Strategies for Finding Electronic Government Documents Kristina Bobe [email_address] November 5, 2008 Keeping Up…

Overview of today’s session Updates on digitization initiatives: what’s complete, what’s still in progress Databases LexisNexis Congressional HeinOnline ALADIN e-GovDocs Web initiatives Digitization projects Forthcoming releases Exercises: practice your skills

Updates on digitization initiatives: what’s complete, what’s still in progress

Databases

LexisNexis Congressional

HeinOnline

ALADIN e-GovDocs

Web initiatives

Digitization projects

Forthcoming releases

Exercises: practice your skills

It can be hard to find government documents…

LexisNexis Congressional Collections already available in full text: CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports 1916-present Committee Prints & Misc. Publications 1830-present Historical Serial Set + Maps 1789-1969 House & Senate Reports, Documents

Collections already available in full text:

CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports

1916-present

Committee Prints & Misc. Publications

1830-present

Historical Serial Set + Maps

1789-1969

House & Senate Reports, Documents

LexisNexis Congressional Updated Digital Hearings: last year at this time, digitized back to the 1970’s Now, for fall 2008: hearings are being digitized back to the 1800’s Email: citations only Not RefWorks compatible Scans vary in quality

Updated Digital Hearings: last year at this time, digitized back to the 1970’s

Now, for fall 2008: hearings are being digitized back to the 1800’s

Email: citations only

Not RefWorks compatible

Scans vary in quality

LexisNexis Congressional ‘Digital Collection’ means full text is available

‘Digital Collection’ means full text is available

GEORGE record for hearing GEORGE record shows microfiche holding for Vandenberg Resolution on the North Atlantic Treaty

Found that Defense Appropriations hearing…

HeinOnline – includes full text of… Code of Federal Regulations 1938-2008 Federal Register 1936-2008 American State Papers 1789-1828 Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) 1861-1976 U.S. Federal Agency Library U.S. Presidential Library U.S. Statutes at Large 1789-2005

Code of Federal Regulations 1938-2008

Federal Register 1936-2008

American State Papers 1789-1828

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) 1861-1976

U.S. Federal Agency Library

U.S. Presidential Library

U.S. Statutes at Large 1789-2005

HeinOnline The Big News: complete digitization of the Congressional Record Annals of Congress (1789-1824) Register of Debates (1825-1837) Congressional Globe (1833-1873) Congressional Record (1873-2003) Congressional Record Daily (1994-2008)

The Big News: complete digitization of the Congressional Record

Annals of Congress (1789-1824)

Register of Debates (1825-1837)

Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Congressional Record (1873-2003)

Congressional Record Daily (1994-2008)

Congressional Record November 15, 1918

HeinOnline cont’d Plus: Citation Navigator tool - accurate for known citations Minus: Search leaves a LOT to be desired - can be long and unproductive Not RefWorks compatible

Plus: Citation Navigator tool - accurate for known citations

Minus: Search leaves a LOT to be desired - can be long and unproductive

Not RefWorks compatible

Some people can be so demanding…

WRLC Government e-Docs Marcive 100% load Documents Without Shelves Library listed as E-GovDoc Location: US GovPubs Online - Available to All Focus on recent documents (2000 and later)

Marcive 100% load

Documents Without Shelves

Library listed as E-GovDoc

Location:

US GovPubs Online - Available to All

Focus on recent documents (2000 and later)

WRLC Government e-Docs To search only E-GovDocs Click on ‘More Limits’ Select LOCATION ‘EGovDoc’ Click on ‘Set Limits’ Search using keywords and retrieve only electronic Gov Docs GPO titles: no authentication required Most useful for subject areas where our collection is not strong

To search only E-GovDocs

Click on ‘More Limits’

Select LOCATION ‘EGovDoc’

Click on ‘Set Limits’

Search using keywords and retrieve only electronic Gov Docs

GPO titles: no authentication required

Most useful for subject areas where our collection is not strong

Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/ Search on ‘government documents’ Collection is continually growing; multiple contributors Good internal search Potential to be a major archive of full text government documents

http://www.archive.org/

Search on ‘government documents’

Collection is continually growing; multiple contributors

Good internal search

Potential to be a major archive of full text government documents

Registry of Digitization Projects http:// registry.fdlp.gov /

Google U.S. Government http://www.google.com/ig/usgov Limits results to .gov, .mil, .us internet domains

MARC Records for Serial Set 283,529 MARC records will be loaded into GEORGE from the LexisNexis Congressional Serial Set Documents from 1789-1969 Included with our LN subscription Annual reports, House and Senate documents and reports, more here… Full text and coming soon!

283,529 MARC records will be loaded into GEORGE from the LexisNexis Congressional Serial Set

Documents from 1789-1969

Included with our LN subscription

Annual reports, House and Senate documents and reports, more here…

Full text and coming soon!

MARC Records for Digital Hearings As soon as they are available: MARC Records will be loaded for the Digital Hearings collection Included with our LN subscription Link to full text of hearing As with other subscription-based sources, will require authentication from off-campus from to view

As soon as they are available:

MARC Records will be loaded for the Digital Hearings collection

Included with our LN subscription

Link to full text of hearing

As with other subscription-based sources, will require authentication from off-campus from to view

Time for exercises … Any questions?