Thanks to the extensive efforts of Lynne Beck we now have a finding guide to the British Parliamentary Papers at the U of M. It's linked on the Guides page, as well as the home page. It'll stay on the home page at least through next week as Lynne and I will both be on vacation. I haven't had the opportunity to put it into action yet, but she has and says it works just fine. Like all guides, consider this first version a beta and send comments accordingly. Lynne's email address is linked on the guide.
So, if you get any BPP questions, use the guide :) -- Amy
We send some Dept. of Energy microfiche to SciEng. This is depository material and it does get a SuDoc, but for reasons one can only guess at, this set has never appeared in the Monthly Catalog. For reasons of internal consistency, when we received it, we would record it in our shelflist by SuDoc - E 1.99: (OSTI ID). However, when SciEng would get this microfiche, they would file it by the DOE report number, which is not at all like the SuDoc, but which does provide subject organization.
So, if you ever have a request for Dept. of Energy technical reports and an initial search of MNCAT/Marcive/Monthly Catalog comes up empty, go to the Energy Citations Database.
You can limit your search to just the depository materials by choosing Advanced Search and entering "GPO Dep." in the Bibliographic Info field. Use the rest of the boxes for relevant keywords. Each record that then comes up should include the pieces of information you need, as shown below:
Title Neutrons scattering studies in the actinide region
OSTI Identifier OSTI ID: 6966927; DE93003655
Report Number(s) DOE/ER/40246-7
Resource Type Technical Report
Availability OSTI; NTIS; INIS; GPO Dep.
If the record says GPO Dep (as it should based on the search above), then check in our shelflist under E 1.99: (OSTI ID) - in this case E 1.99: DE 93003655. That will tell you if we sent it to SciEng or not. If so, the patron will find it in SciEng filed under the Report Number, in this case DOE/ER/40246-7.
Be aware that report numbers can differ dramatically:
Title MIPS and BIPS are Megaflops: Limits of unidimensional assessments
OSTI Identifier OSTI ID: 5005157; DE90006777
Report Number(s) UCRL-101061-Rev.2;CONF-8910155--2
Specific Type Technical Report
Availability NTIS, PC A02/MF A01 - OSTI; GPO Dep.
While this would still be in our shelflist under the same scheme, E 1.99: DE90006777, in SciEng, it will presumably be filed under CONF-8910155--2 or UCRL-101061-Rev.2.
I have done some tidying up of the Refdesk computer bookmarks, both in IE and Firefox. I was a bit less thorough in IE than Firefox because IE didn't give me last visited dates and I know some staff use IE much more than Firefox anyway. However, bad links were dumped altogether and categories were consolidated.
Both browsers also have a new toolbar category called "UofM" that contains links to the FAQ database admin side, Infopoint Chat admin page, Libdata admin, UMCal, web mail, the staff page, staff directory and Technical Services. Govdoc-L is also now on the Bookmarks toolbar. If I took away a bookmark you do use all the time, please let me know and I'll restore it. --Amy
Finally put the finishing touches on a guide that a St. Kate's student did for us a while back. It won't be needed a lot, but when it is, it will *really* be needed. JPRS Reports constitute one of the more complex sets of government reports out there. However, this guide does a nice job of breaking them down into manageable chunks. See http://courses.lib.umn.edu/page.phtml?page_id=1734. This guide is linked from our regular guides list too. -- Amy
Please note that the GPL Reference Periodical Section at the end of row 21 is going away. All the titles previously held there are being returned to the regular GPL stacks.
Daniel Cook
Backups to the print copies of the Decennial Census are available through 1960 via:
United States Decennial Census Publications, 1790-1960
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (Reference) Mfilm 26
A guide for this material is available in the Wilson Government Publications Reference Collection under the call number: TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (Reference) HA195.R4x 1975
Often, hard questions are only hard b/c of a lack of background info. You get a little background (or a refresher) and you're ready to find our holdings. So a guide made by us isn't an absolute requirement, although having one made with our call numbers and locations is handy. But, how do you find a guide if not on our site?
You have a couple of options. There's the GODORT Handout Exchange first and foremost: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort.html.
If that doesn't yield results, there's always Google. Just be sure to add the term "guide". You might also want to add the term "library". Sometimes it helps to limit to site:edu, but I'd be careful about that. You'll miss a lot of good stuff coming from public libraries and professional organizations. Plus, for legal research, law firms sometimes put up useful information and they're typically *.coms.
