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Whether used as a text for library and information science students, as a resource for professional librarians needing to access the information produced by or for the federal establishment, or as a guide for researchers, this acclaimed title is an essential resource and a valuable tool guiding readers through the vast and constantly changing terrain of government information in print and electronic forms. Morehead describes administrative machinery and information systems of the Government Printing Office (GPO); introduces general checklists, indexes, and guides to government information; describes the Congress and intrinsic sources that comprise the legislative process; and details many other government publications. Morehead provides a broad overview of public access issues, giving special attention to the impact of electronic formats (notably the Internet's World Wide Web) on the dissemination of federal government information. He then describes administrative machinery and information systems

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• List of Illustrations(p. xix)
• Preface to the Sixth Edition(p. xxi)
• Acknowledgments(p. xxv)
• 1 The Transformation of Government Information(p. 1)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• From Arpanet to Internet(p. 2)
• The Internet and Its Metaphors(p. 4)
• Who Will Tame the Internet?(p. 5)
• The Loss of Information(p. 6)
• Bedazzled by the Future(p. 6)
• Government Information Issues(p. 8)
• Privatizing Government Information(p. 8)
• Preserving Government Information(p. 8)
• Public Access to Government Information(p. 10)
• Authenticity and Integrity of Government Information(p. 11)
• Government Information in the Public Domain(p. 12)
• Conclusion(p. 12)
• Notes(p. 13)
• 2 Government Printing Office Programs and Services(p. 15)
• A Brief History of the Government Printing Office(p. 15)
• The Gpo Today(p. 17)
• Fiscal Year Appropriations(p. 17)
• Computer-to-Plate Technology(p. 18)
• GPO Access(p. 19)
• Government Information Locator Service(p. 20)
• The Office of Superintendent of Documents(p. 21)
• Structure and Functions of the SuDocs Office(p. 21)
• The Sales Program(p. 22)
• Current Awareness Sources(p. 23)
• The Internet Sales Connection(p. 28)
• Cataloging Issues and Activities(p. 31)
• Cataloging Electronic Titles(p. 31)
• CONSER, OCLC, and PURLs(p. 33)
• WorldCat(p. 33)
• Monthly Catalog on FBB(p. 34)
• The Future of Internet Cataloging(p. 34)
• Superintendent of Documents Classification System(p. 35)
• Classifying Electronic Products(p. 38)
• Classifying Fugitive Publications(p. 39)
• Guides to the SuDocs Classification System(p. 41)
• Giving Print Its Due(p. 41)
• Notes(p. 42)
• 3 The Federal Depository Library Program(p. 45)
• Introduction(p. 45)
• A Brief History of the FDLP(p. 47)
• The Printing Act of 1895(p. 47)
• The Depository Library Act of 1962(p. 47)
• The FDLP Today(p. 48)
• Categories and Designations(p. 49)
• Inspection Program(p. 51)
• Biennial Survey(p. 52)
• Depository Library Council(p. 52)
• Disposition Guidelines(p. 53)
• Listservs and askLPS(p. 54)
• FDLP Partnerships(p. 54)
• Expunge This Doc!(p. 55)
• Fugitive Documents(p. 56)
• Selected Tools of the Trade(p. 57)
• List of Classes(p. 57)
• Shipping Lists(p. 57)
• Items and Item Lister(p. 59)
• Documents Expediting Project (Doc Ex)(p. 60)
• Conclusion(p. 62)
• Notes(p. 63)
• 4 General Finding Aids and Selected Reference Sources(p. 65)
• Introduction(p. 65)
• Retrospective Sources(p. 66)
• Print Resources(p. 67)
• General Guides(p. 69)
• Internet Sites(p. 70)
• Agency Histories(p. 72)
