For intern training at Jackson Library

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Government
Information and
Documents
Intern Training, 8/14/2014

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Federal
Documents

3.  The FDLP was established by Congress to
ensure public access to government
information
 Government Printing Office gathers
documents, creates records, and sends them to
the participating FDLP libraries.
Federal Depository Library Program

4.  Jackson has been a depository since 1963, but
have some earlier documents.
 Check out some of our docs on Tumblr
 We have print, microfiche, and online
collections
 Some documents have been digitized for the
Home Economics & Nutrition Pamphlets
 http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/HEN
P/id/567
 This is part of the ASERL Center of Excellence
program
 UNC Chapel Hill is our regional repository
Our collection

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North Carolina
Documents

6.  Print and microfiche (mostly microfiche)
 Some documents have been sent to regular
stacks.
 The collection is mostly mid-1980s up.
Our Collection

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Finding depository
documents

8.  Majority of print documents are in Ferguson’s remote storage
and are searchable in catalog.

9.  A few are in cataloging (C, I, & L).

10.  Major documents are in reference (Census, Statutes at Large).

11.  Microfiche are in basement (for now).

12.  The federal documents use the SuDoc
Classification System.
 The NC documents use a similar system.
 If a call number has a colon [:], then it is a
SuDoc and not LC.
 Example: PR 41.8:B 52/2
 Want to play with SuDocs?
Classification System

13.  Print federal document in storage
 Record will eventually reflect storage & include a
request button
 Print NC document in storage
 Record will eventually reflect storage & include a
request button
 Microfiche
 Online federal document
Examples of Catalog Records

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Finding
Government
Information

15.  Government Information Research Guide:
http://uncg.libguides.com/govinfo
 Google advanced searching: site:.gov
 USA.gov: Portal to online government information
 ProQuest Congressional: Materials (hearings,
reports, transcript of the floor debates, and more) for
both houses of Congress.
 See Government Information Research Guide for
more!
Other search tools

16. WHO CARES?!
You've gotta ask yourself a question

17. Where can I find
information
about my polling
place?

18. I need
information on
malaria in
Ghana.

19. I’m looking for
statistics on
cancer in the
United States.

20. I’m trying to find
demographic info
on the US federal
prison population.

21. I’m trying to find
info on wetlands in
North Carolina. Do
you know where I
could start?