Tapping the Government Grapevine: The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources

Judith Robinson

Bloomsbury Academic, Aug 11, 1998 - Computers - 286 pages

Judith Schiek Robinson has updated and expanded this popular guide, which offers a thorough and sometimes humorous tour of government information sources. Her highly readable text explains the intricacies of government information and how to find sources that meet specific research needs. New features in the third edition include detailed coverage of Internet resources, directories of World Wide Web addresses, and quick tips on which government Web sites to search for different types of information. Helpful guides to government abbreviations and citations are also included, as are numerous new tables, user guides, exercises, and illustrations.

About the author

JUDITH SCHIEK ROBINSON is associate professor, School of Information and Library Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo. She is the author of three books on reference librarianship and government sources and has conducted workshops for the Office of the Federal Registrar.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Tapping the Government Grapevine: The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources
• Author: Judith Robinson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 1998
• ISBN: 1573560243, 9781573560245
• Length: 286 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Internet / General; Political Science / American Government / General; Political Science / American Government / National; Political Science / General; Political Science / Reference