BGI Reference Desk

Emergency Procedures for Wilson Library

Building Emergency Procedures Binder:

Barb Smith left a binder of Building Emergency Procedures for the Business and Government Information Desk. I'll put it on the shelf with the Telephone books.

Daniel

Westlaw Patron Access

Westlaw Patron Access now available on dedicated terminals in Business and Government Information

This content licensed from West includes full text searching to over 600 law journals and reviews, and sources from their Analytical Library, Minnesota Practice Series, and Minnesota Primary Laws. Access is only available on two workstations in Business and Government Information. Both workstations require authentication and are indicated by special signage (thanks Miguel). For public users, reference staff will need to log them onto one of these workstations.

The Analytical Library includes American Jurisprudence, American Law Reports, Federal Jury Practice and Instructions, Federal Procedure, Handbook of Federal Evidence, Restatement of the Law, West Federal Forms, and Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice and Procedure.

The Minnesota Practice Series has legal sources for business and commercial, civil rules, and methods of practice. These titles include Courtroom Handbook on Evidence, Trial Handbook, Jury Instruction Guides, Evidence, General Rules of Practice Annotated, Civil Rules Annotated, Civil Practice Series, and Criminal Law and Procedure. Several titles cover specific areas of law in Minnesota including construction law, DWI and DUI, elder law, environmental law, estate planning and probate, evidence, real property, and workers compensation.
The Minnesota Primary Laws include Minnesota Cases, Minneosta Statutes Annotated, Minnesota Attorney General Opinions, Minnesota Administrative Codes.

Westlaw Patron Access

Westlaw Patron Access now available on dedicated terminals in Business and Government Information

This content licensed from West includes full text searching to over 600 law journals and reviews, and sources from their Analytical Library, Minnesota Practice Series, and Minnesota Primary Laws. Access is only available on two workstations in Business and Government Information. Both workstations require authentication and are indicated by special signage (thanks Miguel). For public users, reference staff will need to log them onto one of these workstations.

The Analytical Library includes American Jurisprudence, American Law Reports, Federal Jury Practice and Instructions, Federal Procedure, Handbook of Federal Evidence, Restatement of the Law, West Federal Forms, and Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice and Procedure.

The Minnesota Practice Series has legal sources for business and commercial, civil rules, and methods of practice. These titles include Courtroom Handbook on Evidence, Trial Handbook, Jury Instruction Guides, Evidence, General Rules of Practice Annotated, Civil Rules Annotated, Civil Practice Series, and Criminal Law and Procedure. Several titles cover specific areas of law in Minnesota including construction law, DWI and DUI, elder law, environmental law, estate planning and probate, evidence, real property, and workers compensation.
The Minnesota Primary Laws include Minnesota Cases, Minneosta Statutes Annotated, Minnesota Attorney General Opinions, Minnesota Administrative Codes.

On-campus income tax return preparation is available to students, faculty and staff with income up to $50,000.

If students ask about tax help, please show them the link on the Business Library website on the left side:

Tax Forms and Tax Help

http://courses.lib.umn.edu/page.phtml?page_id=1043

Thanks to Judy for creating this page - Van

Minnesota Reference Books

Check out this Wilson Reference blog entry for a list of Minnesota related reference works found here in Wilson Library.

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/staff/iris/archives/001805.html

1880 Census requests

I have modified the 1880 Census requests page. It's much shorter and simpler. It also no longer sends an email to an MPC address because no one there is checking.

Therefore, should you see a request in the govref mailbox:
1. email Ron Goeken (goeke001@umn.edu) at the MPC and he'll bring the reels to our desk.
2. contact the patron; tell him/her that the reels will be at our desk
3. when s/he's done, tell Amy and she'll take them back when she next goes to the MPC.

Web page: http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/guides/1880census.phtml

--Amy

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

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.

Little White Notebook and RefSearch Form Notebook now retired

Logon information for GPRefdesk computer and voicemail password are in the same location as the guest password. RefSearch forms, completed and blank are now in the bottom left rolling cabinet. The guides in the back of the RefSearch notebook are now clipped together on the top of the left rolling cabinet. The notebooks have been dismantled.--Amy

Business Reference Database Notebook Location

Greetings,

The Business Reference notebook containing database access information (passwords, etc) has been removed from the business file cabinet and is now located in the GPL desk file cabinet labeled: GPL Desk Files.

This move changes our desk procedures. Now you will only need the small key for the GPL file cabinet. If you do not currently have a key for that cabinet please let me know and I'll ask Sharon to order more. Also, the Business Reference file cabinet will be removed to make room for shifting government desk collections. So, if you have a key to the Business Reference file cabinet, please drop it in my mailbox in Room 4.

