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National Freedom of Information Day

March 16th is National Freedom of Information Day and James Madison's birthday! Madison was an early advocate for the public's right to access information and an important U.S. political figure. So in honor of these dual observances, try out one of these books about government information, leaks, data, and secrets.

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  • Find It Fast

    Extracting Expert Information From Social Networks, Big Data, Tweets, and More

    Berkman, Robert I,
    PaperbackMedford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., [2015] — 025.0425 BERKMAN
  • Be Data Literate

    the Data Literacy Skills Everyone Needs to Succeed

    Morrow, Jordan,
    PaperbackLondon ; New York, NY : Kogan Page Limited, 2021. — 006.312 MORROW
  • How to Find Out Anything

    From Extreme Google Searches to Scouring Government Documents, a Guide to Uncovering Anything About Everyone and Everything

    MacLeod, Don, 1955-
    PaperbackNew York, New York : Prentice Hall Press, 2012. — 001.42 MACLEOD
  • BookNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. — 355.1334 MANNING
  • The WikiLeaks Files

    the World According to US Empire

    BookLondon ; New York : Verso, 2015. — 327.73 WIKILEAKS
  • State of Silence

    the Espionage Act and the Rise of America's Secrecy Regime

    Lebovic, Sam, 1981-
    BookNew York : Basic Books, 2023. — 345.730231 LEBOVIC
  • Lords of Secrecy

    the National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare

    Horton, Scott
    BookNew York : Nation Books, [2015] — 327.1273 HORTON
  • Claim of Privilege

    a Mysterious Plane Crash, a Landmark Supreme Court Case, and the Rise of State Secrets

    Siegel, Barry
    BookNew York : Harper, c2008. — 342.7306 SIEGEL
  • James Madison

    America's First Politician

    Cost, Jay,
    BookNew York : Basic Books, 2021. — B MADISON
  • The Other Madisons

    the Lost History of a President's Black Family

    Kearse, Bettye,
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. — 920 KEARSE