In January 1882, John H. Hickcox, a central government documents figure in his time, and the creator of "United States Government Publications: A Monthly Catalogue" or "Hickcox's Monthly Catalogue" was arrested in Washington, DC, for taking letters addressed to the Librarian of Congress. Although the charges were eventually dismissed, 1882 is the…

In the fall of 2002, the author conducted brief surveys of the teacher and teacher-librarians in her graduate cataloging class and in a colleage's media selection class to learn whether and how government documents are used in the schools where these students were employed. The schools included in the surveys were in several central Minnesota…

The present paper analyses press releases, news reports and health plans to show how health communication functions in perpetuating dominant racist structures. The paper is mainly concerned with how normal science and health practices can become an instrument for justifying racism and reproducing it in our societies. The examples demonstrate that…

It is the intent of this bibliography to provide comprehensive but not exhaustible resource publications on educational statistics published by the United States Government for the period 1970 through February 1986. Entries are arranged alphabetically by title and include the date published and the Superintendent of Documents Classification…

Part one of this report describes a serious political restraint on communication regarding government affairs: Executive Order 11652, which provides for the classification and declassification of national security information. Although this order was originally intended to guard against "unauthorized disclosure (which) could reasonably be…

Government documents and information services in Australia are discussed. (Author)

This bibliography is divided into five parts: (1) reference sources, including bibliographies, guides, directories, biographies, statistical sources, handbooks, and chronologies; (2) monographs concerned with Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Korean Americans; (3) documents; (4) doctoral dissertations on Asian Americans,…

This paper focuses on the two agencies that distribute U.S. Government publications in the largest number and on the greatest range of subjects: the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Similarities and differences in operations are discussed as well as some of…

This quarterly issue of the dictionary catalog contains all New York State monographs cataloged or recataloged at the state library between January 1 and April 4, 1980. Titles related to the state, but not necessarily official publications of the state agencies (e.g., town charters, ordinances) may also appear. Cataloging practices, filing rules,…

This bibliography lists publications of the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology of the National Bureau of Standards. Publications are listed by subject in the areas of computer security, computer networking, and automation technology. Sections list publications of: (1) current Federal Information Processing Standards; (2) computer…

Selected information sources in business and economics held by the Arkansas University library are listed. Items are organized by material type, including indexes, directories, atlases, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, guides, handbooks, and newspapers. Separate listings of Moody's and Standard and Poor's looseleaf publications are…

The information sources on women which are listed were selected from the holdings of the Arkansas University library. Materials are grouped by type and include almanacs and documentaries, bibliographies, biographical sources, library book catalogs, directories, guides and handbooks, literature and literary criticism sources, newspapers and…

These guidelines designed to improve the effectiveness of the depository library program are based on recommendations made by the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer. Areas covered include the objectives of the depository library system; responsibilities of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office; designation…

This publication reports the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Select Education hearings for the extension of the Environmental Education Act. It includes the text of the original Environmental Education Act (PL91-516) with amended sections (PL93-278); Title 45 - Part 183, Financial Assistance for Environmental Education Projects; the…

The National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information recognized the need for clarifying some of the more complex issues in drug abuse by gathering the significant research findings on each subject and developing fact sheets on the problem. This brief fact sheet presents information about treatment modalities, the pharmacology and chemistry of…