Databases to find documents:
OPAC
GPO
Access
CIS
Congressional Universe
For more information:
Government Documents for Communications
The government collects valuable data for communications research, at the state and federal level. The government is mandated to collect certain information, or possesses the unique resources to do it. There is almost no subject for which you cannot find government information. For example:
- Census of population: demographics
- Consumer expenditure survey: buying habits
- Crime and victimization surveys
- Hearings and reports on current events and "hot topics" -- abortion, death penalty, immigration, etc.
- Maps
Government documents are on the 3rd Floor of Library North or increasingly on the Internet.
EXAMPLE: (1999). WIPO One Year Later: Assessing Consumer Access to Digital Entertainment on the Internet and Other Media: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office.,
