. Gov. Publications - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html
The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT) contains most of the information available through the Federal Depository Library Program and is available for online searching as part of the GPO Access Federal Locator services. The database contains cataloging records published in MOCAT since January 1994 and is updated daily with preliminary cataloging records that will be edited and published in future issues of MOCAT.
CARL Government Publications Database - http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/ps/gov/us/carl.htm
The CARL Government Publications Database has the U. S. Government Printing Office (GPO) cataloging from 1976 to the present in a searchable interface.
Publications Reference File - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale.htmlInformation For Sale From the U. S. Government - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale.html
Information For Sale - Publications By Topic - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/sale100.htmlPublications Reference File Online via GPO Access is the "Books in Print" of the Government Printing Office. . Updated daily. This database serves as a guide to Government information products currently offered for sale by the Superintendent of Documents and is arranged by GPO stock numbers; International Standard Book Numbers; Superintendent of Documents classification numbers and alphabetically by subjects, titles, agency series and report numbers, key words and phrases, and authors. The PRF also includes citations to forthcoming Government information products as well as to titles which have recently been superseded or gone out of print.
Consumer Information Center Catalog - Pueblo, CO - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
Consumer Information Center - Browse the Catalog - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
National Technical Information Service - http://www.ntis.gov/search.htm
This Search Page searches the entire NTIS Web site containing references to 370,000 technical publications, datafiles, CD-ROMs, and audiovisual material added to the NTIS collection within the last 10 years. These publications and products are available directly from NTIS.ERIC - http://ericir.syr.edu/ERIC/eric.html
Web interface to citations and abstracts in the ERIC database since 1991.
Claitor's GPO Publication Reference File Master Index - http://www.claitors.com/prf/prfindex.htm
Bernan Associates - Government Publications Network - http://www.bernan.com/BernanPressGeneralReference.asp
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ERIC - http://ericir.syr.edu/Search/
U.S. Department of Education pays for extensive Education Research Information Clearinghouses with thousands of abstracts of educational research and publications.
Documents to the People - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GODORT/DTTP/
Quarterly periodical of the Government Documents Round Table/American Library Association. Annual Index - Alphabetic index for each year, 1990 to present.Journal of Government Information (Auburn) (formerly known as Government Publications Review) - http://www.lib.auburn.edu/madd/docs/jgi/title.html
Tables of contents since 1973/74.Government Information Quarterly - http://www.lib.auburn.edu/madd/docs/giq/title.html
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1. How often is the Monthly Catalog database updated? How far back does the database include
cataloging records?
2. Search the subject index of the Monthly Catalog and list the Monthly Catalog entry number for
a document on one of these topics:
a. gun control
b. Lake Superior
c. Television ViolenceFor the documents listed above, locate the bibliographic entry in the main body of the Monthly Catalog and supply the following information.
Gun Control
A. Issuing Agency:
B. Title:
C. Pages:
D. SuDoc #:
Lake Superior
A. Issuing Agency:
B. Title:
C. Pages:
D. SuDoc #:
Television Violence
A. Issuing Agency:
B. Title:
C. Pages:
D. SuDoc #:
3. Use Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications to write correct citations for
the items that you find in question number 2.
4. Use the List of Government Acronyms to find what "SPARTECA" means.
5. What agency is the "PLBB ? Use the U.S. Government Commonly Used Abbreviations and
Acronyms
