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Government Information Clearinghouse and Handout Exchange

Providing User Access for Electronic Government Publications

The purpose of this site is to explore the issues involved in providing access for our users to the many and varied forms of electronic government information available. We begin with some policy documents that will serve to guide your service planning, and then provide some sites to help you develop finding aids to this type of information.

The Official Word

Federal Depository Library Manual
- Chapter 4. Electronic Publications See especially Section 5, Reference Service and Policies for Electronic Publications
Depository Library Public Service Guidelines for Government Information in Electronic Formats July 10, 2000
FDLP Internet use Policy Guidelines revised March 2003
Recommended Specifications for Public Access Work Stations in Federal Depository Libraries FDLP

Examples from the Trenches

Agency Index (and publications links) Washlaw
Meta-Subject Index to Government Information Stephen Woods, Idaho State University
Frequently Used Sites Related to U. S. Federal Information Federal Documents Task Force
Government Information Web Page Template Larry Schankman and Cathy Hartman, GITCO
GODORT Handout Exchange
CD-Rom Documentation Service GODORT/GITCO
White Paper - Government Information in the Electronic Environment (GODORT Ad Hoc Committee on the Internet, January 1996)

Guides and Tutorials

American FactFinder and Census 2000 Grace York, University of Michigan
Government Documents Tutorial Charlene Cain and Larry Schankman
Finding State Legislation: a Web Tutorial Jody Condit Fagan, Southwestern Illinois College
How to Effectively Locate Government Information on the Web Patricia Cruse and Sherry DeDecker, University of California
How to use the Census 2000 CD/DVDs Amy West, University of Minnesota
Managing Electronic Depository Web Sources via Web Pages Valerie Glenn, University of North Texas
The "Agency Approach" to Locating Government Information on the Internet Chuck Malone, Western Illinois University
Using the Reference Maps in American FactFinder Amy West, University of Minnesota

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Author: ALA GODORT Education Committee

Maintained by: Sherry DeDecker
Updated: June 8, 2004
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