The Information Cycle: Government Publications

Advantages:

• Breadth of coverage
• Statistics
• Official government viewpoint on a topic

Disadvantages:

• Publication may be written for governmental officials
• Legislation can be hard to track

Find Government Documents in the Library Catalog: 

"Government Publications" will appear as a Format in the "Refine My Search" section once you have completed your search in the Catalog. 

Use the Federal government digital system to find online government publications:

Government Documents website  Federal Digital System