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On Tuesday, February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This bill appropriates additional federal funds for job creation and preservation, aid for those most affected by the recession, infrastructure projects (transportation, environmental, etc.), and aid to state and local governments to reduce or eliminate service cuts and/or tax increases. This guide provides links to information about the stimulus bill, including ways to track how the money will be spent; you can find the permanent page at: http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/FederalStimulus_guide.htm

For help locating resources, please contact Tamara Smith, Government Documents Coordinator, at 410-837-5072 or tsmith@ubalt.edu.

Websites

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (111st Cong., H.R. 1). http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1ENR/pdf/BILLS-111hr1ENR.pdf
Read the text of the final (enrolled) version of the bill.

A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America's Promise. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy10/pdf/fy10-newera.pdf
An overview of the FY 2010 Budget of the U. S. Government due to be released in spring 2009.

Recovery.gov. http://www.recovery.gov
Created by the White House to explain the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and to track stimulus spending.

Stimulus Watch. http://www.stimuluswatch.org
An unaffiliated, volunteer-built site that lists shovel-ready projects in cities nationwide and allows visitors to leave comments or vote on the importance of a project. The site uses data taken from the U.S. Conference of Mayors' MainStreet Economic Recovery Report, and the site's dataset is available as an Excel download.

U.S. Department of the Treasury. FinancialStability.gov. http://www.financialstability.gov/
Still a work-in-progress, this site provides links to information about the stimulus package.

U.S. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service. IRS Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204335,00.html
A short article highlighting some of the tax-related provisions that are being implemented.

Find Documents

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications [help]
Coverage: July 1976 - present. Search more than 500,000 records for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. Includes links to full text where available.

FDSys [help]
Coverage: 1993 – present. Search for federal documents back to the 103rd Congress. Collections include: Federal Register; Congressional Record; Congressional bills, hearings and documents; Public and Private Laws, and the Compilation of Presidential Documents (now updated daily).

Google U.S. Government Search
Search for U.S. federal, state and local government information. Very helpful for locating specific documents.

USA.gov
The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal. Search for a particular document, or browse the topics.

Subject Databases

ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-tex

BNA [on-campus]
Coverage varies. Variety of titles covering a broad spectrum of practice areas, including intellectual property, environmental law, federal securities, labor and employment, tax, and public contracts. Among the titles are U.S. Law Week, U.S. Patents Quarterly, and the BNA Tax Management Portfolios. Its daily publications, including Daily Tax Report, Daily Labor Report, and Daily Environment Report, are indispensable to the legal professional. NOTE TO OFF-CAMPUS USERS: In order to search for BNA journals in Research Port, you will need the exact title. You can find a complete list of titles at http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=474

Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies - present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.

HEIN ONLINE: [On-campus]
Coverage: varies. A retrospective collection of over 90 law reviews, with over 200,000 articles. Full-text is available, in graphical image format.

Military & Government Collection [on-campus]
Coverage: various dates. Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 350 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 titles.

News/Current Events Databases

Baltimore Sun [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Sept 16, 1990 - present. Full text of Baltimore Sun.

National Newspapers (NA5) with Washington Post [on-campus]
Coverage: Varies with each title back to 1984. Full text of 5 newspapers:
Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition and the Washington Post.

General Databases

Academic Search Premier [on-campus] [help] Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

ArticleFirst [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Indexes journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Citations only. No abstracts or full-text. Now includes ContentsFirst.

Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals. Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.

Masterfile Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Indexes more than 3,100 magazines covering general subjects. Includes full-text for over 1,000 journals.

