Gov Docs: Training Resources: Tutorials

Michigan State U. -- Interactive tutorial to designed to teach students and staff the basics of SuDoc classification.
1. SuDocs Basics, 2. SuDocs Call Number Quiz, 3. Shelving Exercises

Southestern Louisiana U. -- 14-minute YouTube video on how SuDoc numbers work.

U.S. Census (YouTube)--videos on how to use data from ACS

Census -- Recorded web-based courses that teach how to use Census databases and mapping tools, find local and national demographic information for a variety of uses including grant proposals, economic data statistics for business plans, research papers, etc.

Census Bureau -- Archive of webinars relating to census materials from 2015 - present.

NARA -- An introduction to the Federal Register in either PDF or HTML format.

ProQuest -- includes topic guides and YouTube training videos.

Ithaca College (YouTube) 3:41 min.

U of CO-Boulder (YouTube) 3 min.

U. of CO-Boulder (YouTube) 2.22 min.

LibGuide which provides high-quality, current, and vetted geospatial resources and professional tools for the map and geospatial information librarian.

YouTube--GPO employees launched GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) in 2009. This system is a one-stop site to authentic, published government information. A user can easily search for Congressional Bills, Hearing Reports and the other documents of our democracy. (Sept. 3, 2009)

YouTube--GPO and National Archives' Office of the Federal Register launch the Federal Register 2.0 prototype in 2010. This new site gives the American public a user-friendly version of the Federal Register, which is the daily journal of our government. (July 22, 2010)

GPO--Seventeen tutorials that offers users introductory guidance in navigating GPO’s govinfo, performing various types of searches, narrowing search results, browsing, and Help features.

GPO--Video tutorials available to assist users in learning to navigate GPO's govinfo database.

YouTube--Celebrating 150 years of Keeping American Informed on the documents of our democracy, Archivist David Ferriero invited Public Printer Bob Tapella into the vault at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. to view GPOs birth certificate. (April 19, 2010)

YouTube--The Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe came to GPO to talk with Head Forwarder Peter James about book binding, marbling and other work he does for the federal government. (May 20, 2009)

YouTube--It explains the intricacies performed at GPO by employees who within hours transform stacks of manuscripts from Congress into the print and Web-ready forms that meets the needs of the information and technology needs of the American public. (April 21, 2011)

YouTube--U.S. Public Printer Robert C. Tapella discusses the roles and products of the U.S. Government Printing Office. (Aug. 7, 2008)

YouTube--The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) works with the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Office of the Federal Register (OFR) to produce the Public Papers of the President. (April 11, 2011)

YouTube--The men and women in GPO's Bindery use their skills to produce unique items for the U.S. Congress, The White House and other government agencies. Many are skilled in the art of book binding, marbling, gold stamping and various other handcrafted skills. (April 1, 2010)