Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2002

Keywords

Internet, U.S. depository library program

Abstract

In order to explore the prevalence of federal government information on the World Wide Web, two random samples were taken of material sent to federal depository libraries in the first half of the year 2000. Over the course of eighteen months four separate attempts were made to find each of the sample publications on the World Wide Web using a variety of search engines. During the first attempt, one to five months after the material was sent to depository libraries, 47% of the publications in the sample were located on the Web. During the final and most successful attempt, 18 to 23 months after the distribution, 63% of the sample publications were located. Based on the sample, at present almost two-thirds of depository material are available on the Web approximately two years after the material was sent to depository libraries.

Publication Title

Journal of Government Information

Volume

29

Issue

1

First Page

17

Last Page

29

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1352-0237(03)00003-0

Required Publisher's Statement

2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

DOI:10.1016/S1352-0237(03)00003-0

Comments

This is the author's post print. The publisher's version can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13520237/29/1

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Government publications--United States--Data processing; Electronic government information--United States--Evaluation; Electronic information resources--United States--Evaluation; Depository libraries--United States--Automation

Geographic Coverage

United States

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