UN's Human Development Report Database

has been launched: http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics. You will get helpful information about the Human Development Index (HDI) and other indices from this site and also get on-going debates and discussions on human development statistics. Category: International studies/international statistics. (Source: Resourceshelf).

GOVDOC NEW ARRIVALS-March, 2008.

Some of highlighted federal documents arrivals to our collection this month include:

*Air Alamnac, 2008 (D 213.7:2008)
*After the Strom (EP 1.104: ST 7/2/2006)
*An Historical ATLAS of ISLAM (G 1786. S1H6 2002)
*National Atlas.gov (I 19.120: C 76/4)
*Natural-Color Image Mosaics of Afganistan: Digital Databases and Maps (I *19.121:245/DISC 1-3)
*SPI (State Personal Income, 1929-2006)
*U.S. Library Data Archive (Y3.L 61:15/L 62)

All are in CD or DVD format. They would be interest to many faculty and students.

Converting PDF tables into Excel files

See the full instruction on this posted by McGill University. This is very helpful for providing reference assistance with government statistical information.

109th Congress, U.S. Statutes at Large

1st Session (2005),Volume 119 is now available online from the U.S. Government Printing
Office at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/statutes/index.html

GPO Virtual Reference Service

called as GIO (Government Information Online) is now available online: http://govtinfo.org. This is a free online information service supported by nearly twenty public, state and academic libraries throughout the United States. Check it out..

Super Tuesday Election Result

Are you wondering about Super Tuesday Election Result? See this site for the direct links to sources:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/suptue.html

Online Tutorial: Congressional Research

University of California-Berkeley (UCB) just developed a nice electronic tutorial on doing congressional research. Please explore this site: http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/wikis/congresearch/ and click on the "write to us" link on the site's homepage to leave any questions and comments because this is still a work in progress. (Source: govdoc-l).

GREEN BOOK: U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants

If you are looking for online version of the U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID]U.S. Overseas Loans and Greens, Obligations and Loan Authorizations, this is known as "The Greenbook." See at http://qesdb.usaid.gov/gbk/ It contains "a historical data of U.S. foreign aid to the rest of the world by reporting all loans and grants authorized by the U.S. Government for each fiscal year." (source: govdoc-l).

Digital Preservation Program Adds New Partners...

To Preserve State Government Digital Information. "Twenty-one states, working in four multistate demonstration projects, are today joining the Library of Congress’s National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in an initiative to catalyze collaborative efforts to preserve important state government information in digital form." See the whole article at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-004.html

Mobile Web: Thomas and USA.gov

U.S. legislative information goes MOBILE with Thomas Mobile while U.S. Government Tall free Directory goes with USA.gov Mobile. Both have a search tool from your web phone and mobile device. (Source: Resourceshelf)

2008 Presidential Primary and Caucus Dates

Stateline@org offers a listing of 2008 primaries and caucus dates: http://archive.stateline.org/flash-data/Primary/2008_presidential_primaries.pdf

Election 2008 Site

is up and running through the U. of Michigan. Please see at http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/elec2008.html
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NEW DATABASE: Union Report: Online Public Disclosure Room

at http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/olms/rrlo/lmrda.htm. From this database, you can view and print reports filed by unions, union officers, employees, and labor relations consultants for the year 2000 and after.

Statistics: Global Education Digest 2007

Comparing education statistics across the world at http://www.uis.unesco.org/template/pdf/ged/2007/EN_web2.pdf.

Word Digital Library

"UNESCO and the US Library of Congress will join forces to build a World Digital Library, following the signing of an agreement by Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, and the Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 17 October, 2007." See more details at http://www.worlddigitallibrary.org/project/english/index.html

NOAA's On-Line Chart Viewer

The NOAA website offers up-to-date charts you can view on the Internet: http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer
(source:govdoc-l).

A New Blog called GOV Gab

USA.gov has recently launched GOV GAB blog. Please check it out at http://www.govgab.gov

Global Legal Monitor (GLM) by Law Library of Congress

GLM is an E-publication of the Law Library of Congress for information selected from the Global Legal Information Network(GLIN). It includes lectures, conferences, symposia, and exhibits on legal topics sponsored by the Law Library of Congress. Coverage: International.

Health Statistics: CDC Wonder

"CDC WONDER allows Web users to form interactive queries and create reports, charts, and maps of the results…Available subjects include mortality (deaths) and natality (births), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, behavioral risk factors, diabetes, and census data. A summary of data sets or collections helps users understand the nature of each data set." (http://wonder.cdc.gov/) (Source:Resourseshelf)

Printed Monthly Catalog (MoCat)

"GPO will no longer publish the paper versions of the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (MoCat), its serials supplement, or the Congressional Serial Set Catalog. These products are replaced by the web-based Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) which is available at: http://catalog.gpo.gov" (Source:fdlp-l).