Thomas Jefferson Information Center
What is the Thomas Jefferson Information Center? It is a special center for information about the United States: History Culture and society Political and economic processes International relations
The key word here is SPECIAL. Focuses on information about the United States Caters primarily to scholars, research staff of various agencies who have a special interest and/or need for information about the United States – For scholarly research – For policymaking Uses latest available technology to locate, access and deliver information to ensure speed in providing information.
TJIC Does Not… Support an academic program It is not an academic library Respond to the information needs of a broad and diverse community It is not a public library. Function as a circulating library Its collection consists primarily of electronic sources: CD-Roms Online databases Unlimited Internet access
TJIC provides the following services Reference & Research: You ask, we search, we deliver the information Current Awareness/Outreach: We alert you to current publications available in your special areas of interest.
Types of Current Awareness/Outreach Services
Article Alert – An annotated list of selected current articles, reports and documents available in print of from the Internet
“What’s New” – Sent electronically as soon as material appears to alert you of the availability of an information source.
Topical Bibliographies – A selected list of TJIC materials on selected topics.
Information Packets – Folders of selected materials about a particular subject prepared upon request.
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Need Information About the U.S.? Call TJIC Because... We’re the U.S. Embassy’s INFORMATION GATEWAY to America and we’re just a phone call away! Searching, Evaluating, Organizing, Packaging, and Presenting information about the U.S. … is what we do best and we want to serve you
Thomas Jefferson Information Center Phone: (632) ext (632) Fax: (632) Web site: US. Embassy: TJIC:
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