Government Information Resources
[17:610:541]
Pre-requisites: 17:610:540 or Permission of instructor Description: Introduction to the nature and use of federal, state, local, and international government information resources. Problems relating to the acquisition, bibliographic organization, and reference use of public documents. Major emphasis on information resources of U.S. federal government. Synopsis: Organization of the Courses
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Topic(s) |
Reading Assignment |
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Week 1 |
Overview of government information in the United States; History of the GPO and FDLP; Outline of the course |
Handout |
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Week 2 |
Classification of government information; locating government documents; Tour of the Alexander government documents collection |
Morehead, Ch.1-3 |
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Week 3 |
Federal Documents - Part 1: Executive Materials |
Morehead, Ch.6, pp.175-195 & Ch.7 |
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Week 4 |
Federal Documents - Part 2: Judicial Materials |
Morehead, Ch.8 |
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Week 5 |
Federal Documents - Part 3: Congressional Materials; Demonstration of GPO Access Database |
Morehead, Ch.4-5 |
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Week 6 |
Federal Documents - Part 4: Legislative history reseach [Paper topics due] |
Handout |
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Week 7 |
Federal Documents - Part 5: Census and BLS statistics |
Morehead, Ch.9 |
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Week 8 |
Patent, trademark and copyright research |
Ch.10 |
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Week 9 |
State and Local Documents |
Handout |
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Week 10 |
International Documents: U.N. and European Union documents; treaties; foreign documents |
Morehead, Ch.6, pp.196-220; Handout |
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Week 11 |
Technical and scientific materials;
Geographic informations systems and maps |
Morehead, Ch.11-12 |
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Week 12 |
Issues in government documents: digital preservation and permenant public access; access to "sensitive" information; FOIA and OPRA |
Handouts |
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Week 13 |
Future of goverment documents; professional organizations: GODORT, DANJ, GD-SIS
Presentations |
Handouts |
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Week 14 |
Presentations; Papers are due Week 14 |
No assignment |
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