1. Access to Electronic Records
   A State by State Guide to Obtaining Government Data
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2003
   Reporters have a tool that allows them to report on entire populations and do original analysis on a subject for their stories, rather than relying solely on anecdotes. Computer-assisted reporting helps journalists do important stories that otherwise would not be covered.
2. Access to knowledge movement
   Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   
3. As ACTA talks resume, new leak confirms fears about threat to online free expression
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Reporters Without Borders urges ACTA negotiators not to sacrifice Internet free speech and access to online information to the desire to combat piracy and the counterfeiting of copyrighted works
4. Decision not file charges in CIA video destruction deals new setback to right to information
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   The decision not to file charges against any of the CIA officers who destroyed 92 videos of interrogations in secret CIA prisons has dealt a new blow to the search for truth in a matter of public interest and to the public’s right of access.
5. Finding Answers
   The Essential Guide to Gathering Information in Canada
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1993
   Outlines the essentials of how to find and use information.
   
6. Freedom of information
   Connexipedia Article
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   
7. Getting the Goods
   Information in BC How to Find It, How to Use It
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1990
   A guide to the basic sources of information -- the tools of the trade -- that all reporters, researchers and investigators rely on.
   
8. Information Access
   Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   
9. Labour Left Out
   Canada's Failure to Protect and Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2006
   
10. Public Consultation: A Citizens Handbook
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    
11. The Secret Secret
    Of Wikileaks and Literacy
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Only those with proper clearances can participate in discussions that affect significant aspects of our lives. Certain technological achievements, our collective ethical decisions (torture, secret prisons, air strikes, etc.), our collective behavior towards other nations and peoples (foreign policy discussions) and more are often obscured by state secrecy. Like the medieval clergy, those holding classified clearances are the sole legitimate interpreters of the 'really important' knowledge. In effect, they are a caste that guides our political and technological cosmologies.
12. Sources Select Resources
    Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
13. 12 States Sign World's First Treaty on Access to Information
    What About the Other 35 Council of Europe Member States?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    12 European countries today became the first states to sign the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents.

Experts on Access to Public Information in the Sources Directory

1. Article 19
2. National Archives of the United States