Finding Documents From Government Agencies

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Finding Documents From Government Agencies

• Stacy Etheredge, JD, MLIS
• Reference Librarian
• Coleman Karesh Law Library
• University of South Carolina

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What are Government Agency Documents?

• Reports Requested by Congress
• Independent Reports and Studies
• Testimony before Congress
• Press Releases
• Speeches

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Finding Government Agencies

• USA Gov
• GPO Access
• LSU Libraries

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Finding Documents On Agency Websites

• Run a search
• Find a link

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Finding Documents On Agency Websites

• Run a search in their search box
• Find a link to where the documents are kept

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Different Names For Links on Agencies Websites

• Information Sources EPA
• Briefing Room TSA
• Issues and Press State Dept.
• Research Library Labor Dept.
• Information Bridge Energy Dept.
• Publications US Comm. on Civil
  Rights

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Finding an Agency Document - Example One

• President Reaffirms Policy of Striking Foes First
• By Peter Baker, The Washington Post, March 21,
  2006
• WASHINGTON
• President Bush today issued an updated
  national-security strategy reaffirming his
  doctrine of pre-emptive war against terrorists
  and hostile states with chemical, biological or
  nuclear weapons, despite the troubled experience
  in Iraq.
• The document, an articulation of U.S. strategic
  priorities required by law every four years,
• White House

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Finding an Agency Document - Example Two

• Aine Smith. Child Labor The Pakistani Effort to
  End a Scourge Upon Humanity Is It Enough? 6
  San Diego Int'l L.J. 461 (2005).
• Footnote See U.S. Dep't of Labor, Advancing
  the Campaign Against Child Labor Efforts at the
  Country Level (2002).
• Department of Labor

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Finding An Agency Document - Example Three

• Placido G. Gomez. Symposium Civil Rights, The
  Dilemma of Difference Race as a Sentencing
  Factor. 24 Golden Gate U.L. Rev. 357 (1994).
• Footnote United States Commission on Civil
  Rights, New Mexico Advisory Committee, The
  Farmington Report A Conflict of Cultures 51
  (1975).
• US Commission on Civil Rights
• Thomas Cooper Website

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Finding an NGO Document An Example

• ACLU Launches Campaign on Voting Rights Act
  Reauthorization (3/7/2006)WASHINGTON
• The A.C.L.U. today launched a new campaign to
  raise public awareness and urge Congress to
  reauthorize the expiring sections of the landmark
  Voting Rights Act of 1965. The campaign launch
  was marked by the release of two reports.
• The first report, The Case for Extending and
  Amending the Voting Rights Act Voting Rights
  Litigation, 1982-2006, is an 867 page report
  documenting 293 ACLU cases brought in 31 states.
• ACLU

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If You Google - Try This

• Google U.S. Government Search
• (searches .gov and .mil websites only)

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The End

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  if you need assistance