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Here are some of the new titles that you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

State of Maryland Documents (shelved in the general collection)

• State of Maryland Children’s Cabinet & Governor’s Office for Children. Maryland’s Results for Child Well-Being. 2007. (Reference HV742. M3M371 2007)

Print/CD/DVD (online version linked when available)

• The Constitution of the United States of America as Amended: Unratified Amendments, Analytical Index. (Y 1.1/7: 110-50)
• Empowering Local Communities: Through Leadership Development and Capacity Building. (HH 14.2:EM 7)
  A report on the universities that received grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of University Partnerships, including the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
• MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968-1973. (D 114.7/3:J 66)
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Fall 2007. (L2.70/4: 51/3)
  Special Issue: Charting the Projections: 2006-16. This issue contains charts that project changes in occupational employment, industry employment, the labor force, and the overall economy.
• The Redesigned Naturalization Test. (HS 8.2: T 28)
  This brochure folds out to a two-sided poster that lists the questions and important terms on the revised test.
• Schneller, Robert John. Anchor of Resolve: A History of U.S. Naval Forces General Command/Fifth Fleet. (D221.2: F62/3)
• Seniors, Protect Yourself Against Investment Fraud: A Guide for Seniors. (SE 1.36:SE 5)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Programs in Brief, October 2007. (HE20.402: P94/4)
  Gives a one-page brief of all DHHS programs organized by topic (i.e., “matrix area”).

Hearings from the 110^th Congress

• Evolution of an Economic Crisis? The Subprime Lending Disaster and the Threat to the Broader Economy. Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, September 19, 2007. S. Hrg. 110-250. (Y4.EC7: S.Hrg. 110-250)
• Is Market Concentration in the U.S. Petroleum Industry Harming Consumers? Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, May 23, 2007. S. Hrg. 110-202. (Y4.EC7: P44/3)

For a list of new electronic titles available in April, please go the Catalog of Government Publications.

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Here are some of the new titles that you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

Print/CD/DVD (online version linked when available)

• Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book, Fall 2007. (PrEx 28.2: L52)
  Collects important legislation and legal guidelines used by the Intelligence Community. From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
• IRS Tax Products CD & DVD. (T 22.51/4:2007/REV. 2008/FINAL)
  Current and previous year forms and instructions on CD; historical tax forms and instructions in PDF format on DVD. Includes all iterations of forms and instructions (Example: All versions of Form 1040 from 1913 - present, plus the first tax form used in 1864).
  
  All pubs are available in PDF form 1994-present; older ones are not available in PDF format, so they are not included here.
  
  For 2007, multilingual products are included, along with Title 26 (Internal Revenue Code), IRS e-File information, Tax Map, and Tax Topics.
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2005 (L2.3/11:2005)
  Includes a spiral-bound book and 2 CDs.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-2009. (GP 3.22/2: 270/2008-2009)
• Our Flag. (Y 1.1/3:109-18)
  This booklet includes a history of the U. S. Flag and rules on how to fly it, as well as a section on state flags and a copy of the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008. (C 3.134:2008)

For a list of new electronic titles available in March, please go the Catalog of Government Publications.

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Here are some of the new titles that you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

Print/CD/DVD (online version linked when available)

• Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2009. (Y1.1/7: 110-84/v.1-4)
  Includes the following volumes:
• Volume 1: Budget
• Volume 2: Appendix
• Volume 3: Analytical Perspectives (supplemental materials on enclosed CD-ROM)
• Volume 4: Historical Tables
• Economic Report of the President. (PR43.9: 2008)
• State Magazine, February 2008. (S1.118: 520)

For a list of new electronic titles available in February, please go the Catalog of Government Publications.

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Here are some of the new titles that you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

Print/CD/DVD (online version linked when available)

