Public Policy Workshop (2004)

• Government Information and the Federal Depository Library Program
• Basic Search Tools

Government Information and the Federal Depository Library Program

Swem Library is one of 1,200 Seletive Federal Depository Libraries

Item Numbers Selected: 4,250
Total Possible Selections: 7,467
Selection Rate: 57%

Government Information consists of:

• Swem Government Information Stacks
• Swem Government Information Microforms
• Swem Government Information CDs/DVDs
• Internet Virtual Stacks

Mix of formats (2003)

Government Information Media

Total Titles	38,000	100%
Online	24,000	63%
Paper	7,100	19%
Microform	4,700	12%
Maps	1,700	4-5%
CD/DVD	400	1%

Current Depository Library Mission

Make search for government information a little less uncertain.

Basic Search Tools

• LION (1990- )
  
• Swem Government Information Webpage
• Marcive WebDOCS (1976- )
   
• Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Z 1223 .A18 GOVDOC-REF)
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
  (online coverage from January 1994)
• 
  Internet .GOV/.MIL search engines:
• Google U.S. Government Search
• USA.Gov

Other Useful Resources

Current Information & News

• National Journal Group’s Policy Central
• LexisNexis Academic

Policy on controversial issues

• LexisNexis Congressional(Congressional hearings)
• Thomas(Official speeches/policy statements)
• GPO Access
• LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index

Overview or details of agency programs

• LexisNexis Congressional (Appropriation hearings)
• Thomas(Agency annual reports)
• GPO Access (Agency periodicals)
• LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index (Agency budget documents)
• Budget Documents

Nonpartisan analyses

• Congressional Budget Office
• Government Accountability Office
• Congressional Research Service
• CBO – Publications by Subject Area
• GAO – GPO Access-GAO Reports
• Selected CRS Reports

Legal information

• LNCong
• Thomas
• GPO Access
• Regulations.gov
• LNCong

Statistics

• Census Bureau
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Statistical Abstract
• LexisNexis Statistics
• Fed Stats
• Historical Statistics of the U.S. (HA202 .B87) Reference Dept.
• American Fact Finder (for 2000 Census)
• Childstats.gov (for children & family data)
• Population & Household Economics Topics
• ICPSR - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Journalistic/Scholarly, Analyses, Commentaries

• CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
• Public Agenda Online
• Think Tanks (Univ of Michigan)
• Stateline.org

Identify officials

• Leadership Library
• Congressional Directory
• Government Manual

Historical materials

• LNCong Historical Full-Text

National security materials

• Declassified Documents Reference System