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

By Judith Schiek Robinson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573560243
• ISBN13: 9781573560245
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Overview

Great book, but the web addresses are about 80% out of date and not working. This is able to be worked around though. I had to buy this for class and I will keep it as a good reference as Robinson writes in a clear and logical way.

The first exciting government documents book ever!

Robinson brings to life the world of government documents in her exceptional work covering various important government issues such as the Government Printing Office, depository libraries, statistics, patents, trademarks, and copyrights, legislative, judicial and presidential information sources and much, much more. Robinson makes what would normally be bland information fun and interesting complete with graphs, recommended internet sights, and famous quotes from well-known government figures. I would highly recommend it for anyone entering the field of library science.