September 29, 2006

Foreign Aid Data

U.S. Agency for International Development known as the USAID
U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants, Obligations and Loan Authorizations
Also known as the Greenbook
Data is cumulative from 1946 to current
Web site allows for selective countries and years
Includes categories for Agriculture, Economic, and Military


http://qesdb.cdie.org/gbk/index.html

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September 05, 2006

To Request an Uncataloged Publication from MLAC

To request an uncataloged item from MLAC that is uncat,

1. click on the "MLAC Uncat" bookmark on GPL Refdesk
2. enter the patron's name
3. our phone number - 4-5073
4. our email address - govref@umn.edu
5. title, author, SuDoc, etc
6. your initials in the Verified By box
7. patron's email/phone; any notes in Notes box
8. This means MLAC will communicate with us if needed until the item is retrieved.

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Deleted Web Pages

http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/refmap2000.phtml deleted in favor of http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_pageId=referencemaps&_submenuId=maps_2
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affrefmap.phtml deleted in favor of http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_pageId=referencemaps&_submenuId=maps_2
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/workspace.phtml replaced by http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/disk.phtml#workspace
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/comparetracts.phtml replaced by http://blog.lib.umn.edu/staff/bgi/archives/2006/07/compare_tracts.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/pathfinder1.phtml replaced by http://blog.lib.umn.edu/staff/bgi/archives/2006/07/census_2000_ref.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affbasic.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affgeoselect.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affDScensus.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affDScensus_pl.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affDScensus_sf1.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affDScensus_sf2.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affDScensus_sf3.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affDScensus_stf1.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affDScensus_stf3.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/census/affgrid.phtml deleted in favor of http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/census/aff.html

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