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Judith Schiek Robinson has updated and expanded this popular guide, which offers a thorough and sometimes humorous tour of government information sources. Her highly readable text explains the intricacies of government information and how to find sources that meet specific research needs. New features in the third edition include detailed coverage of Internet resources, directories of World Wide Web addresses, and quick tips on which government Web sites to search for different types of information. Helpful guides to government abbreviations and citations are also included, as are numerous new tables, user guides, exercises, and illustrations.

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• Preface
• Introduction to Government
• Information Resources Access to Government
• Information GPO, The Mother Lode Depository Libraries: Federal Information
• Safety Net Bibliographies and Indexes
• Scientific Information Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights Legislative
• Information Sources Regulations
• Executive Branch Information Sources
• Judicial Information
• Sources Statistics Primary and Nonprint Sources Docs Populi: A Documents Toolkit Foreign and International Documents
• Appendix 1 Publisher's Addresses and Web Sites
• Appendix 2 Citation Signposts
• Appendix 3 Answers to Exercises
• Appendix 4 Abbreviations and Popular Names
• Appendix 5 Internet Addresses
• Appendix 6 Tips for Seaching Old GRA & I
• Issues
• Index

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Library Journal Review

provides basic information on these important and frequently used library materials. But who would think that this illustrated work is also fun to browse? Lucidly and elegantly written, it features a wonderful selection of unusual patents (an application for a combined toilet tank and aquarium) and amusing quotations (including suggestions for questions rejected by the U.S. Census, e.g., "Do you dream in color?"). Although it may lack the folksy charm of The Old Farmer's Almanac, the one-volume World Almanac (the new edition is reviewed on p. 126) still retains a unique appeal owing to its eclectic contents and unrivaled authoritativeness. Published continuously since 1886, this venerable and inexpensive resource offers such diverse tidbits as a list of the most-visited web sites and a chart of the most notable roller coasters in the world. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

The third edition lives up to its promise of "90 percent fresh material." Most of the new information focuses on electronic resources, primarily the increasing number of government Web sites, although many traditional documents (publications, maps, archival materials) are covered as well. This Cook's tour of the changing world of government information has 15 chapters, from "GPO, The Mother Lode" to "Regulations." Most chapters have practice exercises for students, with an answer key in the appendix. Agency addresses end each chapter. The URL is listed for each government Web site, and a cumulative URL list appears in an appendix (a great ready reference feature). The author recommends checking government sites frequently for new URLs or other site changes. The focus remains steady on US government information resources, except for one chapter by Karen F. Smith devoted to a brief overview of international/foreign/state documents. An index provides keyword access, and six appendixes offer additional lists such as "Abbreviations and Popular Names." Among the features are "Reference Tables" (e.g., tips for searching the Monthly Catalog on the Internet) and "Information Boxes" (e.g., a glossary of patent terminology). Tips about how to access and navigate government Web sites are found throughout, reinforcing the "user friendly" claim. Highly recommended for all reference collections and as a text for graduate library courses on government documents or legal bibliography. L. H. Cherepon; St. John's University (NY)

Booklist Review

In our review of the second edition [RBB Je 1 & 15 93], we called this book "a most useful acquisition for high-school, public, and academic libraries." Reflecting the rate of change in the intervening years, this new edition has "more than 90 percent fresh material," including online resources.

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JUDITH SCHIEK ROBINSON is associate professor, School of Information and Library Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo. She is the author of three books on reference librarianship and government sources and has conducted workshops for the Office of the Federal Registrar.