LibGuides: HON 4960 Lifehacking the Literature: Government Sources

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Open Government Guide: Ohio
Information about laws affecting the openness of government information in Ohio. See Table of Contents on the side to navigate.
Ohio Auditor Creates Public Records Rating System For Local Governments
Accessing Government: How difficult is it? An Analysis of Open Government Laws in the Midwest [Ohio]
USA.gov's YouTube channel
Ancestry.com Is In Cahoots With Public Records Agencies, A Group Suspects
Revealing the Lost World of Government Reports
Open Access: SCOTUS will consider whether publishers can copyright annotated state codes

Research Journal Template

Research Journal Template
This quick template can help you keep track of your literature research: where have you looked, what terms did you use, important authors, works or theories to follow up on, etc.

Finding Government Information online

Many government agencies publish their information directly on the web. Although the UToledo Library Catalog contains links to much of this information, you may want to use some of the following sites to find government information in electronic format:

CGP Catalog
The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications - a finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government
Government Documents Ready Reference Shelf
Links assembled by UToledo Librarians
GovInfo
GovInfo (formerly FDSys) is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO) which provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. It is a Federal agency in the legislative branch.
USA.gov
A portal to state and federal government information by topic or audience

HON 4960 Lifehacking the Literature: Government Sources

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Research Journal Template

Finding Government Information online

FDSys Intro

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