Local and regional government information; how to find it, how to use it

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

JK2408

2003-061806

1-57356-412-5

Local and regional government information; how to find it, how to use it.

Title main entry. Ed. by Mary Martin. (How to find it, how to use it)

Greenwood Pr., [c]2005

239 p.

$65.00

Taking a "Teach a man to fish" approach, Martin provides a framework for understanding how local governments in the US are organized, how they produce information, where the information may be stored, and how to go about finding and using it in a world where, as librarians know, everything isn't online. The reference covers big-picture issues such as data access and privacy in addition to outlining research techniques for uncovering information on municipal and county codes, demographics, education, budgets and taxes, the environment, courts and criminals, loans and financial assistance, and other topics. Martin is a business and law librarian at the Clarement Colleges; the 20 contributors are reference and government documents librarians at institutions across the US. Oversize: 8.5 X 11.25".