• The 2007 World Factbook. (PREX 3.15:2007)
  The Factbook has been updated since publication; you can find the most current information on the CIA website (permanent link): http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS552
• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005. (PR 43.8: C 43/2005)
  Published by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, this annual publication includes population and family characteristics and indicators for economic security, health, education, and behavior & social environment. For the 2007 report and previous years (1998-2006), go to: http://www.childstats.gov/pubs.asp?yr=am2007
• America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2006. (PR 43.8: C 43/C 43/2006)
• Civics and Citizenship Toolkit: A Collection of Educational Resources for Immigrants. (HS 8.2:C 49/2/TOOLKIT)
  Contains the following publications:
• Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants
• Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos de América: Guía para inmigrantes nuevos (NOTE: This document is available in other languages at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website: http://www.uscis.gov/newimmigrants)
• Civics Flash Cards
• Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons
• The Citizen's Almanac & Pocket Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States
• Library Services for Immigrants: A Report on Current Practices
• DVD | A Promise of Freedom: An Introduction to U.S. History and Civics for Immigrants
• Flash Presentation on CD-ROM | Becoming a U.S. Citizen: An Overview of the Naturalization Process
• Long Hard Road: NCO Experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq. (D 101.2: AF 3/2)
• Monthly Labor Review, June 2006. (L2.6: 130/6)
  Featured article on Hurricane Katrina and its effects on the New Orleans economy.
• Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration (2007, Vol 39). (GS 4.23: 39)

For a list of new electronic titles available in January, please go the Catalog of Government Publications.

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Here are some of the new titles that you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

Print/CD/DVD (online version linked when available)

• The All-Volunteer Military: Issues and Performance. (Y 10.2:M 59/16)
• Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, "The Art and Science of Grant Writing", March 2006. (HH 1.2:C 73/51/2006)
• New Realities: Law Enforcement in the Post-9/11 Era. (J 26.35:L41/CD)
  CD-ROM contains four monographs:
• Assessing and Managing the Terrorism Threat
• Engaging the Private Sector to Promote Homeland Security: Law Enforcement-Private Security Partnerships
• Intelligence-Led Policing: The New Intelligence Architecture
• Mutual Aid: Multijurisdictional Partnerships for Meeting Regional Threats
• Offender Employment Specialist, Building Bridges. (J 1.100:OF 2/DVD/CD)
  From the back cover: "Offender Employment Specialist, Building Bridges is a multi-DVD/CD set that presents an entry-level training program for practitioners who assist offenders in securing and retaining employment. The target audiences for this training include, but are not limited to, those who work in prisons, jails, probation, parole, one-stops, career resource centers, government agencies, and faith-based and community organizations."
  
  The set includes introduction, facilitator training and guide book CDs, plus 5+ hours of video training on three DVDs. From the National Institute of Corrections Video Library.
• Serve, Support, Simplify: Report of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, July 2007. (PR 43.8:W 25/C 18)
• Serve, Support, Simplify: Subcommittee Reports and Survey Findings: Report of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, July 2007. (PR 43.8:W 25/C 18/REPORTS)
• A Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop DVD, February 2006. (T 22.69:V 81/2006)
  From the IRS.gov description: "A Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop DVD is an innovative DVD designed to help new and existing small business owners understand and meet their federal tax obligations. The workshop provides information and resources in an interactive format. The workshop consists of ten lessons and is subtitled in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. The DVD running time is 3 hours and 43 minutes."

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In honor of Constitution Day (Sept. 17), Langsdale Library has created a display on the first floor of the library; we encourage you to stop by and see it before the end of September. As part of the exhibit, the library is giving away FREE pocket-sized copies of the U.S. Constitution (including the amendments). To get your copy, please stop by the Reference Desk on the first floor.

There is also a new Constitution Day Guide: http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/ConstitutionDay_guide.htm

For questions about other resources available at Langsdale, please contact the Reference Desk at langref@ubalt.edu or 410-837-4274.

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• Gen. Petraeus (slides included): http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/pet091007.pdf
• Ambassador Crocker: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/cro091007.pdf

• U.S. House of Representatives, House Armed services Committee: http://www.house.gov/hasc/hearing_information.shtml
• U.S. House of Representatives, House Committee on Foreign Affairs: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp?subnav=close
• Status of War in Iraq -- C-SPAN (live feed): http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan3_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3
  

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Print (online version linked when available)

• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being. (PR 42.8:C 43/C 43/2007)
• Changes in the Economic Resources of Low-Income Households with Children. (Y 10.2:EC 7/19)
• Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States. (AE 1.113:17/2007)
• Comprehensive Revised Report with Addendums on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (Duelfer Report). (PREX 3.2:IR1)
• Congressional Pictorial Directory. (Y 4.P 93/1:1 P/110)
• Elisha Jones House and Shed: Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Massachusetts. (I 29.88:J 71)
  Part of the Historic Architecture Program series issued by the National Park Service. Other reports can be found in Langsdale Government Documents.
• Federal Resources on Missing and Exploited Children. (PR 42.8:C 43/R 31/2007)
• The Health Benefits of Volunteering: A Review of Recent Research. (Y 3.N 21/29:2 H 34)
• Military Service Records at the National Archives. (AE 1.124:109)
• National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, 2005. (L 2.3:2589)
• The National Export Strategy: Annual Report to the United States Congress. (C1.1/6: 2007)
• Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office: Record Group 49. (AE 1.124:114)
  From the introduction: "The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the official repository for records of the U.S. General Land Office, a predecessor of the Bureau of Land Management, that document the transfer of public lands from the United States to private ownership. The case files generated by over 10 million such individual land transactions, known as land entries, and the tract books and various name indexes used to access them are located in the National Archives Building, Washington, DC."
• Source Book of Statistics of Income. Active Corporation Income Tax Returns July 2004-June 2005. (T 22.35/5-2:2004)

For a list of new electronic titles available in June, July and August, please go the Catalog of Government Publications.

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Here are some of the new print titles that you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

• Women in Congress, 1917-2006 (Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 14903)
• Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 3: Environment, Origins and Population (SI 1.20/2:3)
• Public Papers of the Presidents: George W. Bush, 2001-2003(AE 2.114:)
• The Citizen's Almanac: Fundamental Documents, Symbols and Anthems of the United States (HS 8.2:C 49/2007)

For a list of new electronic titles in May, please go the Catalog of Government Publications.

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Here are some of the new titles that you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

• 2005 White House Conference on Aging, December 11-14, 2005: Report to the President and the Congress: The Booming Dynamics of Aging: From Awareness to Action. (PR 43.2:AG 4)
• Asian Transnational Organized Crime and Its Impact on the United States, January 2007. (J 28.15/2:AS 4 )
• The Budget and Economic Outlook Fiscal Years 2008 to 2017. (Y 10.13:2008-2017)
• Budget Options. (Y 10.2:B 85/3/2007)
• The Economic Report of the President: Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, February 16, 2006. (Y 4.EC 7:EC 7/2/2006)
• FDA Consumer, March-April 2007 (Vol. 41, No. 2 - FINAL ISSUE) (HE 20.4010: 41/2)
  Cover story: "How the FDA Works to Keep Produce Safe"
• Federal Records Relating to Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era. Reference Information Paper 113, 2006. (AE 1.124:113)
  From the preface: "This reference information paper provides descriptions of the records of Federal agencies, commissions, and courts that formulated civil rights guidelines, programs, and judicial decisions." Coverage spans from the Truman administration (1945-52) through the Carter administration (1977-1981).
• Health, United States, 2006. (HE 20.7042/7-2:2006)
• Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared. (Y 1.1/5:109-322)
  Subtitle: Special Report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate Together with Additional Views
• Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents, September 2006. (J 28.2:D 44/4)
  The report contains the recommendations of the Kinship and Data Analysis Panel (KADAP) on how to incorporate DNA identification into a mass fatality disaster plan. This report is designed to augment the 2005 NIJ Report, Mass Fatality Incidents: A Guide for Human Forensic Identification (J 28.15/2: F 76/2).
• NIJ Report: Digital Evidence in the Courtroom: A Guide for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. (J 28.15/2:EV 3)
• NIJ Report: Investigations Involving the Internet and Computer Networks.
  (J 28.15/2:IN 8)
• Report on Enforcement of Laws Protecting Religious Freedom: Fiscal Years 2001-2006. (J 1.2:R 27/12)

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Here are a few more new titles that you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

• Eyewitness to War, Volume I & Volume II. (D 110.2: W 19/v. 1 & v. 2)
  Subtitled: “The U.S. Army in Operation Al Fajr: An Oral History.”
• Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons. (HS 8.2: L47)
  Comes with an audio CD of the lessons, so you can read along.
• Operations and Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq. (Y4. AR 5/2a: 2003-2004/28)
  Transcript of hearings held by the House of Representatives Committee of Armed Services between January and July of 2004.
• Oversight of Gulf Hurricane Recovery: A Semiannual Report to Congress. (PREX 2.36: H 94/2006)
  This report covers the second half of FY06 (April 1 – September 30, 2006).
• Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007. (C 3.134: 2007)
  Find statistical data on all sorts of topics in this annual compilation from the U.S. Census Bureau.
  