For example, say you need some background on documentation on U.S. treaties. At the Handout Exchange there are 7 guides listed (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort/subjects.htm#treaties), but the most recent listed is 2004. On the other hand, a Google search of "treaties library guide" (http://www.google.com/search?q=treaties+library+guide) results in *tons* of current results with #7 from Columbia (http://www.law.columbia.edu/library/Research_Guides/internat_law/treaty_research) being particularly appealing to me. --Amy
Since we can't offer legal advice ourselves... http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/refer.html
"U.S. Government Dictionaries: a Selective Guide"
Reference Services Review [0090-7324] Kirby yr:1994 vol:22 iss:3 pg:33 -44
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Special File
Minnesota, 33 fiche; U.S., 1 fiche.
Technical Documentation, 1 fiche.
Detailed occupation data and years of school completed, by sex, Spanish origin and race. Data are presented for the state total, each county, each standard metropolitan statistical area and each city over 50,000 population. This set also includes the microfiche for the Technical documentation and United States totals.
Maps
Minnesota, 133 fiche.
A full set of Minnesota census maps, including some which show small areas such as block groups and enumeration districts which do not show on the tract and block maps.
STF 1A and STF 1C
Minnesota, 242 fiche; U.S., 182 fiche.
Technical Documentation, 2 fiche each.
Complete count population and housing data presented in 59 tables. STF 1A covers all of Minnesota in a hierarchical arrangement down to the block group or enumeration district level. STF 1C is a national file with data down to the SMSA level, and includes places of 10,000 and over and congressional districts.
STF 3A
Minnesota, 718 fiche plus Technical Documentation, 6 fiche
Population and housing data based on sample data displayed in 150 tables for each geographic area. All of Minnesota is in a hierarchical arrangement down to the block group or enumeration district level.
Neighborhood Statistics. C 3.223/12-2: 80-SP1-25
Minnesota, all places which participated in the program.
Statistics, 12 fiche (11 data, 1 text); narrative profiles, 78 fiche.
Data tables contain popluation and housing data for locally-defined neighborhoods. Narrative profiles are also provided for each neighborhood. Cities were given the numbers listed below:
101 Albert Lea
102 Anoka
104 Bloomington
105 Brainerd
106 Brooklyn Center
107 Brooklyn Park
109 Champlin
110 Coon Rapids
111 Cottage Grove
112 Crystal
113 Duluth
114 Eagan
115 Eden Prairie
116 Edina
117 Fergus Falls
118 Fridley
119 Golden Valley
121 Hastings (Data Tables labeled 120)
122 Hopkins
123 Mankato
124 Maple Grove
125 Maplewood (not filmed)
127 Minneapolis (126 on fiche)
128 Minnetonka
129 Moorhead
130 Mound
132 New Hope
133 Northfield
134 Oakdale
145 Owatonna (filed like this in the fiche, too)
135 Plymouth
138 Roseville
139 St. Anthony
140 St. Louis Park
141 St. Paul
142 Thief River Falls
143 White Bear Lake
144 Worthington
All,
I wanted to give you a heads up that students from a journalism class will be asking for help from reference staff regarding an assignment on butter. Because this is an evening class, they may come in during evenings or weekends.
Course: JOUR4263: Strategic Communications Campaigns
Instructor: Gordon Leighton.
Assignment due: June 29th.
I've created a page with some instructions that hopefully will help them get started; however, they may not know about the page: http://courses.lib.umn.edu/page.phtml?page_id=2143.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions and please feel free to refer them to me.
Thanks. (Assignment listed below...)
Johan
Course: JOUR4263
Instructor: Gordon Leighton
Due: 6/29
Part 1, Project #3 -- Secondary Research
1. According to the Statistical Abstract of the United States, the Bureau of Labor Consumer Expenditure Survey, MRI and other industry-related articles you have researched, perhaps from Business Source or Lexis/Nexis:
a. What are the trends in the usage of butter and margarine in the U.S.?
b. What region consumes the most of the product category that includes butter and margarine?
c. What age differences exist among consumers of these products?
d. What do you think the demographic profile of the target audience for butter should be and why?
e. Which marketing region would you most want to target with a margarine brand? Why? What states does the region include and how do the demographics compare to the region that consumes the most butter?
2. Outline three factors influencing changes in consumption of margarine (cite source).
3. Using the 2004 SRDS Lifestyle Market Analyst, and assuming the ideal target is female, single and 18-34 years old:
a. What 10 lifestyle activities do they participate in far more than the general population?
b. What is their median household income?
c. What other distinguishing activities or trends can you identify?
4. Using MRI/Mediamark (2002) figures about women:
a. Which age group purchased the most butter in the past 12 months?
b. What percentage of this age group purchased margarine?
c. What would you recommend as the demographic profile for your “butter target” if you used this source of information?
d. What would be your top three magazine recommendations for butter ads? Why?
