Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 / Karen F. Smith -- Appendix 1. Publishers' 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 searching old GRA & I issues -- Index. More than 90 percent of this edition contains new material. The focus on government Web sites is interwoven into the traditional documents knowledge base: genres of government documentation, access options, and agency concentrations. It includes electronic resources, publications, maps, audiovisuals, archival collections and museums, as well as some of the personalities, events, and ironies behind them. Chapters feature search and access tips, quick-reference tables, information boxes, and illustrations.