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This is the resource of choice for discriminating researchers and scholars, and for the librarians who assist them. Using Government Information Sources covers the many changes in accessing and using this material, including information sources available on the Internet, online databases, electronic bulletin boards, CD-ROM products and diskettes, and telephone hotline numbers. Chapters covering astronomy and space, state and local government statistics, transportation statistics, and judicial reports are also included.

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Library Journal Review

Updating Sears and Moody's reference staple Using Government Publications (Vol 1: Searching by Subjects and Agencies , Professional Reading, LJ 2/15/86; Vol 2: Finding Statistics and Using Special Techniques , Oryx, 1986), this completely revised work includes new chapters on astronomy and space, state and local government statistics, transportation statistics, and judicial reports. Also integrated into the text are discussions of federal government information in electronic formats, including online services, CD-ROM, electronic bulletin boards, and telephone hotlines. In this new edition, the authors have maintained their original practical emphasis on describing the range of information sources for subjects, including recommended search strategies. Two appendixes list addresses and telephone and electronic bulletin board numbers for federal agencies and selected nongovernmental organizations. Now conveniently published in a single volume, this work will be useful to both new and seasoned librarians and, indeed, to anyone with a substantial interest in federal government information. Recommended for professional reading and for reference collections in academic and research libraries.-- Patrick Ragains, Montana State Univ. Lib., Bozeman (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

The US government now disseminates information not only in traditional paper and microfiche forms, but also in a variety of electronic media: CD-ROMs, computer diskettes, online databases, and Internet files. This second edition of the work formerly titled Using Government Publications (1985-86) reflects this change. All chapters have been revised and expanded, and several new chapters have been added. Like the first edition, this volume is not intended as a comprehensive bibliography but is "designed to deal with specific search situations." Major headings include "The Subject Search" (21 chapters, including foreign policy, elections, and tax information), "The Agency Search" (four chapters, including governmental programs, grants, and the president), "The Statistical Search" (16 chapters, including vital and energy statistics), and "Special Techniques" (10 chapters, including legislative history, treaties, and technical reports). Each chapter offers search strategies, sources (with bibliographic information and sample pages), indexes, cross-references, and lists of GPO subject bibliographies. Appendixes list the mailing and Internet addresses and telephone numbers of government agencies and private publishers. Since US government information is vital to many studies and is available in many forms in most libraries, users will make good use of this volume. All libraries. E. F. Konerding; Wesleyan University

Booklist Review

The first edition of this guide, Using Government Publications, was published in two volumes, Searching by Subjects and Agencies (1985) and Finding Statistics and Using Special Techniques (1986). Both volumes were highly recommended by the Board. Now helpfully consolidated into one volume, the guide's original chapters have been updated and four new chapters added: "Astronomy and Space," "Judicial Reports," and two statistics chapters (state and local government, transportation). The change in title reflects the dramatic impact of electronic products over the last several years, as with distribution of CD-ROM titles through the Federal Depository Library System. The effective focus on strategies for specific search situations has been retained. An outline search strategy is followed by a checklist of key sources and an in-depth discussion of the sources. A chapter will normally take up several search situations; the "Business Aids" chapter, for instance, deals first with the Small Business Administration, then the International Trade Administration, and, finally, miscellaneous additional sources from several other federal agencies, including the monthly CD-ROM National Trade Data Bank, the popular new Commerce Department product. Chapters conclude with lists of related material: indexes (including online versions), other chapters in the guide, Government Printing Office Subject Bibliographies, and other sources. An introductory chapter on the basics of searching discusses the Depository Library System and such basic finding aids as the Monthly Catalog, the microfiche GPO Sales Publications Reference File (PRF), and the CIS and ASI indexes. Illustrative sample pages from key sources are found throughout the guide. Many other electronic sources, governmental and commercial, such as the Toxic Release Inventory and Legi-Slate, are discussed in the appropriate chapters. Two appendixes furnish addresses and telephone numbers for, respectively, selected federal agencies and nongovernment publishers cited in the guide; electronic contact information is also supplied (electronic bulletin boards, Internet, gopher servers, etc.) Inevitably not covered are very recent developments such as the U.S. Geological Survey's introduction of CD-ROM topographic mapping and the demise of such print sources as the Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions. But for a wide range of areas of interest, such as government grants, federal jobs, genealogy, patents and trademarks, legislative history, or federal regulations, this new edition provides current, concise, and expert guidance. Libraries handling inquiries in any field where federal government information is significant will find Using Government Information Sources a valuable and up-to-date resource. (Reviewed May 15, 1994)

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JEAN L. SEARS is currently the head of the Government Documents Department at Miami University Libraries in Oxford, Ohio. She has worked in the government information field for more than 25 years, and previously she was the president of the Ohio Government Documents Round Table as well as a recipient of their Clyde award for outstanding achievement or service in the field of government information. Ms. Sears holds a master of science in librarianship from Western Michigan University.

MARILYN K. MOODY is presently director of the Science and Engineering Library at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and will soon take over as the Associate University Librarian for Information and Research Services at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Ms. Moody has written numerous articles for a variety of library and information science journals and is the editor of Internet Reference Services Quarterly . A popular speaker, Ms. Moody has given many workshops and presentations on electronic government information, using the Internet and the Web, and the digital library. Ms. Moody holds a masters degree in library science from the University of Illinois.