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Posted by isulib on April 15, 2008
We have been without an electronic subscription to the Wall Street Journal for a few months because of a switch from ABI Inform to Business Source Complete. We now have it back through ProQuest, and our electronic full-text coverage of the WSJ runs from 1889-present.
Go here to access the current issues.
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Posted by isulib on April 4, 2008
The 1922 ISU football team.
More historical information on ISU sports and the university can be found at the University Archives
-A Kaiser
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Posted by isulib on April 3, 2008
Yesterday, oil prices jumped because of an inventory report from the government. Where did the report come from?
The Energy Information Administration
-A Kaiser
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Posted by isulib on April 1, 2008
I can’t even pretend to understand the meaning of some of the economics statistics that are produced by the US government, but I do understand why the GDP and the unemployment rate are important. You can research those stats and more at the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. -A Kaiser
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Posted by isulib on March 24, 2008
One of my favorite photos from the Wabash Valley Visions and Voices collection.
Go here to see it full-size- A Kaiser
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Posted by isulib on February 25, 2008
We have a website dedicated to information on active shooters on campus. Go here for links and research tips about the subject.
-AKaiser
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Posted by isulib on February 18, 2008
One of my favorite sites is the US Census homepage.
The site won’t win any awards for being user friendly, but if you spend some time with it, you can get detailed information about the US population.
The American Factfinder area is the place to go for these statistics. You can quickly pull up fact sheets on states and communities, but the real power comes from looking at the Data Sets. Choose the Decennial Census from the menu of the left hand side of the page and then pick one of the Summary Files (SF 1 is a good place to start). Click on Detailed Tables and then use the menus to look up data.
For more information, visit our reference desk. -AKaiser
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Posted by isulib on February 7, 2008
Because you just can’t get enough of those presidential ads, here is an archive of past presidential advertising.
-A Kaiser
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Posted by isulib on January 31, 2008
As Super Tuesday approaches, political junkies are all over the web hunting for information. Here are some election sites you might find interesting:
General Election Sites
CNN Election 2008
Washington Post
New York Times Election Guide
Finances
Federal Election Commission
OpenSecrets.org
Polls
RealClearPolitics Latest Polls
For the Serious Political Junkie
The Green Papers is a site full of dates, statistics, and procedures for the election process.
2008 Democratic Convention Watch-So far this is the only site that I have found that is trying to keep to track of the super delagate endorsements for the Democrat party. This could prove to be a very useful blog if the race continues to be close.
-A Kaiser
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Posted by isulib on January 31, 2008
Welcome to the ISU Library blog. This is something of an experiment for us, so keep checking in to see what happens. What can you find here? News about the library, tips on research, interesting resources, inside information on what’s happening at the library, and anything else we can think of.
Keep checking in.
-A Kaiser
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