• Professional Literature(p. 73)
• Directories(p. 74)
• Citation Manuals(p. 75)
• Bibliographies(p. 75)
• Acronyms(p. 76)
• Information Management(p. 77)
• Audiovisual Materials(p. 77)
• Catalogs, Indexes, and Checklists(p. 79)
• Poore (1774-1881)(p. 79)
• Ames (1881-1893)(p. 80)
• Checklist (1789-1909)(p. 80)
• Document Catalog (1893-1940)(p. 81)
• Monthly Catalog (1895-)(p. 81)
• Indexes to the United States Congressional Serial Set(p. 87)
• Greely (1789-1817)(p. 88)
• Tables and Index (1817-1893)(p. 88)
• Document Index (1895-1933)(p. 89)
• Numerical Lists and Schedule of Volumes (1933-1980)(p. 89)
• Monthly Catalog--Congressional Serial Set Supplements(p. 89)
• CIS US Serial Set Index, 1789-1969(p. 90)
• Periodical Indexes(p. 90)
• Government Journals in Electronic Formats(p. 91)
• Commercial Sources Enhancing Use of Mocat(p. 92)
• Personal Author Indexes(p. 93)
• The Readex Collection(p. 93)
• Other Non-Print Products(p. 94)
• Popular Name Catalog(p. 95)
• Accessing Older Primary Sources(p. 95)
• Upgrading the GPO Shelflist(p. 96)
• Summary(p. 97)
• Notes(p. 98)
• 5 Legislative Branch Information Sources(p. 101)
• Introduction(p. 101)
• The Legislative Process(p. 102)
• Introduction of Legislation(p. 105)
• Committee Action(p. 114)
• Floor Action(p. 122)
• Action in the Other Chamber(p. 131)
• The Conference Committee(p. 131)
• Presidential Action(p. 133)
• Publication of Laws(p. 136)
• Slip Laws(p. 137)
• United States Statutes at Large(p. 137)
• United States Code(p. 139)
• Electronic Sources of Public Laws(p. 141)
• Private Legislation(p. 141)
• Legislative Procedure(p. 142)
• Sources of Information(p. 145)
• The United States Congressional Serial Set(p. 146)
• House and Senate Reports(p. 147)
• House and Senate Documents(p. 147)
• Senate Treaty Documents(p. 148)
• Senate Executive Reports(p. 149)
• Numerical Lists and Schedule of Volumes(p. 150)
• Distribution of Serial Set Is Abridged(p. 153)
• Assigned Serial Set Numbers Not Used(p. 153)
• Departmental and Congressional "Editions"(p. 153)
• The Serial Set on Microfiche(p. 155)
• Serial Set Classification(p. 155)
• Other Reports Required by Congress(p. 157)
• Legislative Histories and Legislative Intent(p. 159)
• Selective Information Sources(p. 161)
• Selective Congressional Information(p. 164)
• House and Senate Journals(p. 164)
• House and Senate Manuals(p. 165)
• Memorial Addresses(p. 166)
• Constitution of the United States(p. 166)
• Directories(p. 167)
• Financial Disclosure(p. 169)
• Major Studies and Issue Briefs(p. 170)
• Congressional Quarterly, Inc.(p. 170)
• Summary(p. 171)
• Notes(p. 171)
• 6 The Presidency(p. 175)
• Introduction(p. 175)
• The White House Complex(p. 175)
• Executive Orders and Proclamations(p. 176)
• Title 3, CFR(p. 181)
• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents(p. 181)
• Public Papers of the Presidents(p. 182)
• Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders(p. 183)
• Executive Office of the President(p. 185)
• Office of Management and Budget(p. 185)
• Economic Report of the President(p. 188)
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance(p. 188)
• North American Industry Classification System(p. 189)
• O*NET: The Occupational Information Network(p. 190)
• O*NET Products(p. 191)
• Occupational Compensation Survey(p. 191)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook(p. 191)
• Presidential Advisory Committees and Commissions(p. 192)
• Presidential Libraries(p. 195)
• Treaties and Agreements(p. 196)
• United States Department of State Dispatch(p. 198)
• Treaties in Force(p. 199)
• Treaties and Other International Acts Series(p. 201)
