GOVERNMENT INFORMATION & LAW DEPT.

TRAINING & GUIDES

BASIC LEVEL | RESEARCH LEVEL

 

BASIC LEVEL

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS | EXERCISES | GUIDES

 

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Introduction to the Government Information & Law Department

SuDoc Call Number System

Library Catalog, Circulation and Related Information

Circulation Procedure Sheet (Millenium)

Paging Serial Set Volumes from SW Depository

 

Millenium Circulation System

 

EXERCISES

Exercise 1 -- Finding Gov't & Law Call Numbers

Exercise 2 -- Putting SuDoc Numbers in Order

 

"How to" Guides

How to Find Materials in the Government Information & Law Department

How Government & Law Materials Are Arranged

How to Cite Government & Law Resources

How to Find a Law

How to Find a Court Case

How to Find Background Material on Laws & Court Cases

 

RESEARCH LEVEL

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS | EXERCISES | GUIDES

 

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Introduction to the Government & Law Department (longer version)

The Legislative Process: Key Resources

LexisNexis Congressional

Law: Statutes, Court Cases & Regulations

Law Databases: LexisNexis, Hein & EBSCO

The President of the United States

Statistics

American FactFinder Census Database

Historical Resources

 

EXERCISES

Exercise 1 -- Finding House & Senate Reports and Documents

Exercise 2 -- LexisNexis Congressional

Exercise 3 -- Finding Congressional Publications on a Law (Legislative History)

Exercise 4 -- United States Laws & Court Cases

Exercise 5 -- Ohio Laws & Court Cases

Exercise 6 -- Regulations

Exercise 7 -- Statistics

Exercise 8 -- Census of Population & Housing

Exercise 9 -- Economic Census

 

 

RESEARCH GUIDES

General | Statistics | Law | Miscellaneous | Class Assignments

 

General

Basic Resources

Congressional Publications

President

Reference Sources

Background and News for Government Activities/Agencies

Statistics

Statistical Resources from the Federal Government

Small Geographic Areas Database

Business & Industry Statistics: Economic Census

Ohio Statistical Sources

Country Statistics

Law

Guide to Legal Materials in the Government Information & Law Dept.

U.S. Supreme Court Resources

Researching Court Decisions

United States and Ohio Laws & Court Decisions Selected Historical Resources

Country Law

Shepard's

Treaties

Introduction to Legal Research

Miscellaneous

Climatological Data

Grants

Tax Forms

Class Assignments

Government Agency Information

Policy/Program/Issue Research

Social Welfare Policy

Powerpoint version

Constitutional Amendments

Americans with Disabilities Act