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Here are some of the new titles you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

• Developing a Stigma Reduction Initiative. (HE 20.427: ST 5)
  This resource kit from the Department of Health and Human Services gives tips on planning, marketing, and outreach. The kit includes a CD-ROM with a sample marketing plan, drop-in articles, PSA print ads and TV scripts, and photo/clip art resources.
• The Iraq study group report. (Y3. P31: 2 IR 1/3)
  Official copy of the December 2006 report.
• Lisotkin, David. Best practices for effecting the rehabilitation of affordable housing. (HH 14.2:AF 2/V.1-2)
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Fall 2006 (Vol. 50, No. 3) (L2.70/4:50/3)
  Cover story: “Working Abroad: Finding International Internships and Entry-Level Jobs.”
• A performance review of FEMA's disaster management activities in response to Hurricane Katrina. (HS 1.2:K 15)
  A report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General. Published in March 2006.
• Recruiting, retention, and future levels of military personnel. (Y 10.2:R 24/6)
  A study by the Congressional Budget Office.
• State and metropolitan area data book: 2006. (C 3.134/5-2: 2006)
• Transformation through partnerships: systems change to end chronic homelessness. (HE 20.427:H 75/PACK)
  Package includes a documentary (DVD) and three pamphlets.

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• Last year, more than 600,000 people typed "usa.gov" into their web browser when searching for government information.
• In a 2006 telephone survey, 79 percent of respondents preferred the name USA.gov.
• USA.gov is intuitive—it describes what our site is: the U.S. government online.

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• Presidential Proclamation: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2006
• USS Arizona National Memorial (U. S. Park Service)
  Site includes directions, operating hours, and a list of events. Admission is free.
  
• Naval Historical Center - Pearl Harbor FAQ
  A great one-stop resource for action reports, photographs, oral histories, lesson plans, and links to other Pearl Harbor resources.
  
• Remembering Pearl Harbor (U. S. Department of Defense)
  This commemorative website includes a survivor account, photographs, and links to other Pearl Harbor resources.
  
• After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Library of Congress)
  This site is part of the American Memory Project, and comes courtesy of The American Folklife Center. The online exhibit consists of transcripts and audio files (Real Player, MP3 or WAV) of interviews conducted around the country on December 8-10, 1941.
• National Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor
  This 2001 exhibit include a multimedia map and timeline of the attack, as well as an archive of survivor's stories.

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• News and Events
• Basic HIV/AIDS Information
• Prevention and Education
• Treatment and Care
• Testing
• Funding Opportunities
• Research
• Agencies and Programs
• Populations
• Other HIV/AIDS Resources

• National AIDS Trust (UK)
• UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS
• U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
  
• World AIDS Campaign
  

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Here are some of the new titles you can find in the Langsdale Government Documents Collection:

• Al-Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamist Extremist Threat (Y 4.IN 8/18: AL 7/2)
  This a copy of the Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Published in June 2006.
• Bicycle Safety Tips for Adults (TD 8.64: B 47/3/DVD)
  A short video produced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Running time: 7:35
• Civil Rights Division Activities and Programs (J1.2:C49/11/2006)
  This is annual report comes from The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 (ED 1.140: 2005)
  Yearbook of tables and figures for all levels of education, plus statistics on libraries and educational technology.
• Individual Income Tax Returns 2004 (T 22.35/8: 2004)
  Annual data from the Statistics of Income (SOI) Division of the IRS. Many of these tables can be found in MS Excel format online at http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/indtaxstats/.
• Interviewing Child Witnesses and Victims of Sexual Abuse (Not available online) (J 32.8: AB 9/5/2006)
  This is a reprint of a guide created by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program.
  
