U.S. Government on the Web: Getting the Information You Need, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Peter Hernon; Robert E. Dugan; John A. Shuler

3.29

7 ratings by Goodreads

9781563088865: U.S. Government on the Web: Getting the Information You Need, 2nd Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156308886X ISBN 13: 9781563088865

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2001

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Peter Hernon, one of the country's foremost authorities on government information, and his colleagues explore additional sites, digital reference services, and navigation strategies for effectively accessing and using online government information. Updated with the latest information from the new administration and the 107th Congress, this second edition has been refined with features including a detailed analysis of information policies governing e-government, expanded coverage of the Freedom of Information Act and Web sites devoted to it, directions to sites that provide subject-specific statistics, and more. Visit the Libraries Unlimited Web site at www.lu.com/lu/idu.html for monthly Web address updates.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Book Description:

The definitive guide to United States government information on the Web now includes material on the Department of Homeland Security, the Patriot Act, and the E-Government Act of 2002.

About the Author:

PETER HERNON is Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston

Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Academic Librarianship

Founding Editor of Government Information Quarterly

Co-Editor of Library & Information Science Research

and an internationally acclaimed author of numerous books in the area of government information.

ROBERT E. DUGAN is Library Director, Mildred F. Sawyer Library, Suffolk University, Boston.

JOHN A. SHULER is Documents Librarian, Department Head, and Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.