Overview
Each state government produces large varieties and quantities of useful information that are largely unknown outside their state of origin. This book leads the public to the most useful information sources produced by each state, as well as to depository libraries that will facilitate more effective research. For each of the 50 states, important publications are detailed, along with information on how to obtain them. The publications' topics range from crime statistics to vital statistics, business statistics, health information, statistical abstracts, education directories, state budgets, economic indicators, state laws and legal information, and more. Tapping State Government Information Sources has a broader focus than previously published books in this subject area, most of which have focused solely on depository laws, useful state publications, or indexes to state publications. This book covers all three. The first chapter describes print and electronic sources that provide information about all 50 states. Each state's resources are then described in individual chapters. When possible, information about how to order a copy of the source is given, as are Web addresses for titles that are available online. At the beginning of each state chapter, the state's legal definition of public document or its equivalent is given, which may be of interest to librarians in states that are reexamining their own depository laws.
Full Product Details
Author: Lori L. Smith ,
Daniel C. Barkley ,
Daniel D. Cornwall ,
Eric W. Johnson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Greenwood Press
Dimensions:
Width: 18.00cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 26.70cm
Weight: 1.197kg
ISBN: 9781573563871
ISBN 10: 1573563870
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 30 November 2003
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
?Tapping State Government Information Sources is a clearly organized, thorough guide to state government information resources. For researchers and librarians not specializing in the area, it provides a straightforward approach to locating this type of information, and will serve as a useful quick reference to experts....A useful addition to most collections, this title is particularly recommended for larger public libraries and academic libraries maintaining business and legal reference collections.?-E-Streams ?There are older guides to state documents, and Web sites that compile state government links, but no recent source approaches the elegance and thoroughness of this volume, which gathers a balanced selection of print and online state information sources....this is a tremendous contribution to a neglected area. Highly recommended. Academic and public libraries.?-Choice There are older guides to state documents, and Web sites that compile state government links, but no recent source approaches the elegance and thoroughness of this volume, which gathers a balanced selection of print and online state information sources....this is a tremendous contribution to a neglected area. Highly recommended. Academic and public libraries. -Choice Tapping State Government Information Sources is a clearly organized, thorough guide to state government information resources. For researchers and librarians not specializing in the area, it provides a straightforward approach to locating this type of information, and will serve as a useful quick reference to experts....A useful addition to most collections, this title is particularly recommended for larger public libraries and academic libraries maintaining business and legal reference collections. -E-Streams
?Tapping State Government Information Sources is a clearly organized, thorough guide to state government information resources. For researchers and librarians not specializing in the area, it provides a straightforward approach to locating this type of information, and will serve as a useful quick reference to experts....A useful addition to most collections, this title is particularly recommended for larger public libraries and academic libraries maintaining business and legal reference collections.?-E-Streams
Author Information
LORI L. SMITH is Head of the Government Documents Department at Southeastern Louisiana University's Sims Memorial Library. She is also a founding member of the Louisiana Advisory Council for the State Documents Depository Program. DANIEL C. BARKLEY is Coordinator of Government Information/Periodicals/Microforms at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He has served as Chair of the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) and is incoming Chair of the U.S. Public Printer's Depository Library Council. He is also the Chair of the New Mexico Depository Library Council. DANIEL C. CORNWALL is the administrator of the Alaska State Publications Program as well as the technical services librarian for the Alaska State Library. ERIC W. JOHNSON is the Interim Library Director at the Sims Memorial Library, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond Louisiana. J. LOUISE MALCOMB teaches Government Information: Resources and Organization for Indiana University's School of Library and Information Science, Bloomington, Indiana. She has also served there as Head of Undergraduate Library Services and as Head and Librarian for Geography and Maps.
