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I've added the xreferplus search box near the top of the index page of the online Reference collection with this text, "Need a quick definition or explanation? Try xreferplus, a collection of online reference books."
It will be there after today's upload. Please let me know if you think this is a useful addition and if you have any suggestions for additions or changes to the text.
Thanks.
Jane
On the Medicine & Health page, under Health Information:
Health News Review
This site reviews the quality of health articles published in magazines and newspapers and health stories on television news. Journalists and health professionals rate stories for accuracy, balance, honesty, and completeness. The site lists rating criteria and contributors' credentials. Searchable, or browse by publication date or media source. Includes explanations of concepts such as absolute versus relative risk. From a University of Minnesota journalism professor and the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making.
URL: http://www.healthnewsreview.org/
On the Topics in the News page, under Immigration:
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Analyses of "migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels" from an "independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank." Find publications on U.S. immigration policy, U.S.-Mexico relations, European migration, temporary worker programs, refugees, border security, and other migration topics. Includes news releases and links to news stories.
URL: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/
Office of Immigration Statistics
Publications from this federal office "responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information needed to assess the effects of immigration in the United States." Includes the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, demographic profiles on legal permanent residents (LPR) and naturalized citizens, population estimates, maps, and working papers and special reports. This office is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
URL: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/
ACLU: Immigrants' Rights
Policy statements and other material about the rights of immigrants, refugees and non-citizens in the U.S. Topics include asylum, detention, discrimination, workplace rights, and judicial review and court access. Includes legislative and legal documents, press releases, and position papers. Some documents available in Spanish. From the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
URL: http://www.aclu.org/immigrants/
Laura has made two links to the new GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. There is one under catalogs from the main page and one in the database finder. The CGP, as it is referred to in govdoc circles, replaces the Monthly Catalog. Since it has a new name it is available in the database finder under C for Catalog. The Silverplatter version is still in the database finder under G for GPO Monthly Catalog. I have also linked to it from the govdocs page under "comprehensive."
The CGP is an ALEPH system so it should be familiar to us. It has some very nice feature including purls and linking to libraries have selected a certain publication. It still has some bugs but it is head and shoulders above the old version.
Cathy
Consumer Information page:
Better Business Bureau
BBB Aware: Infomericals
Home Buyers: Beware of "Flipping" Scams
Topics in the News/Immigration
Public Agenda Issue Guides: Immigration
Topics in the News/Avian Flu
Avian Influenza: Frequently Asked Questions
Food, Nutrition & Cooking
Food Consumption Trends
I would like to move the Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur ( AI 9 I5 ) from Reference to the 3rd floor stacks. We stopped subscribing in 1989 and II don't think it is getting any use. Please let me know by April 20 if you know of anyone who would be inconvenienced by having to go to the stacks for it. Thanks for your input.
There's a new category on the Medicine & Health page of the online Reference Collection - Diseases & Conditions. I moved the existing resources for Aids and Cancer under this heading and added two new subheadings: Diabetes and Obesity. I will also be adding Heart Disease in the next few days.
There's a new page up under the Reference Collection - Topics in the News on Earth Day. It was created by our Reference GA, Rebecca Roberts.
This week's ISP 100 assignment (due at 5pm 4/6) is to find a popular OR a "personal" webpage. A personal webpage seems to mean a blog or a personal wiki. This is somewhat different from previous assignments on webpages, and we don't currently have a yellow handout telling students how to do this. The assignment is described on this webpage:
http://hawk.albany.edu/isp100/AnnBibPopWebPage.htm