Telecommunications

• A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age
  A report examining the digital divide (the difference between those who have and don't have access to information technology).
• The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research arm of Congress, prepares reports (usually under 20 pages long) on topics of interest to members of Congress. Search these CRS Reports CU through LexisNexis. Enter "cable television", "communications satellites", "telecommunication", or "telecommunication regulation" as search terms.
• Consumer Technology information this page from USA.gov examines consumer issues relating to Technology.
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provides full text working papers, press releases, and other information on communications issues.
• Telecommunications Service in Rural Areas documents the efforts of the FCC to ensure telecommunications access in rural areas.
• Federal Standard 1037C: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms
• Telecommunications Act of 1996
  This page provides links to the Congressional Record, amendments, and bill text.

• International Telecommunications Union
  This organization was formed so that "governments and the private sector could work together to coordinate the operation of telecommunication networks and services and advance the development of communications technology." The Government Publications library has access to the Telecommunications Indicators database on select computers in the library.
• SourceOECD Telecommunications Database CU
• World Development Indicators CU
  This is a collection of statistics from the World Bank. It allows you to compare statistics from 228 countries, using 737 development variables. These statistics include media variables such as broadband access, television, and mobile phones.

• Electronic Privacy Information Center
  A public interest group interested whose purpose is "to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values."
• Telecommunications Choose this subject for all databases on this topic. Or choose a particular area of focus:
  • Telecommunications - Business, Market and Industry Aspects
  • Telecommunications - Economic Aspects
  • Telecommunications - Engineering Aspects
  • Telecommunications - Government Information
  • Telecommunications - International Aspects
  • Telecommunications - Legal and Policy Aspects
  • Telecommunications - News Sources
  • Telecommunications - Statistics
  • Telecommunications - Standards

Resources in the Catalog

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on telecommunications available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook , the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  telecom* and statistics	telecom* and statistics
  telecom* and politic*	telecom* and politic*
  telecom* and histor*	telecom* and histor*
  telecom* (government publications only)	telecom* (government publications only)

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

• Electronic Commerce
• Laws
• Technical Reports