Some online research databases will be affected by the shutdown of the Federal Government. ERIC documents are temporarily unavailable. The shutdown affects only the ERIC documents (reports, conference proceedings, etc.) hosted on the eric.ed.gov site. Journal articles indexed in ERIC are still accessible through the library ERIC database. The shutdown also affects several federal websites, … Continue reading Fed Shutdown Affects Library Databases
Today is the 226th Anniversary of the United States Constitution. Want to test your knowledge of the Constitution? Take this online quiz. Learn more about the Constitution using the library’s Constitution Day Online Guide. Continue reading Happy Constitution Day!
Something new on google: if you search a broad topic, like climate change, poverty, or the death penalty, it lists the usual websites but if you scroll down to the bottom of the results page, they now have some links to what they call “In-Depth Articles” from publications like The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The … Continue reading In-Depth on Google
Happy Anniversary, City Lights Bookstore! This year, City Lights Bookstore is celebrating their 60th anniversary. City Lights, founded by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin, is an independent bookstore In North Beach that has many connections with the Beat Generation. They have lots of events planned as part of their anniversary celebrations. You can also follow City Lights … Continue reading City Lights Bookstore
Need help finding topics for your paper? Looking for primary source information for your research? Want up-to-date government information? Just “follow” the new Twitter account dedicated to providing links to Federal documents and information (including an app or two). @usfgovinfo Continue reading New Library Twitter: usfgovinfo
Today (February 7, 2012) is the 200th anniversary of Dickens’ birth. To show a little love for Dickens, I went up to the Rare Book Room and took photos of 2 items from the Gleeson Library Rare Book Room collection. The first two photos are illustrations from Bleak House and the third is a photo of the … Continue reading Happy Birthday Charles Dickens
When I logged into WordPress to edit a blog post this morning, I encountered the following screen: What’s up with that? Turns out WordPress, along with sites such as Twitter and most notably Wikipedia, are raising awareness of pending legislation in the House and the Senate that could cause censorship of the Internet. The original … Continue reading What’s up with the Wikipedia black out?
A controversial bill called the “Research Works Act” has been introduced in Congress. This bill would end the current policy (that has been in effect since 2008) that requires any research funded by the NIH be made freely available to the public via Pub Med Central one year after publication in a journal. For reactions, … Continue reading Public Access to NIH Funded Research at Risk
For the last couple of months, if you search Google and put in words like oil spill or gulf oil spill, at the top of the results list, you will get an ad from BP with the title BP Response. In it, BP gives you their side of the story about the oil disaster in … Continue reading BP and search engines
For credible information about volcanoes and the recent eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull, visit these government websites: USGS – U.S. Geological Survey NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration – see also NASA’s Earth Observatory for satellite images Brought to you by Gleeson Library’s Government Information Librarian, Carol Spector. … Continue reading Hot Lava!