5. If you were to assume that the ideal target is married and 18-34 years old, what five DMAs would you be most interested in and why?
6. Your agency just landed a dairy products account, including its butter brand, and you want to get up to speed on the category. Using the Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources, perhaps the Encyclopedia of Associations (print version), Associations Unlimited (online version) or SRDS:
a. What trade associations might particularly interest you to contact for information on the industry?
b. What industry magazines or newsletters might you consider using to advertise?
7. Using the Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands discuss how advertising contributed to the marketing and branding effort of one of the following brands: Parkay, Fleischmann’s, and Land O’Lakes. What other brands are readily available in the market? What do you know about them from other sources -- for example, what is their market share?
Given all of the recent activity here with business incubators and interest in foreign markets... links to free government sources.
GLOBAL EDGE
http://globaledge.msu.edu/about_globaledge.asp
Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE™ is your source for global business knowledge. The site offers:
Global Resources - more than 5,000 online resources
Country Insights - a wealth of information on all countries
News & Views - latest issues in international business
Academy - extensive research and teaching resources
Diagnostic Tools - decision-support tools for managers
GLOBAL EDGE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
http://globaledge.msu.edu/DiagTools/#
In today's global market place, competition is continuing to become evermore intense. To help businesses better compete in this type of environment and allow business students to learn about different approaches for global expansion through hands-on experience, a team of researchers at the MSU-CIBER located in the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University (and partially funded by the United States Department of Education) has developed a suite of decision support tools.
These tools tailor outputs with descriptive graphics, charts and specific business recommendations addressing your needs based on your inputs. To provide this customized feedback, the web-based tools use algorithms to provide you with the best solution for your situation. Your own private consultant is only a few keystrokes away!
LC Subject Headings for decennial census publications follow this form:
- United States--Census, 18th, 1960
Possible "other titles" may be like this:
- Eighteenth decennial census
- Decennial census, eighteenth
Typically, individual publication titles begin with the date, like this: 1980 Census of population, volume 2, subject reports, persons in institutions and other group quarters.
Censuses are:
1st 1790
2nd 1800
3rd 1810
4th 1820
5th 1830
6th 1840
7th 1850
8th 1860
9th 1870
10th 1880
11th 1890
12th 1900
13th 1910
14th 1920
15th 1930
16th 1940
17th 1950
18th 1960
19th 1970
20th 1980
21st 1990
22nd 2000
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/excel/xlguide.pdf
When saving from MediaMark; make sure user has already put USB drive in computer (if using one); to select target folder, use button with down-pointing arrow (interface is Windows 3.1x). It has intermittent and complete breakdowns and seemingly successful saves end up being gibberish.
Nonetheless, there are instructions on saving by the 3 BusRef CD-ROM terminals in a plastic stand. - Amy
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php
Location:TC Wilson Library Sub-Basement Annex, S33
Arranged by Monthly Catalog entry number
Depository Only - 1956-75
Non-Depository - Feb. 1966 (incomplete, starts with entry 2896) - 1973
JPRS - 1958-1978
Department of Education: 1958-1968, all depository and non-depository
Department of Interior: 1958-1967; periodicals from January and part of February 1968
The Publications Reference File (PRF) was the GPO's sales list for many years, and was an essential tool for depository libraries, distributed in microfiche. It has access in 3 arrangements: stock number, Su Doc classification number, and an alphabetical sequence which includes titles, series, key words, key phrases, subjects, and personal authors.
GPL has retained the set, which has SuDoc number GP 3.22/3: . It had several title variations, but holdings are generally from 1977 through 1999.
In 2000 the PRF was replaced by the online Sales Product Catalog (SPC), GP 3.22/7: , available via the Online Bookstore at GPO, http://bookstore.gpo.gov/. The SPC lists some best sellers and product releases back to 1996.
About Directives: Presidential Directives: Background and Overview
About Executive Orders (EO): Executive Orders and Proclamations
The Federation of American Scientists "Intelligence Resource Program" has a Presidential Directives and Executive Orders website -
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/direct.htm - with some full-text for these directives:
NSPD - National Security Presidential Directives - Bush, G.W. Administration
PDD - Presidential Decision Directives - Clinton Administration
NSD - National Security Directives - Bush Administration
NSDD - National Security Decision Directives - Reagan Administration
EO - Executive Orders
Annual Compilation and Statistical Report: Memberships on State Councils, Boards and Commissions.
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (LC) Quarto JK6130 .A56x Latest edition in WILSON Gov Pub (Reference) 1991, 1993
State Register (list issued each fall)
Open Appointments Act in Minn.Stat. at 15.0597
8-16-92 1st St. Paul barcode run
1-19-92 2d smart barcode run for GPL
3-16-91 1st smart barcode run for GPL
7-17-90 1st tape load from Marcive
1998-
Lobbying Spending Database
CQ Weekly has listings by type of group of agency represented: See Lobby Regis. Index & other sections of yellow index; appears to have ceased in 1993.
