ANNOUNCEMENTS

EX BRANCH REPORT
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sundeep Mahendra.

INTERNET APPETIZER
NC ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online. http://www.ncecho.org

LOCAL DOCUMENTS AT UNC CHARLOTTE
Special Collections-Local Documents, Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte,
http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=238

INDEXES/HANDBOOKS

• Index to Current Urban Documents.  Greenwood Press.  1973-  Davis stacks and Planning Library. Z7164.U7 I654.
  
• Local and Regional Government Information: How to Find it, How to Use it, Ed. Mary Martin. Westport, CT:
  Greenwood Press, 2005. Davis Reference, Undergrad Library, JK2408 .L56 2005.
• The Sourcebook to Public Record Information: the Comprehensive Guide to County, State, and Federal Public Records Sources, Ed. Peter Weber and Michael Sankey, BRB Publications, 2005. Davis Reference, JK2445.P82S64 2005.

DIRECTORIES

• Municipal Year Book. Washington: International City/County Management Association, Annual.  1934-  Latest, Davis Reference Desk JS344.C5
• Municipal Yellow Book: Who's Who in the Leading City and County Governments and Local Authorities Leadership Directories, Inc.  Updated quarterly. Davis Reference Desk JS39.M79.

STATISTICS

• County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book. Bernan, 1992- Davis Reference HA203.C68 [available at other campus libraries also].
• Federal, State, and Local Governments, Census of Governments, from the Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/govs/www/.
• Places, Towns, and Townships. Bernan, 1992- Davis Reference Desk, HA203.P58. [available at other campus libraries also].

• School of Government, UNC Chapel Hill, http://www.sog.unc.edu/
• City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. http://www.charmeck.org/Living/Home.htm.
• Municipal Codes Online, http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_municodes
• National Association of Counties, http://www.naco.org/.
• National City Government Resource Center, http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1389/.
• U.S. Conference of Mayors Includes local initiatives, "best practices," and a database to search for specific cities. http://www.usmayors.org/.
• U.S. State and Local Governments on the Net, http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

INTRODUCTION

North Carolina State Publications Clearinghouse, http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/tss/deposito.htm
Most Frequently Asked Questions about State Government in North Carolina,
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/hottopic/stategov/stategov.htm

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Monthly Checklist of State Publications. Library of Congress, 1910-1994. Davis Documents Stacks, LC 30.9;
• StateList, The Electronic Source for State Publication Lists. University of Illinois, Urbana.

HANDBOOKS

Tapping State Government Information Sources, Lori Smith, et.al., Greenwood, 2003. Davis Reference and SILS Reference, Z1223.5.A1 T36 2003.

Internet Sources on Each U.S. State: Selected Sites for Classroom and Library. Compiled by Carol Smallwood et.al.
McFarland, 2005. Davis Reference E180.I58 2005.

HISTORICAL SOURCES

A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Early State Records.  Compiled by W.S. Jenkins, Library of Congress, 1950.  Davis Reference Z1223.5.A1U47 and Supplement.  Shelved on Row 10.  Accompanying microfilm collection kept in the Microfilm Reading Room, Microfilm 1-1274.

State Publications: Provisional List of the Official Publications of the Several States of the United States, From Their Organization.  Richard R. Bowker, ed.  New York, Office of the Publishers' Weekly, 1899.  4 vols.  Davis Reference, Row 10, Z1223.5.A1 B7.

Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States.  Adelaide Hasse, ed.  Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1919-1922.  Davis Reference, Row 10  Z1223.5.A1 H140.

Official Publications of the Colony and State of North Carolina, 1749-1939.  Mary Lindsay Thornton, comp.  UNC Press, 1954.  Arranged by Dept., with author, subject index.  Davis Reference, Row 10 Z1319.T5.

DIRECTORIES OF STATE OFFICIALS

• Carroll's State Directory: Executive, Legislative, Judicial.Carroll Publishing.  3x/yr. Latest issue at Davis Reference Desk: JK2482.E94 S76.
• Council of State Governments Directories:
  • Directory I, Elective Officials. Annual.Latest at Davis Reference Desk: JK2403.S73. 1985- historically, title has varied.
  • Directory II, Legislative Leadership, Committees and Staff. Annual. Latest at Davis Reference Desk: JK2403.S7. 1985- historically, title has varied.
  • Directory III, Administrative Officials.Annual.  Latest at Davis Reference Desk: JK24093.S65. 1985- historically, title has varied.
• Congressional Quarterly's State Information Directory. Annual. Latest at Davis Reference Desk, JK2679.S69.

