| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 364 pages) |
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Cover; Essays on Public Documents and Government Policies; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Our Didactic Government; The Uses and Misuses of Information Found in Government Publications; User Needs and the Information Transfer Process; United States Government Publications: Sources and Services for Science and Technology Libraries; Government Serials and Economic Analysis; Federal Serials and the Economics of Recession; Lies, Damned Lies, and Crime Statistics: The FBI Story; Nuclear Holocaust and Public Policy |
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Close Encounters of Another Kind: The Center for Short-Lived PhenomenaThe Forlorn Passion of William Steiger; Record Redux; Tennis Elbow of the Soul: The Public Papers of Richard Nixon, 1973-1974; The Plum Book; Government at the Top: The Plum Book and President Reagan's First 70 Days; Government Information in Electronic Form: The Chadha Decision and the Joint Committee on Printing; Private Bills and Private Laws: A Guide to the Legislative Process; Preserving the Environment: Notes Toward a Bibliography; Federal Education at the Cabinet Level |
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Physical Fitness: Government Policy and Public DocumentsThe Devil's Best Century: Reflections on Our National Cemeteries; Sex Themes in Federal Serials; Anthroporn in Wonderland: Technical Standards and Reports; A Portrait of Working Women in Federal Government Periodicals; Federal Policies and Publications on Sexual Harassment; The Pentagon's Magazine Publishing Empire; Abridging Government Information: The Reagan Administration's War on Waste; The Occupational Outlook Handbook and Related Prophetic Texts; A Bucolic Brouhaha: The 1979 Yearbook of Agriculture |
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Windyfoggery: The Language of Government DocumentsRevisions and Excisions: The Emergence of Non-Sexist Language in Government Publications; The United Nations Documentation Information System; Serials Documentation of the United Nations and Specialized Agencies; The Protection of Intellectual Property: The World Intellectual Property Organization; The Youngest Member of the United Nations Family: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Index |
| Summary |
Better understand the use, scope, and value of public documents and government policies by reading this invaluable volume |
| Notes |
"Has also been published as Technical services quarterly, volume 3, numbers 3/4, spring/summer 1986"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Libraries -- Special collections -- Government publications.
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Government publications -- United States.
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Government information -- United States
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Government publications -- United States -- Bibliography
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries.
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Government information
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Government publications
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Libraries -- Special collections -- Government publications
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Amtliche Publikation
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Overheidspublicaties.
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317951360 |
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1317951360 |
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