Telecommunication plays an important part in our lives whenever we listen to music on the radio, watch TV, make a landline telephone call, use a cellular phone, or access the Internet for information, viewing video feeds, or downloading music. The growth of some of these practices and the merging of the technologies disseminating these services has increased the desire of governments to regulate these activities.
Purdue Libraries have many government documents dealing with telecommunication. Examples of subject headings you can use to search the Library Catalog for government documents on telecommunication include:
The principal index for locating U.S. Government documents is the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36) which is available online from 1976-present (see link below). The Another useful index for U.S. Government documents is the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index (HSSE REF 328.73005 C76) which indexes congressional publications from 1970-present.
