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Introduction What are Government Documents? US Government Documents State Documents UN Documents Printer friendly version BACK TO: Tutorials home page |
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Introduction What are Government Documents? US Government Documents State Documents UN Documents Printer friendly version BACK TO: Tutorials home page |
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"Government documents" is a catchall term for any and all information produced by any government agency. Although the term usually refers to documents put out by the federal government, local, state, and international organizations and agencies also issue documents. The word "document" is actually misleading, since government documents come in a variety of forms. Books, pamphlets, posters, periodicals, and online databases are all government documents if they are produced by a government agency.
A hint:The first commandment of any kind of documents research is this: Know Your Government or Organization. The more you know about the US Government, the United Nations, state governments, or local governments, the better you will be able to figure out what kind of information they produce and how to find it. This is especially true of legal research. If you do not understand the legislative or judicial process at the local, state, federal, or international level, you will have a harder time locating information on bills, laws, and court cases, and you will have a harder time understanding what you do find.
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