Monthly Checklist of State Publications

Perhaps the area which is least comprehensively indexed and abstracted is that of state publications. Information must literally be dug from these sources. Locating these publications and indexing them more fully than is normally done commercially is one approach to the problem. A publication of the Library of Congress called the U. S, Monthly Checklist of State Publications serves the same purpose for state publications as the U. S. Government Monthly Catalog does for publications of the Federal Government. 

State publications are listed in the Monthly Checklist of State Publications. These are usually available from one s own Department of State. State statutes must be purchased from West Publishing Company on Long Island. State Administrative Codes are obtained from your Department of State, Division of Administrative Ffrocedure, located in the state capitol. In many states, one must buy the entire code and cannot obtain individual titles, thus defeating one of the main principles of efficient information management—not to be burdened with data that is not relevant to one s operational needs. 

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