"Government Information: A Reference for Librarians in Hawai'i draws on a wide range of sources to educate librarians about federal, state, local, and international government information with an emphasis on Hawai'i. Case studies illustrate specific types of government information. Each chapter features a list of additional resources for further reading."--Book description.
Notes
Textbook developed by Gwen Sinclair for Government Documents LIS 648 course taught in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library and Information Science Program.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Source of description
Online resource; title from PDF title page, viewed October 11, 2024.
Rights and reproductions note
Government Information: A Reference for Librarians in Hawai'i by Gwen Sinclair is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Contents
1. Introduction to government information
2. Statutory law and congressional materials
3. Regulations and administrative law
4. Judicial branch and legal information
5. The executive branch
6. Data and statistics
7. Census data
8. Intellectual property
9. Scientific and technical information
10. State and local documents
11. Hawaiʻi documents
12. Foreign government information
13. The United Nations and intergovernmental organizations
14. Geospatial information
15. Hawaiʻi geospatial information
16. Dissemination, collection development, and bibliographic control
17. Freedom of information and open government
18. Genealogy resources.
OCLC
1460327239
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