STATISTICS

• Book of the States.  Lexington, KY:  Council of State Governments.  1964-  Annual.  Davis Reference Desk JK2403.B6.
• CQ's State Fact Finder. Congressional Quarterly, 1993- Davis Reference Desk, HA214.V36
• State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State. Bernan, 1999. Davis Reference Desk. HA203.S734.
• Statistical Reference Index. Congressional Information Service, 1980- Davis Reference, Row 19. Microfiche collection also in Reference. Available online through Lexis/Nexis Statistical.

LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION

State Legislative Sourcebook. Government Research Service, 1985-
Latest at Davis Reference Desk  JK2403.S745.

INTERNET RESOURCES

• Center for Digital Government, Best of the Web, http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/bestof/?loc=36
• Council of State Governments http://www.csg.org/
• Federal, State, and Local Governments, from the Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/govs/www/.
• LINC: Log in to North Carolina, http://linc.state.nc.us/
• State Documents from the Documents Section Home Page.
  http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/aboutstate.html
• State and Local Government Task Force,
  Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/GODORT/sldtf/index.htm
• State and Local Governments, from the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html
• Report: State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Government Information. http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/State_PPAreport.htm

PUBLISHING CHARACTERISTICS

LEGAL DEPOSIT

The International Guide to Legal Deposit. Jan. T. Jason. Ashgate, 1991.
SILS K1426.J371991.

ACQUISITIONS

PROFESSIONAL INTEREST GROUPS

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Includes numerous area studies sections.

Seminar on the Acquisitions of Latin American Materials (SALALM)

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Guide to Official Publications of Foreign Countries. Gloria Westfall, ed. ALA; 1997. Davis Reference Desk, J9.5 .G834 1997.
• Guide to Reference Books. Chicago, ALA. 11TH ed. 1996. Davis/Sils Reference. Z1035.1 .G89 1996
• Information Sources in Official Publications. Valerie J. Nurcombe, ed. Bowker/Saur. 1997. Davis Reference, J9.5.I54 1997.
• Official Publications of Western Europe.London, Mansell, 1984. [Davis Reference, Z291.O38 1984].  2 vols.
• Official Publishing, An Overview: An International Survey and Review of the Role, Organization,
  and Principles of Official Publishing.  Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1979.  [SILS Library and Davis Reference Z286.G69 C47]

GUIDES FOR SPECIFIC COUNTRIES, WORLD REGIONS

LC Subject Headings:
Government publications [country/region/]
Government publications [country/region/] Bibliography.
[country] Government publications.

• Australian Official Publications, Howard Coxon. Oxford: Pergamon, 1980. Davis Reference: Z4019 .C69 1980.
• Canadian Official Publications, Olga B. Bishop. Oxford: Pergamon, 1981. Davis Reference: Z1373 .B48 1981
• French Colonial Africa : a Guide to Official Sources, Gloria D. Westfall. London: Hans Zell, 1992. Davis Reference: DT532 .W47 1992.
• French Official Publications, Gloria Westfall. Oxford: Pergamon, 1980. Davis Reference: Z2169 .W47 1980.
• Irish Official Publications : a Guide to Republic of Ireland papers, with a Breviate of Reports, 1922-1972, Arthur Maltby and Brian McKenna. Oxford : Pergamon, 1980. Davis Reference: Z2035 .M345 1981.
• An Introduction to Japanese Government Publications,Tsutomu Kuroki. Pergamon, 1981. Davis Reference --Z3305 .K8713 1981
• Korean Government Publications : an Introductory Guide, Myoung Chung Wilson. Scarecrow, 2000. Davis Reference, Z3317 .W55 2000.
• Official Publications of Western Europe. London, Mansell, 1984. Davis Reference, Z291.O38 1984]. 2 vols.

