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Know the Full Range of Information Sources |
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1.01 |
Major Search Engines |
| 1.02 |
Limitations of General Search Engines |
| 1.03 |
Handy Guides |
| 1.10 |
Know How to Start from Scratch |
| 1.11 |
Starting Points on the Web |
| 1.12 |
Starting Points in Print |
| 1.20 |
Know What You Are Searching |
| 1.21 |
How Do You Learn about a Database's Content? |
| 1.30 |
Know How to Search the Database |
| 1.31 |
What Do You Need to Know Before You Search? |
| 1.32 |
Help! |
| 1.33 |
Planning and Conducting an Online Search |
| 1.34 |
Constructing a Search with Boolean Operators |
| 1.35 |
Searching and Limiting When You Get Too Much |
| 1.36 |
Dates |
| 1.37 |
Examples for Limiting When You Get Too Much |
| 1.38 |
Learn from the Pros |
| 1.40 |
Review Search Results Critically |
| 1.41 |
Evaluating Information |
| 1.42 |
Fact-Checking Resources |
| 1.43 |
Evaluating a Web Site |
| 1.44 |
Web Tools for Evaluating Web Sites |
| 1.50 |
Stay Informed |
| 1.51 |
Email Alert Services: A Selected Sample |
| 1.52 |
Avoid Information Overload |
| 1.53 |
Blogs: A Selected Sample |
| 1.54 |
Bloglines.com |
| 1.55 |
RSS: A Selected Sample |
| 1.56 |
Commercial Online Services |
| 1.60 |
Remember, It's Not All Online |
| 1.61 |
We Have So Many Records That... |
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title |
| 2.00 |
Legislative Process Flowchart |
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2.10 |
Quick Reference for Legislative Researchers |
| 2.11 |
Types of Legislation |
| 2.12 |
Continuing Resolutions |
| 2.13 |
Major Versions of Legislation |
| 2.14 |
Dates of Previous Congresses |
| 2.15 |
Legislative Glossaries |
| 2.20 |
Documents on THOMAS and GPO Access |
| 2.30 |
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet |
| 2.31 |
Thomas Home Page |
| 2.32 |
Thomas Bills and Resolutions Search Page |
| 2.40 |
Appropriations Legislation |
| 2.41 |
Appropriations Committees and Subcommittees |
| 2.42 |
Appropriations Conference Committee Reports |
| 2.43 |
Limitations, Earmarks, and General Provisions |
| 2.50 |
Tracking and Monitoring Legislation: Alert Services |
| 2.51 |
Recorded Congressional Information |
| 2.60 |
From Bills to Laws: Documents and
Information Resources
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| 2.70 |
United States Code Titles |
| 2.80 |
Additional Legislative Branch Sources |
| 2.81 |
Congressional Research Service Reports and Issue Briefs |
| 2.82 |
Lobbyist Registrations |
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| 4.00 |
Executive Branch Organization |
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4.10 |
FirstGov |
| 4.11 |
FirstGov Home Page |
| 4.20 |
Sources for Presidential and Other
White House Documents |
| 4.21 |
Presidential Documents on Government Web Sites |
| 4.22 |
Presidential Documents on Nongovernment Web Sites |
| 4.23 |
President's Budget Documents |
| 4.24 |
Office of Management and Budget Documents |
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4.30 |
Agency Web Site Content |
| 4.40 |
Federal Regulations |
| 4.41 |
Federal Register |
| 4.42 |
Overview of the Rulemaking Process |
| 4.43 |
GPO Access: Federal Register |
| 4.44 |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| 4.45 |
GPO Access: Code of Federal Regulations |
| 4.46 |
Code of Federal Regulations Titles |
| 4.47 |
CFR Titles |
| 4.48 |
Additional Regulatory Research Sources |
| 4.50 |
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) |
| 4.51 |
Resources for Learning About and Using FOIA |
| 4.60 |
Federal Regulatory Agencies: Filings Databases |
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