• Monthly Labor Review, August 2006 (Vol. 129, Issue 8) (L2.6: 129/8)
  This is a special issue focusing on the U.S. labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina.
• Photodocumentation in the Investigation of Child Abuse (HTML | PDF) (J 32.8: AB 9/3/2006)
  This is a reprint of a guide created by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program.
• The Role of Law Enforcement in Public Health Emergencies: Special Considerations for an All-Hazards Approach (J 26.2:H 34)
  This document was prepared by the Bureau of Justice Assistance in partnership with the Police Executive Research Forum.

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Friday, Nov. 3: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 15: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Going home for Thanksgiving? Taking a day trip? Getting a jump on your summer plans? Come find out about the free travel resources available from Uncle Sam! For example, you can learn how to:

• Find airline information
• Get live traffic conditions for any state
• Create your own tour of historic places
• Reserve a federal campsite online.

To register, contact the Reference department at 410-837-4274, langref@ubalt.edu, or in person at the Reference desk on the second floor of the library. All workshops will take place in room 200 of Langsdale Library.

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• FDA Consumer Magazine, September/October 2006 (HE20.4010: 40/5)
  The cover story is about the importance of getting a flu vaccination.
  
• Social Security Bulletin, 66 (3) 2005/2006 (SSA1.22: 66/3)
  This issue celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.
• Know Before You Go: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Regulations for U.S. Residents (HS4.102: C96/2006)
  Includes a traveler's checklist, and provides links to online information. This guide is also available online.
• Recognizing When a Child's Injury or Illness Is Caused by Abuse (HTML | PDF) (J32.8:AB9/2006)
  Criminal Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse (Not available online) (J32.8: AB9/9/2006)
  These are reprints of guides created by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program.

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The Maryland Gubernatorial Primary Election is on Tuesday, Sept 12. If you need information about the candidates and the issues, take a look at our new Langsdale Library How-To Guide: Election Resources.

The guide includes an election calendar, links to free websites, plus recommendations for library databases you can use to find out more about each candidate and the issues that affect you.

Not registered to vote? There's still time to register before the general election on November 7; find out how by going to the Maryland State Board of Elections Web site: http://www.elections.state.md.us/

For a complete list of Langsdale How-To Guides, go to http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/index.htm

If you need more help finding election resources, please contact Langsdale Library.

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• There are 151 million people age 16 or older in the nation’s labor force in May 2006. Among the nation’s workers are 81.2 million men and 69.8 million women.
• 7.5 million workers hold more than one job. Of these moonlighters, 3.9 million work full time at their primary job and part time at their other job. About 294,000 moonlighters work full time at both jobs.
• 10.5 million workers are self-employed.
• 5 million people work at home.

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• Air Force Link: Women's History Month
  This site includes articles about active-duty personnel and veterans, plus a photo gallery and multimedia persentation.
  
  
• American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States
  This is the online version of a Library Congress guide that was first printed in 2001. It includes information on how to use the physical collection in D.C. and provides guidance on using the online collections.
  
  
• Celebrating Women's History Month (U. S. Senate)
  This site includes biographies on the 33 women who have served as Senators (including the 14 serving now) and a photo gallery.
  
  
• Department of Defense - Women's History Month Homepage
  From the Website: "Join the Department of Defense as it observes National Women's History Month and salutes the many contributions of American Women to our country." Includes links to other Women's History Month websites.
  

• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): Women's History Month Resources
  This Department of Education site has an annotated list of online exhibits from various universities and government agencies.
  
  
• National Register of Historic Places - Celebrate Women's American History Month 2006
  From the website: "This site showcases historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units commemorating the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate the contribution of women to the Nation's history."
  

