Day One (9am-4:30pm)

9-Noon

Overview of Government Documents

·        History of the Government Printing Office

·        Discussion of the importance of government documents, unique features of documents including the Superintendent of Documents classification system

·        E-Government, what is it and how does it affect libraries and the FDLP

Overview and discussion of Popular Government Documents & how they fit together

• Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations and Unified Agenda
• Congressional Record
• Congressional Bills and Public Laws

History of Print Indexes

Lunch Noon-1pm

1-4:30

Searching and Retrieving Government Documents Efficiently using:

GPO Access  www.gpoaccess.gov

Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov

 & LexisNexis Congressional (through KSU library – requires proxy for access)

GPO Access –

·        Overview

·        Searching techniques and review of Boolean logic

·        Search Congressional Record and CFR using sample exercises

Day Two

 9-noon

GPO Access continued

• Reference resources on government
• More searching exercises

Comparison of GPO Access with THOMAS and LexisNexis Congressional (Available through KentLink)

• Explore differences in searching techniques and resources
• Sample exercises
• Finding Ohio Government Documents on the web (using Gongwers News Service  and Ohio Capital Connection)
• http://www.mbkcons.com/wkshp/govdocs/ksugovt/ksugovlinks.htm

Finding Government Information on the Internet

1-4:30 – Government Information on the Web (fee vs free search tools)

• Reference tools and resources
• International, Federal, State and Local Government Information
• List of websites and search engines provided 

http://www.mbkcons.com/wkshp/govdocs/govdocslinks.htm

 Sample exercises