• United States Treaties and Other International Agreements(p. 204)
• Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949(p. 204)
• Commercial Sources for Treaties and Agreements(p. 206)
• Treaty Internet Sites(p. 212)
• American Indian Laws and Treaties(p. 213)
• Nominations(p. 214)
• Reorganization Plans(p. 215)
• United States Government Manual(p. 216)
• Summary(p. 218)
• Notes(p. 218)
• 7 Administrative Law: Regulations and Decisions(p. 221)
• Introduction(p. 221)
• Background(p. 222)
• The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations(p. 223)
• The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations(p. 225)
• Privacy Act Notices(p. 226)
• Congressional Oversight(p. 226)
• Content Differences: FR and CFR(p. 227)
• Emergency Rulemaking(p. 228)
• Searching the FR and CFR(p. 229)
• Commercial Online Databases(p. 229)
• CD-ROM Products(p. 229)
• Internet Sites(p. 230)
• Print and Microfiche Sources(p. 231)
• Shepard's CFR Citations(p. 231)
• Ulpdating the CFR(p. 232)
• Page/Date Conversion Tables(p. 237)
• Specificity and Language(p. 237)
• The Regulatory Dilemma(p. 239)
• Administrative Decisions(p. 241)
• Notes(p. 242)
• 8 Legal Information Sources(p. 245)
• Introduction(p. 245)
• The Legal Publishing Landscape(p. 248)
• Reference and Research Aids(p. 250)
• Basic Resources(p. 250)
• Citation Forms and Controversies(p. 251)
• Encyclopedias(p. 254)
• Dictionaries(p. 255)
• Directories(p. 255)
• Legal Periodical Literature(p. 256)
• Digests(p. 257)
• Annotated Law Reports(p. 259)
• Looseleaf Reporters(p. 261)
• Shepard's Citations(p. 261)
• Popular Names of Cases(p. 264)
• Other Legal Sources(p. 264)
• Federal Court Reports(p. 264)
• District and Appellate Courts(p. 265)
• The United States Supreme Court(p. 267)
• Judicial Conference Records(p. 277)
• Electronic Sources and Services(p. 277)
• Evaluative Tools(p. 277)
• Project Hermes(p. 278)
• Commercial Online Services(p. 278)
• CD-ROM Products(p. 279)
• Internet Sites(p. 279)
• Summary(p. 281)
• Notes(p. 282)
• 9 Statistical Sources(p. 285)
• Introduction(p. 285)
• Selected Internet Resources(p. 288)
• Commercial Sources(p. 288)
• Contents of American Statistics Index(p. 288)
• Statistical Universe(p. 289)
• Government Sources(p. 291)
• Stat-USA(p. 291)
• Bureau of Export Administration(p. 294)
• TIC Export Information(p. 295)
• FedStats(p. 295)
• White House Site(p. 296)
• Major Statistical Agencies(p. 296)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics(p. 296)
• Employment and Unemployment(p. 297)
• Prices and Living Conditions(p. 299)
• Other BLS Series(p. 301)
• Bureau of the Census(p. 302)
• Basic Information Sources(p. 304)
• Major Statistical Compendia(p. 306)
• Census Depository Libraries(p. 310)
• Personal Census Records Searching(p. 310)
• State Data Centers(p. 311)
• Census Geography(p. 312)
• TIGER Mapping Service(p. 313)
• Intercensal Publishing(p. 313)
• Other Statistical Sources(p. 314)
• Selected Agencies(p. 316)
• The Census of Population and Housing(p. 320)
• Historical Overview(p. 320)
• Constitutional Issues(p. 322)
• Census 2000 Strategies(p. 324)
• Beyond 2000(p. 329)
• American Community Survey(p. 329)
• American FactFinder(p. 330)
• Summary(p. 330)
• Notes(p. 331)
• 10 Intellectual Property(p. 333)
• Introduction(p. 333)
• Trade Secrets(p. 333)
• Trade Secrets Federalized(p. 335)
• Patents(p. 335)
• Types of Patents(p. 337)
• Claims and Prior Art(p. 338)
• When Patents Expire(p. 339)
• Basic Information Sources(p. 340)
• Manual Searching(p. 340)
• Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries(p. 342)
• Automated Patent System(p. 343)
• Patent Search Room(p. 344)
