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How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the World Wide Web

Patricia Cruse
Director, Digital Preservation Program
California Digital Library - Office of the President
University of California

Sherry DeDecker
Head, Government Information Center
University of California, Santa Barbara

Information from the U. S. Government is appearing with increasing frequency on the Internet. In many cases the Internet is the only place to locate important government information. Virtually all agencies now maintain their own web pages, on which are linked statistical data, news releases and other full-text publications. As time passes, more data will be in online format rather than standard print sources. In the future, searching the Web will become the primary means of locating government data.

This "hands-on" workshop is designed to demonstrate how to maximize retrieval of federal government information on the Web. Instruction on the best strategies for searching the major online sources includes:

Know the Structure to Find the Information

Using Search Engines and Subject Indexes to Locate Federal Information

Laws of the Land

Statistics, demographics and other useful data

Major issues to consider

Authors: Sherry DeDecker and Patricia Cruse
Updated: September 2, 2004

University of California Santa Barbara Libraries

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Last Updated: 07/06/06 01:13:16