• National Women's History Month - U.S. Department of State
  The State Department's webpage includes a copy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848), as well as an online publication entitled Women of Influence.
  
  
• U.S. Census Press Release: Women's History Month
  This annual release contains lots of interesting facts about women in the U.S.
  

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• Current and foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, production, real income and Federal budget outlays.
• Employment objectives for significant groups of the labor force.
• Annual numeric goals.
• A program for carrying out program objectives.

The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the Budget of the United States Government. Supplementary reports can be issued to the Congress which contain additional and/or revised recommendations.

A searchable database of the Economic Report of the President is available from 1996 forward. Documents are available as ASCII text and PDF files."

You can also find the print version of this report from 1993-present in the Government Documents section on the second floor of Langsdale Library; the SuDoc number is PR43.9: (year).

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• American Memory Project - African American Collection
  This is a list of the 16 multimedia collections available online from the Library of Congress. The collections include Slave Narratives (audio), The Frederick Douglass Papers, The Zora Neale Hurston Plays, and many others.
  
  
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): Black History Month Resources
  This Department of Education site has an annotated list of online exhibits from various universities and government agencies.
  
  
• NARA Research - African American Records
  Find links to slavery records, military records and other resources available at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
  
  
• National Register of Historic Places - Celebrate African American History Month 2006
  From the website: "This site showcases historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units commemorating the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate African Americans' contributions to American history."
  
  
• Our Shared History: African American Heritage
  A National Park Service website with online exhbits on the Underground Railroad, Legends of Tuskegee, Martin Luther King, and more.
  
  
• U.S. Census Press Release: African-American History Month
  This annual release contains lots of interesting facts about the African-American population in the U.S.
  
  
• Profile America: Black History Month
  From the website: "Profile America is a daily, 60-second feature that uses interesting vignettes from key events, observances or commemorations for that day to highlight information collected by the Census Bureau."
  
  Each 60-second podcast features the contributions of a different African-American. You can listen online, or download the .mp3 file. There is also an RSS feed available.
  
  
• U.S. Senate: Celebrating Black History Month
  This site honors the contributions of African-American senators, from Hiram Revels to Barak Obama.

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• Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary: The official 300th birthday site. Find out about celebrations being held around the country and in the U.K.
• Benjamin Franklin: The companion site for the PBS documentary. Includes a timeline, quiz, and a teacher's guide.
• Clusty's Benjamin Franklin Portal: (From the website) "a comprehensive, one-stop site that includes carefully curated educational resources, Franklin's own writings and proverbs, and tens of thousands of websites scattered throughout cyberspace."
• Benjamin Franklin Web Guide: Pottsville Free Public Library (PA) has put together an annotated list of online resources about the man who founded the nation's first public library in 1731 (really!)
  

• (1972). Benjamin Franklin: A Biography in his Own Words. Ed. by Thomas Fleming (E302.6.F7 A23 1972)
• Brands, H.W. (2000). The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (E302.6.F8 B83 2000)
• Franklin, Benjamin (1874). The Life of Benjamin Franklin (E302.6.F7 A2 1874)
• Franklin, Benjamin (1976). Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 (PS749 .A3 1976)
• Srodes, James (2002). Franklin: The Essential Founding Father (E302.6.F8 S85 2002)
  

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• 1.9 billion Christmas cards are mailed every year, making Christmas the largest card-sending occasion in the U.S. (Valentine's Day is a distant second with 192 million cards sent).
• The Post Office delivers about 1 million packages a day through Christmas Eve. The busiest delivery day? December 21.
  
• There were 20.8 million Christmas trees cut in 2002; most of those trees were grown in Oregon (6.2 million).
• In December 2004, retailers reported holiday sales of $31.9 billion, a 54% jump over November 2004 sales.

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• the Constitution of the United States;
• applicable provisions of Jefferson's Manual;
• rules of the House;
• provisions of law and resolutions having the force of rules of the House; and
• pertinent decisions of the Speakers and other presiding officers of the House and Committee of the Whole interpreting the rules and other procedural authority used in the House of Representatives."

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