Shipping Lists Included in the Samples

Table 2

Dates and Tools Used in each Search  of the Web

Table 3

 The Level of Success  of each Search of the Web for Sample A

Level of Success	Number (Percentage)
	first search	second search	third search	fourth search
1. Available on the World Wide Web	25 (39%)	31 (47%)	30 (46%)	34 (53%)
2. Available in different format	6 (9%)	6 (9%)	5 (8%)	4 (6%)
Total Available	31 (48%)	37 (58%)	35 (55%)	38 (59%)
3. Partially available	3 (5%)	3 (5%)	3 (5%)	1 (2%)
4.  Only newer issues available	2 (3%)	1 (2%)	3 (5%)	5 (8%)
5.  Only older issues available	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
6.  Available only by paid subscription	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)
7.  Only abstract available	2 (3%)	2 (3%)	2 (3%)	0 (0%)
8.  Not available	24 (37%)	20 (31%)	20 (31%)	19 (30%)
Total Unavailable	33 (52%)	27 (42%)	29 (45%)	26 (41%)

Table 4

The Level of Success  of each Search of the Web for Sample B  

Level of Success	Number (Percentage)
	first search	second search	third search	fourth search
1. Available on the World Wide Web	39 (45%)	55 (64%)	56 (65%)	56 (65%)
2.  Only ordering information available	1 (1%)	1 (1%)	3 (3%)	0 (0%)
3. Partially available	1 (1%)	3 (3%)	4 (1%)	1 (1%)
4.  Only abstract available	1 (1%)	0 (0%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)
5.  Available only to users in the authoring agency	0 (0%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)	0 (0%)
6. Only newer issues available	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (1%)
7.  Not available	44 (51%)	26 (30%)	21 (24%)	27 (31%)
Total Unavailable	47 (55%)	31 (36%)	30 (35%)	30 (35%)

 

Table 5

 Number and Percentage of Sample Publications found in each search of the Web

	June-July 2000	September-October 2000	January-February 2001	November 2001
Sample A	31 (48%)	38 (59%)	35 (55%)	38 (59%)
Sample B	39 (45%)	55 (64%)	56 (65%)	56 (65%)
Total	70 (47%)	93 (62%)	91 (61%)	94 (63%)

Table 6

Sample Publications Found During the Final Search (November 2001), by format 

FORMAT	Found on the World Wide Web	NOT Found on the World Wide Web
Paper	26 (57%)	20 (43 %)
Microfiche	65 (67%)	32  ( 33%)
Electronic	3 (43%)	4 ( 57%)
Total	94 (63%)	56 (37 %)

Table 7

Sample Publications Found During the Final Search (November 2001), by authoring agency

AUTHORING AGENCY			found on the World Wide Web	NOT found on the World Wide Web
Agriculture Department			6	2
Central Intelligence Agency			1	0
Commerce Department			10	0
Congress			34	9
Defense Department			1	7
Education Department			2	2
Energy Department			2	0
Environmental Protection Agency			5	2
Federal Emergency Management Agency			0	4
General Accounting Office			1	0
General Services Administration			2	0
Government Printing Office			2	0
Health and Human Services Department			1	2
Housing and Urban Development Department			0	1
Interior Department			1	2
Justice Department			2	2
Judiciary			3	3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration			2	3
National Archives			11	1
Nuclear Regulatory Commission			2	4
Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission			1	0
Personnel Management  Office			1	0
Securities and Exchange Commission			0	1
Smithsonian Institution			0	1
Social Security Administration			0	1
State Department			0	2
Transportation Department			4	4
Treasury Department			0	3
TOTAL			94 (63%)	56 (37%)