Finding Government Resources Online: A Webometric Study of Selective Federal Depository Library Websites

摘要

Over eleven hundred libraries across the United States and its territories participate in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) by providing public access to free government resources. In the last decade, there has been a significant shift as many government publications are being published only electronically. At the same time, several older physical collections are being digitized and made available online. This shift has caused many FDLP libraries to weed their older physical government document collections and increase their electronic holdings. This study examines how Federal depository libraries in the United States provide information about their government document collections and other government resources on their websites.