Proceedings : 1946-1948
TC Wilson Library Annex Sub-Basement Mfilm 2356 Non-Circulating
The Tokyo trials:a functional index to the Proceedings of the International Military tribunal for the Far East
TC Wilson Library Quarto 016.3414 D888
International Military Tribunal for the Far East. : The Tokyo war crimes trial
IN STORAGE: MN Lib Access Ctr Folio 341.4 In82t
Vols. 1-22
Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
Federal Indian policies from the Colonial period through the early 1970’s.
TC Law Library US Documents I20.2:F31/2/974 Regular Loan
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub I 20.2: P 75/1 (Arb)
Indian Population of the U.S. and Alaska
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub C 3.2: In 2/3/yr.
The Indian Removals
23rd Cong., 1st Session; S.Doc. 512; Serial Set Volumes 244-248
http://www.archives.gov/research/independent-counsels/
Inaugural addresses: 1789-1989:
Serial Set Volume 13914 or
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (US Microfiche) Mfiche Y 1.1/3:101-10
All addresses: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/inaugurals.php
The HTSA provides the applicable tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise imported into the United States; it is not itself a source of statistical data. It is based on the international Harmonized System, the global system of nomenclature that is used to describe most world trade in goods.
Current edition: http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/index.htm
All Federal Acquisition Regulation information is available in the FAR database maintained by GSA.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS6143
Formerly D 1.6/11:
Minnesota Votes
1857-1977
TC Wilson Library Quarto JK61931977 .W48 Regular Loan
TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto JK61931977 .W48 Non-Circulating
For intervening years:
The Minnesota legislative manual
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (Short Loan) JK6136 .A3x Latest edition in WILSON Gov Pub (Desk Ref)
Election Statistics 1998-
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=137
This publication gets a different SuDuc with each President; see below:
1996 - present: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html
43rd: Bush (2001- PR 43.9:
42nd: Clinton (1993-2000) PR 42.9:
41st: Bush (1990-1992) PR 41.9:
40th: Reagan (1982-1989) PR 40.9:
39th: Carter (1978-1981) PR 39.9:
38th: Ford (1975-1977) PR 38.9:
37th: Nixon (1970-1974) PR 37.9:
36th: Johnson (1964-1969) PR 36.9:
35th: Kennedy (1962-1963) PR 35.9:
34th: Eisenhower (1954-1961) PR 34.10: (Storage)
33rd:Truman (1947-1953) PR 33.10: (Storage)
There are additional copies classed as LC:
TC Wilson Library HC106.5 .A272
1950-1968,
1970-1979,
1981-2001
It's also printed as part of the Serial Set - look it up in LexisNexis Congressional to get the Serial Set volume number and then get the book if the other copies are missing or go to the microfiche copy of the original Congressional publication (the relevant information will also be in the LN results).
Finally, an unofficial digitized version covering 1947 (the first year of the Report) to 1993 is available at http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publications/ERP/.
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/
http://siadapp.dior.whs.mil/procurement/Procurement.html
Catalog of Title Entries...
1891-1906 - LC 3.5: GPL Microfilm 17 only
Catalog of Copyright Entries
1906-1946
LC 3.6:, LC 3.6/1: through LC 3.6/4:
GPL Microfilm 17; Storage; unbound, incomplete; see shelflist
See Andriot for parts
1947-1977
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series.
LC 3.6/5: Storage; unbound; cataloged by part in MNCAT
See Andriot for parts
1978-1982
http://www.copyright.gov
LC 3.6/6:
1978 in paper, GPL
1979-1981 or 1982 (depending on series), microfiche, GPL
Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletins have been published since #1 in 1895. The SuDoc since 1913 has been L 2.3: and many recurring series are included with the overall series. For indexes, see:
1895-1971: L 2.3: 1749
1972-1977: L 2.3: 1990
1978-1998: L2.71: 925
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces
Abroad, 1798-2001
FACA = Federal Advisory Committee Act
Searchable database: http://www.facadatabase.gov/public.asp
See also:
Encyclopedia of Government Advisory Organizations
TC Wilson Library Quarto JK468.C7 E5 Latest edition in WILSON Gov Pub (Reference).
For 1980:
Address Coding Guide.
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (Reference) Quarto F614.M675 A3x 1980
For 1990:
1990 Census Address Coding Guide & Census Tract Map for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
TC Wilson Library Borchert Map (Minnesota) Quarto HA730.M56 A614x 1992