SLIS 5660.080
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND ACCESS SERVICES
TAKE HOME FINAL EXAMINATION

DUE BY Friday, July 9, 1999

Write the name of the resource that you use to find the answer. Give complete bibliographic information.

I. Give the complete name for each of the following: (1 pt. ea)

a. SRIM
b. NTIS
c. TIGER
d. USGS
e. OMB
f. FOIA
g. PRF
h. CFR
i. DLP
j. USCCAN

II. Give the name of the source used and the page number or URL where the answer was found. 2 pt. ea.

  1. a.  What is a government publication?

    b.  What purpose do government publications serve?

  2. a. Distinguish NTIS from GPO according to their mission, similarities and differences.

    b.  The GPO issues a number of serials to inform the public about products currently available free or for sale. They are?

  3. a. What is star pagination?

    b.  What is the difference between the official and unofficial publication of court decisions?

    c.  What is the name of the official reporter of Supreme Court decisions?]

 

  1. Answer the following questions about this case, 491 U.S. 397. What is the name of the case?
    1.  Date the court issued the decision?
    2.  Author of the majority opinion?
    3.  Who were the attorneys?
    4.  What is the significance of the case?
    5.  What are the parallel citations?


    B. Can you find the case of Missouri v. Jenkins that was decided by the Supreme Court in 1995?
    1. Author of the majority opinion?
    2. Who wrote the concurring opinion?
    3. What was the holding in the case?
    4. What is the significance of the case?


    C. What is the name of the case found at 410 U.S. 113(1973)?

    1. Date the court issued the decision?
    2. Author of the majority opinion? Is there a concurring opinion or opinions?
    3. Who were the attorneys?
    4. What is the significance of the case?
    5. Who were the defendant and plaintiff?
    6. What are the parallel citations?

    2.
  1. A. What does 20 C.F.R. section 404.1705 discuss? Does the Federal Register contain any changes to this regulation since the regulation was last recompiled in the Code of Federal Regulations?

    Yes

    No

    B. According to the most recent CFR, how many pounds of tomatoes may be imported without regard to normal import regulations?

    C. I remember reading about Congress trying to stop the colorization of black and white films by Ted Turner's company. An article I read said that Woody Allen testified before Congress. I want to see what the "Woodman" said.

    1. What index did you use to identify Woody's testimony? Give the name of the index, the year, and page number where the hearing is identified.
    2. Give the complete citation for the hearing:
    Name of Committee:
    Title of the Hearing:
    3. Are there federal regulations concerning the identification of these historic films to prevent them from colorization? What are all of the regulations concerning colorized motion pictures? What does the Library of Congress have to do with colorization of motion pictures?

  2. List the Executive Departments. Who are the current administrators of those departments?
  1. A. List three Senate and three House "standing committees." Who are the chairpersons of each committee for the current Congress?
    B. Who is President Pro Tempore of the current Senate?

  2. What is the relationship between the GPO and the SuDocs Office? Describe the mission of each; How are they alike and how are they different?

 

  1. a. What is a depository library and what is its purpose? How can a library become a depository library?
    b. Distinguish between a "selective" and "regional" depository library? What are the responsibilities of the "regional" depository?

 

  1. What is the regulation that regulates hogs as a potential health hazard? What was the enabling statute? Has this regulation been revised or amended?

  2.   What comprises the Federal Register system?

  3. The series, Public Papers of the President began with which President?

  4. a. What comprises the Serial Set?
    b. What is the difference between a public law and a private law?
  1. Identify a document on TWO of the topics below. Indicate the index and access point used. Transcribe the citation as it is given:
    a. Lewis and Clark expedition
    b. Annexation of Texas
    c. Report ca. 1800 on the creation of the Library of Congress and the rules for its governance
    d. Proclamation appointing Nov. 24, 1881 as a Day of National Thanksgiving

  2. a. Can you locate Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton's (1 and 2) inagural addresses? What site did you find the addresses? What are the URLs?

    b. Where can I find the exact words of President Bush when he said something about a "kinder, gentler nation?" Was he speaking before Congress? Give complete bibliographic information.

    c. What was the phrase used by Clinton during his Democratic Party Nomination Acceptance speech in 1992 about his "promise to America?"

  3. My cousin in Tennessee has a whiskey still. I told him it was illegal, but he doesn't believe it. He said prohibition was over. Can you find out if there is a law against whiskey stills in the United States? Can you have a wiskey still in Texas?

  4. What is the Communications Decency Act? Who introduced the legislation? Did it pass? What exactly does it prohibit?

  5. Answer the following questions about 951 F. 2d 684.

    a. What kind of case is it?
    b. Who were the parties and what were the facts of the case?
    c. What is the item that was infringed upon?
    d. Who wrote the opinion?
    e. What phrases did the judge use to divide the sections of the opinion?

  6. A patron wishes to see all documents related to the nomination of Jocelyn Elders as Surgeon General?
    a. Issuing Agency:
    b. Title:
    c. Date:
    d. SuDoc #:
    e. Date of the hearings:
    f. Access Points Used:


  7. Where can I find the last treaty made regarding the operation of the Panama Canal? What did it state? Which President signed it?

  8. Find a document on the topics noted below: Give the bibliographic citation and SuDoc#. Indicate the resource used, the year of the index used and the access point.
    a. Health Consequences of Smokeless Tobacco
    b. Environmental Labeling of Consumer Products
    c. The United States Flag



  9. I want to find a report concerning the history of the Voyager spacecraft missions by NASA? What four planets did the mission observe? Give all bibliographic information to find this report.

    Issuing Agency:

    Title:

    Date:

    SuDoc #:

    Access Points Used:



  10. Using the U. S. Code Congressional and Administrative News (U.S.C.C.A.N.) which reprints significant committee reports for statutes that Congress enacts, answer the following questions referring to the Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-650, 1990 U.S.C.C.A.N. 6803.

    a. What does 101-650 stand for?

    b.  According to the committee report, discovery abuse is the principal cause of what?

    c. What private polling service found high rates of civil litigant dissatisfaction in the discovery process?

    d. In a survey cited in the report, what percent of state and federal judges were troubled by the discovery process?

  11. a. Name five access points for science and technology information that can be used in indexes?

    b. A comprehensive index/abstract for journal articles, conference papers, books, technical reports, etc. published by the Dept. of Energy is?

    c. An index/abstract for federal statistics, begun in 1974 covers both depository and non-depository documents. All of the material indexed is available on microfiche from the company. What is its name?

    d. What index replaced Government Reports Announcement and Index?




    Use print or internet resources to answer these questions about Texas.

  12. a. What is the telephone number for the governor's office?
    b. Use the State Agency Phone Book found with the information for Texas state agencies. Who is executive director of the Department of Information Resources and what is the telephone number?


  13. a. What does Article 1 Section 6 of the Texas State Constitution discuss.
    b. I need to know how to file for incorporation in Texas. Download the directions for filing for incorporation in Texas.