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Title: Government information is:


1
Government information is
  • Mission-driven
  • Authoritative
  • Primary source
  • Diverse in viewpoints
  • Supported by unique information-collecting
    resources

2
Basic strategies
  • Use secondary sources to learn about issues and
    players
  • Newspapers
  • Academic Search Premier
  • Specialized journals such as CQ Weekly Report

3
Basic strategies (cont.)
  • Determine appropriate level of government (local,
    state, federal, international)
  • Identify relevant government bodies
  • Firstgov.gov
  • Oregon.gov
  • Use library catalog and Summit

4
Basic strategies (cont.)
  • 5. Use specialized bibliographic tools
  • GPO Monthly Catalog
  • Lexis-Nexis Congressional
  • 6. Use search engines, limited by government
    domain (e.g., .or.us or .gov or .gob.mx)
  • 7. Evaluate information for relevance, accuracy,
    objectivity, authoritativeness, timeliness, etc.

5
Case study
  • Rights of foreign nationals under Vienna
    Convention
  • High court takes defendents rights case from
    Oregon, The Oregonian, November 8, 2005, p. A1.
    (Internet source) http//www.oregonlive.com/news/o
    regonian (Accessed 11/8/2005).

6
Government info clues from source article
  • Oregon Supreme Court case
  • Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
  • Moises Sanchez-Llamas (defendant)
  • Vienna Convention
  • U.S., Mexico differ on convention rights
  • U.S. State Dept. position on Vienna Conv.

7
Going beyond the clues
  • UO catalog consular relations and
    authorunited nations
  • Lexis-Nexis Congressional
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