380 Pages
by
Routledge
364 Pages
by
Routledge
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Better understand the use, scope, and value of public documents and government policies by reading this invaluable volume.
Contents
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
- Close Encounters of Another Kind: The Center for Short-Lived Phenomena
- The 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
- Physical Fitness: Government Policy and Public Documents
- The 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
- Windyfoggery: The Language of Government Documents
- Revisions 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
Biography
Gellatly, Peter