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Government Policy Resources for Science and Technology Topics: A Case Study
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Courtesy of ISTL.org on 12/20/11 04:30:00
 
Research librarians should be literate in locating government resources at both 
federal and state levels. Although assistance with policy research may not be as
 frequently requested as other subjects, librarians need to be knowledgeable in 
this subject area. Policy resources produced by federal and state legislative 
and executive agencies can be challenging to locate and interpret. This article 
examines congressional and other governmental sources of policy information 
using an environmental catastrophe, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Coal 
Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee, as a case study to illustrate an approach to 
researching environmental policy information. Information on the Coal Ash Spill 
is an example of a request that might be received at any research assistance 
desk employing a cadre of librarians with specialization in various disciplines,
 including science and technology. More...