These are slides from the first webinar in the Accidental Gov Info Librarian series. Presented by Bryna Coonin, it covers the basics of government information.

9. Organization of the Federal Government Legislative Executive Judicial Senate & House President & VP Supreme Court AGENCIES (Departments) Agriculture * Commerce * Defense * Education * Energy * Health * Homeland Security * Housing * Interior * Justice * Labor * State * Transportation * Treasury * Veterans INDEPENDENT AGENCIES CIA, EPA, Federal Election Commission, General Services, Small Business Administration, Social Security, etc. Constitution

13. Organized by SuDocs Number Government information, whether in print or electronically, is organized by the governmental body/agency that produces it. In our Dewey classification or LC classifications you can browse for items by call number and expect to find similar items grouped together within those numbers. Not so in the world of government information… The Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) number is the government information “call number.”

30. Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress CRS: R40168 Date: 2010-09-22 Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D. Description: This report provides an overview of current issues surrounding alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles

37. (Weekly) Compilation of Presidential Documents http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CPD

40. Department of Education

41. Many agencies do provide excellent standard titles electronically …

47. FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov/