Government Documents on Campus

By Bobby Griffith, UNT Government Documents Department, Willis Library (griffith@library.unt.edu)

The Government Documents Department at the UNT Libraries provides free access to thousands of government publications on a wide variety of topics. We have a Web page that describes the Department and provides links to many electronic sources of government information on every level from local to international. The Documents Department Web page is accessible on the Internet at http://www.library.unt.edu/info/willis/govdocs/deposit3.html. You can also get to the Documents page from the UNT Libraries homepage at http://www.library.unt.edu. Select "Library and Departmental Information," then select "Government Documents Department" (under "Willis Library").

The Documents Department has two links on its web page that are of special interest in this election year:

1. "A Guide to the 1996 U.S. Election Campaigns" is an annotated list of selected internet sites of interest to voters. The guide includes sites related specifically to the 1996 elections as well as sites that provide political analyses and profiles of elected officials, sites related to various aspects of political activism, and sites that assist with voter registration.
   
   The guide is accessible at http://www.library.unt.edu/info/willis/govdocs/elect96.html. You can also get to it from the Documents Department web page (see URL above) by selecting "Hot Topics" (under "Ready Reference"), then "1996 Elections."
2. "Finding Information About Elected Officials" explains how to research your elected officials using both internet sources and other sources available in the UNT Libraries. It also includes instructions for writing a letter to your legislator and a directory of legislators for citizens of Denton County, which gives names, phone numbers, mailing addresses (including E-mail addresses when available), and proper salutations.
   
   "Finding Information About Elected Officials" is accessible at http://www.library.unt.edu/info/willis/govdocs/elecfile.html. You can also get to it from the Documents Department web page (see URL above) by selecting "Politics/Elected Officials" (under "Finding Government Information at UNT.")
   

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