Name: _______________________________________________

ASSIGNMENT ELEVEN: GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AND INDEXES

1. What does this library's "selective depository" status mean?
    _________________________________________________________________

2. Often U.S. government agencies and departments are better known by their initials (called acronyms) than they are by their official names. For example, NASA is the acronym for the National Aeronautical and Space Administration. The U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL (ask for a copy at the Reference Desk) lists these acronyms and their names. Use the table of contents and find "Appendix A: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms". Select an agency of your choice from this list.

    A) What is the acronym of the agency?  _________________________________ 

    B) What is the full name of the agency?__________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________

3. What is the name of the document classification system used by the United States Government Printing Office?
    _________________________________________________________________

4. On the Library home page select Articles, Databases or Online Databases and open GPO Monthly Catalog. Find a government publication on a subject of interest to you and answer the following questions: 

    A) What is your subject? ________________________________________________

    B) What is the GOV DOCS number of the first document your search discovered?
     ________________________________________________________________

5. On the Library Website, click on the heading Government Information <http://library.boisestate.edu/Reference/govdocs/> and list the three main categories found there:

    A)___________________________________

    B)____________________________________

    C)____________________________________