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Slide 2 How to Find a United States Government Publication @ James E. Shepard Memorial Library North Carolina Central University Slide 3 Books Microfiche CD-ROMs Maps Periodicals Slide 4 Superintendent of Documents classification number. Example: Ju 6.8: 465 Shelved: Left to Right SuDoc Number Slide 5 Example: Occupational Outlook Handbook. SuDoc # - L 2.3/4:2008-09 L - Issuing Agency - Labor Depart. 2 - Subordinate bureau within the agency Bureau of Labor Statistics : - Number designating the title 2008-2009 Year of publication or coverage Slide 6 Prefix Agency A Agriculture Department C 3. Census Bureau ED Education Department HE Health and Human Service Department J Justice Department Sudoc Classification Number Examples Slide 7 Understanding now how the Sudoc number works, how do I go about finding the document that I want on the shelf? Slide 8 WELCOME TO THE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS DEPARTMENT Slide 9 Personnel Victoria Silver, Librarian Personnel Eric Morris, Library Assistant Workstations 2 computers/printers One-on-one Research Assistance Book Stacks Another Satisfied Customer Online Access Document Locations Slide 10 Slide 11 The Sudoc Number always reads from Left to Right Slide 12 L(1) 2.(2) :(3) 2008-09(4) L is listed in terms of alphabetical order 2. is listed in terms of numerical order 3 is listed in terms of numerical order /4: is a sub-component of 3 and is listed in numerical order 2008-09 is listed in chronological order Slide 13 Ex. L 2.3: precedes L.2.3/4: precedes L 2.3/5 (The number behind the decimal is actually a whole number and not a decimal.) Slide 14 Here are some examples of documents shelved in alphabetical and numerical order: C 3.24/8: 34 C 3.25: AF 48 NAS 1.2: 957 NS 1.53: D 48 Slide 15 Four Sudoc cards on the left, order number cards on your right. See if you can guess correctly. Click on link to see correct answers: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/gd/tutorial/test3a.html Slide 16 Electronic Resources Slide 17 NCCU CATALOG Slide 18 CATALOG OF U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Slide 19 MARCIVE Web DOCS Slide 20 GPO Access Online Resources: A-Z Resource List Slide 21 OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCES SEARCH ENGINEERS LexisNexis Academic LexisNexis Academic via LexisNexis CQ Researcher Slide 22 Government Documents Home Page, from the Shepard Library webpageShepard Library scroll down to Other Resources and click on Government Information.Other ResourcesGovernment Information Slide 23 Should you need further assistance please contact Mrs. Victoria Silver Gov. Docs. Librarian Room 219 Ph. # (919) 530-7307 vsilver@nccu.edu Eric Morris Library Assistant Room 236B Ph.# (919) 530-6598 emorris@nccu.edu Shepard Library North Carolina Central university Slide 24 You have completed the mini-course on searching for government documents!