• Patents on the CASSIS CD-ROM Series(p. 344)
• Internet Sites(p. 345)
• Commercial Online Databases(p. 348)
• International Patent Classification(p. 348)
• Other Patent Publications(p. 349)
• Patent Law(p. 349)
• Trademarks(p. 352)
• Types of Trademarks(p. 353)
• Basic Information Sources(p. 354)
• Electronic Data Protected(p. 354)
• Depository Library Logo(p. 354)
• Design Phrase(p. 355)
• Trademarks on the CASSIS CD-ROM Series(p. 355)
• Official Gazette--Trademarks(p. 357)
• Internet Sites(p. 357)
• Trademark Search Library(p. 358)
• Commercial Online Databases(p. 358)
• Domain Names and Trademark Issues(p. 359)
• Trademark Law(p. 361)
• Copyright(p. 363)
• Exclusive Rights(p. 364)
• Works Protected(p. 364)
• Works Not Protected(p. 365)
• Fair Use(p. 365)
• Copyright Arbitration Panels(p. 366)
• Internet Sites(p. 367)
• Commercial Online Databases(p. 367)
• Official Copyright Publications(p. 368)
• Shepard's Citator(p. 368)
• Three in One(p. 369)
• Copyright Law(p. 369)
• What The Future May Hold(p. 370)
• Notes(p. 371)
• 11 Selected Departments And Agencies by Function(p. 373)
• Introduction(p. 373)
• Scientific Research and Development(p. 373)
• National Technical Information Service(p. 374)
• The NTIS Mandate(p. 376)
• NTIS Access Tools(p. 376)
• Document Accession Notation(p. 379)
• Pricing Methods(p. 380)
• Department of Energy(p. 380)
• Department of Energy Databases(p. 381)
• Other DOE Resources(p. 382)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration(p. 383)
• NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program(p. 383)
• NASA RECONplus(p. 384)
• NASA at Forty(p. 384)
• Defense Technical Information Center(p. 384)
• Technical Report Database(p. 385)
• Technical Effort and Management System Database(p. 386)
• Independent Research and Development Database(p. 386)
• Selected Internet Reference Tools(p. 386)
• Education(p. 386)
• Educational Resources Information Center(p. 387)
• ERIC/IT(p. 388)
• Bibliographic Sources(p. 388)
• Electronic Editions of RIE and CIJE(p. 390)
• FDLP/ERIC Digital Library Project(p. 393)
• Declassified Information(p. 393)
• Central Intelligence Agency(p. 394)
• The CIA Web Site(p. 394)
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service(p. 395)
• Commercially Available Declassified Documents(p. 397)
• Library Awareness Program(p. 400)
• Audits and Evaluations(p. 401)
• General Accounting Office(p. 402)
• GAO Print Resources(p. 403)
• GAO Legislative Histories(p. 403)
• The GAO's Web Site(p. 403)
• Summary(p. 405)
• Notes(p. 405)
• 12 Geographic Information Sources(p. 407)
• Introduction(p. 407)
• Federal Cartographic Activities(p. 408)
• Major Mapping and Charting Agencies(p. 408)
• Depository Library Procedures(p. 416)
• Serial Set Maps(p. 416)
• Library of Congress Panoramic Maps(p. 417)
• MrSID and LizardTech(p. 418)
• Landview III(p. 418)
• Geographic Information Systems(p. 420)
• GIS and Global Change(p. 421)
• GIS Private and Public Sector Uses(p. 422)
• Gazetteers(p. 423)
• Decision Lists(p. 423)
• Geographic Names Information System(p. 424)
• NIMA Gazetteers(p. 427)
• The Romance of Names(p. 427)
• Notes(p. 428)
• Appendix The Impeachment and Trial of the President: A Chronology of Primary Source Materials(p. 431)
• Title/Series Index(p. 441)
• Subject/Name Index(p. 463)

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JOE MOREHEAD, Professor, School of Information Science and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, received the first CIS/GODORT/ALA Documents to the People Award in 1977, the James Bennett Childs Award in 1989, and the Isadore Gilbert Mudge R. R. Bowker Award.