CENSUS

Handbook of National Population Censuses. New York, Greenwood Press.
Africa and Asia. Davis Reference: HA37.A33 D65 1986.
Europe. Davis Reference: HA37.E93 G69 1992.
Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania: Davis Reference : HA36.G67 1983.

CONSTITUTIONS

Constitutions of the Countries of the World: A Series of Updated Texts, Constitutional Chronologies and Annotated Bibliographies. Oceania Publications 1971- [Loose-leaf-updated periodically] Davis Reference K1780.B55. 20 volumes with supplements.

INTERNET SITES

• Electronic Embassy Links to Embassies in Washington, D.C. http://www.embassy.org/
• Electronic Information System for International Law, http://www.eisil.org/
• Foreign and International Law, from WashLaw Web, Washington University School of Law Library. http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/forintmain.html
• Foreign Governments, Documents Section Home Page, http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/international.html
• Governments on the Web, http://www.gksoft.com/govt/

DIGITIZATION PROJECTS

Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project, Cornell University, http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/ladocshome1.html.
Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago, http://dsal.uchicago.edu/.

STATISTICS

Index to International Statistics (IIS) 1983- Congressional Information Service. Davis Reference, Row 19.
Microfiche Library, 1988-present. Online in Lexis/Nexis Statistical, Access to Article Databases and More, UNC-CH Library Catalog.

International Statistics Sources: Subject Guide to Sources of International Comparative Statistics. London: Routledge, 1995.
Davis Reference Desk Z7551.I428 1995, 2 vols.

Statistics Sources.  Detroit.  Gale Research, 1962-  Annual. Davis Reference Desk Z7551.S84  2 vols.

Current National Statistical Compendiums. Microfiche. Congressional Information Service. 1974-present. Davis Reference Microfiche 10-064.

YEARBOOKS

• Europa World Yearbook. Annual. 1926- London: Europa. Davis Reference Desk JN1.E85.
• International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who. Annual. 1962- East Grinstead, West Sussex, England: Kelly's Directories. Davis Reference Desk JA51 .I57.
• Political Handbook of the World. Annual. 1975- New York: Center for Comparative Political Research, State University of New York at Binghamton and the Council on Foreign Relations. Davis Reference Desk: JF37 .P6.
• Statesman's Year-Book. Annual. 1864- New York: St. Martin's Press. Davis Reference Desk: JA51 .S7.

ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

• The Constitution
• The Monarchy
• Parliament: House of Lords. House of Commons
• Prime Minister
• The Executive

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

 The BA/SS Guide to British Government Publications  is shelved at the Reference Desk Z209.L36 1989.

HANDBOOKS

A Guide to British Government Publications.  Frank Rodgers,  H.W. Wilson, 1980.  Davis Reference Z2009.R62 (Row 10) How to Find Information: Official Publications. Richard H.A. Cheffins, British Library, 2004 Davis Reference ZA5055.G74 C44 2004.

PUBLICATIONS CATALOGS/INDEXES

HMSO Annual Catalog.  [Davis Reference, Row 10, Z2009.A]

There are numerous indexes to British Parliamentary Papers and Documents shelved on Row 10, Davis Reference Room.
Most cover a specific time period or type of publication, such as "Command Papers."

YEARBOOKS

Britain [year]: An Official Handbook.  London:  Central Office of Information.  [Davis Reference DA630.A17]

STATISTICS

Annual Abstract of Statistics.  Central Statistical Office, 1864-  [Davis Reference HA122.A33]

British Historical Statistics.  B.R. Mitchell, Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1988.  [Davis Reference HA1134.M58 1988]

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS

Four types of papers:

• Votes and Proceedings.
• Journals
• Debates
• Sessional papers
  Statistics: Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago, http://dsal.uchicago.edu/statistics/.

Index to House of Commons Parliamentary Papers CD-ROM, Chadwyck-Healey, 1991-present.

Hansard: The Official Report of the House of Commons CD-ROM, Chadwyck-Healey, 1993/94-present

INTERNET

• Government Gateway, http://www.gateway.gov.uk/.

• DirectGov, http://www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en

• BOPCRIS, British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service. 1688-1995. http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/

• BUBL Information Service, http://bubl.ac.uk/. BUlletin Board for Libraries. "A national information service for the higher education community."