Credit Crisis Explained

I've been reading and watching many explanations of the credit crisis. I find this video "The Crisis of Credit Visualized" is the best at simplifying the crisis. It's 10-11 minutes long.


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

-Brent S., Campus Librarian

Websites Added!

We've added websites to our collection of Recommended Websites! You can search or browse by topic!


Here are the new additions:

• CineFiles
  http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/
  "CineFiles is a database of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the Pacific Film Archive Library's collection. The collection contains documents from a broad range of sources covering world cinema, past and present."


• EPA's Climate Change Site
  http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
  "EPA's Climate Change Site offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society – communities, individuals, business, states and localities, and governments."


• Climate Change: Discovery of Global Warming
  http://www.aip.org/history/climate/
  This site explores the history of climate change science. Find links to summaries, essays, and other climate change resources.


• Chem 1 Virtual Textbook
  http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html
  A reference text for general chemistry.


• PsychScholar
  http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/
  "A Collection of Web Resources for Psychological Scholars and Budding Psychological Scholars."


• MetaVid
  http://metavid.ucsc.edu/
  MetaVid offers video clips from congressional sessions and legislative proceedings.


• Economic Indicators
  http://www.economicindicators.gov/
  This website is a service of the U.S. federal government. "Economic Indicators.gov is brought to you by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Our mission is to provide timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau."


• Chronicling America
  http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/
  Historic American newspapers sponsored by the Library of Congress. "This site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present."

Happy researching!

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Websites added

We've added new websites to the Recommended Websites portion of the library website. These are some great resources!!! The Recommended Websites are SEARCHABLE! :)

Music
· AllMusic.com: http://www.allmusic.com/

Maps (See the Natural Science section for all map resources)
· US Maps: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/about.html
· World Map Collection: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
· TerraServer: http://terraserver-usa.com/

Economics
· 2007 Economic Report of the Presendent: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html

Occupations
· Occupational Outlook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Law
· Public and Private Federal Laws: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/

Government
· USA government info for citizens: http://www.usa.gov/
· USA government info for business: http://www.usa.gov/Business/

Business
· Labor Statisticshttp://stats.bls.gov/
· NAICS (Industry) codes: http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
· NAPCS (Product) codes: http://www.census.gov/eos/www/napcs/

Happy researching!
-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Daily Life Database: Help for Instructors!

Reminder: Free Teacher Resources

Packed full of curriculum-based lesson plans on History, Civics, Geography, and Economics, the Teacher Resources site is available at http://dailylife.greenwood.com/teacher/. Simply click on the link to access the site – no user name or IP authentication is required. Designed to help schools learn how to make the most of Daily Life Online, the site is easily searchable by keyword or subject strand, or users can browse the complete list of lesson plans. Each lesson plan is supported by graphic organizers and assessment rubrics.

- by Greenwood publishing

posted by Elaine Settergren

New Database!

by Elaine Settergren



I'm happy to annouce that we've added a new database to our collection. It's called Daily Life Premium. Search it HERE.

Try it out for topics like: sociology, history, women’s studies, arts, economics, and more! Click HERE for more topic ideas.

This database has won numerous awards:

• 2004 Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin Editor's Choice Reference (DLtH)
• 2004 Library Journal Best Reference Source (DLtH)
• 2004 New York Public Library Best Reference (DLtH)
• 2005 Library Journal Best Reference Sources (WCT)
• 2005 Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin Editor's Choice (WCT)

Do you want to know more about this database? Click HERE.

If you have any questions about this or any other database, be sure to contact your librarian.