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• FrontPage, History, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  Legislative History Research: A Basic Guide

  08.01.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Congressional Research Service has  a guide to basic legislative research at the federal level.  This report [pdf] provides an overview of federal legislative history research, the legislative process, and where to find congressional documents. The report also summarizes some of the reasons researchers are interested in legislative history, briefly describes the actions a piece [...]

• FrontPage, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  Design your own: MyFCC.gov

  05.23.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you frequently use the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website or FCC information in your work, you can now design your own dashboard to present their news and reports according to your liking. The Beta version of MyFCC.gov allows you to choose from widgets, new media, guides, news, personal links, help, reports, documents, events, and [...]

• FrontPage, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  You are Invited to Attend the Government Documents Roundtable of Ohio Spring Meeting

  05.03.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Government Documents Roundtable of Ohio (GODORT) will have its spring meeting on May 18th at the State Library of Ohio. You do not need to be a member of GODORT to attend – anyone interested in Ohio and Federal documents, their uses, trends, resources to locate them, or other topics is invited. For the [...]

• FrontPage, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  Check out Business.USA.gov: The one-stop shop for everything related to business in the USA

  04.27.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  From the Reference Desk… Business.gov has a new name and location. Business.USA.gov is the new multi-agency source of Federal programs, tools, grants, events, data, links, blogs, and more.

• Continuing Education, FrontPage, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  Join Us for a Free Census Webinar

  04.24.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  The State Library of Ohio invites you to our training room on May 4 to view a North Carolina Library Association-sponsored webinar on data in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The American Community Survey replaced the decennial census long form in 2010. The ACS has a very different methodology than the decennial census and [...]

• FrontPage, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  Statistical Abstract is Back

  03.22.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Some time ago, the Census Bureau announced that it would no longer compile the annual Statistical Abstract, an essential source of reliable statistics. Proquest, which provides some of our OhioLINK resources, has decided to pick up where the Census Bureau left off, and will issue online and print editions for 2013. This is great news.

• History, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  Looking for helpful, accurate, complete and concise government information?

  03.15.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Publications.USA.gov may be your answer. It’s a “one-stop source for answers to questions about consumer problems and government services.” The Federal government publishes material on any subject you can imagine. You might have seen small brochures listing consumer pamphlets that you can order from Pueblo, Colorado on everything from saving gas dollars to greenscaping your [...]

• History, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  Census 2010

  03.14.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  It is now easy to find 2010 Census information on our website. Locate the Government Documents link under the eagle on our home page. Scroll down to the links under the Ohio flag and you will find Census 2010 information. Pages can be loaded in many languages, including Hmong and Somali.

• Events, General, State & Federal Documents News, State Library News, State of Ohio Employees

  Display and Upcoming Presentation at the State Library of Ohio on the History of the U.S. Government Printing Office

  02.17.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce a new exhibit based on the U.S. Government Printing Office publication Keeping America Informed: 150 Years of Service to the Nation. The exhibit features a small sample of the many federal publications in the State Library of Ohio’s depository collections. The Federal Depository Library Program was [...]

• State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  New Poverty Guidelines Keep You Up-to-Date

  02.13.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you work in the field of social or health services, you probably like to keep the latest poverty guidelines handy. The newest guidelines have just been published on pages 4034-35 in the January 26, 2012 issue of the Federal Register. You can read them anytime day or night by using several easy steps: go [...]

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