Questions, let me know.

Thanks,
Mary

Minnesota State Law Library Suggested Referrals

Since we can't offer legal advice ourselves... http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/refer.html

Global Edge

Given all of the recent activity here with business incubators and interest in foreign markets... links to free government sources.

GLOBAL EDGE

http://globaledge.msu.edu/about_globaledge.asp

Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE™ is your source for global business knowledge. The site offers:

Global Resources - more than 5,000 online resources
Country Insights - a wealth of information on all countries
News & Views - latest issues in international business
Academy - extensive research and teaching resources
Diagnostic Tools - decision-support tools for managers

GLOBAL EDGE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS

http://globaledge.msu.edu/DiagTools/#

In today's global market place, competition is continuing to become evermore intense. To help businesses better compete in this type of environment and allow business students to learn about different approaches for global expansion through hands-on experience, a team of researchers at the MSU-CIBER located in the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University (and partially funded by the United States Department of Education) has developed a suite of decision support tools.

These tools tailor outputs with descriptive graphics, charts and specific business recommendations addressing your needs based on your inputs. To provide this customized feedback, the web-based tools use algorithms to provide you with the best solution for your situation. Your own private consultant is only a few keystrokes away!

State of the Union Messages - All

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php

Presidential Decision Directives

About Directives: Presidential Directives: Background and Overview

About Executive Orders (EO): Executive Orders and Proclamations

The Federation of American Scientists "Intelligence Resource Program" has a Presidential Directives and Executive Orders website -
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/direct.htm - with some full-text for these directives:

NSPD - National Security Presidential Directives - Bush, G.W. Administration
PDD - Presidential Decision Directives - Clinton Administration
NSD - National Security Directives - Bush Administration
NSDD - National Security Decision Directives - Reagan Administration
EO - Executive Orders

MN. State Boards, Commissions & Agencies

Annual Compilation and Statistical Report: Memberships on State Councils, Boards and Commissions.
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (LC) Quarto JK6130 .A56x Latest edition in WILSON Gov Pub (Reference) 1991, 1993

State Register (list issued each fall)
Open Appointments Act in Minn.Stat. at 15.0597

Lobbyists

1998-
Lobbying Spending Database

CQ Weekly has listings by type of group of agency represented: See Lobby Regis. Index & other sections of yellow index; appears to have ceased in 1993.

International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Proceedings : 1946-1948
TC Wilson Library Annex Sub-Basement Mfilm 2356 Non-Circulating

The Tokyo trials:a functional index to the Proceedings of the International Military tribunal for the Far East
TC Wilson Library Quarto 016.3414 D888

International Military Tribunal for the Far East. : The Tokyo war crimes trial
IN STORAGE: MN Lib Access Ctr Folio 341.4 In82t
Vols. 1-22

Key Publications on Native Americans

Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

Federal Indian policies from the Colonial period through the early 1970’s.
TC Law Library US Documents I20.2:F31/2/974 Regular Loan
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub I 20.2: P 75/1 (Arb)

Indian Population of the U.S. and Alaska
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub C 3.2: In 2/3/yr.

The Indian Removals
23rd Cong., 1st Session; S.Doc. 512; Serial Set Volumes 244-248

Independent Counsels

http://www.archives.gov/research/independent-counsels/

Inaugural Addresses

Inaugural addresses: 1789-1989:
Serial Set Volume 13914 or
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (US Microfiche) Mfiche Y 1.1/3:101-10

All addresses: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/inaugurals.php

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSA)

The HTSA provides the applicable tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise imported into the United States; it is not itself a source of statistical data. It is based on the international Harmonized System, the global system of nomenclature that is used to describe most world trade in goods.

Current edition: http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/index.htm

Minnesota Election Statistics

Minnesota Votes
1857-1977
TC Wilson Library Quarto JK61931977 .W48 Regular Loan
TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto JK61931977 .W48 Non-Circulating

For intervening years:
The Minnesota legislative manual
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (Short Loan) JK6136 .A3x Latest edition in WILSON Gov Pub (Desk Ref)

Election Statistics 1998-
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=137

DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/

Defense Contract Statistics

http://siadapp.dior.whs.mil/procurement/Procurement.html

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2001

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces
Abroad, 1798-2001

Advisory Committees (U.S.)

FACA = Federal Advisory Committee Act
Searchable database: http://www.facadatabase.gov/public.asp

See also:
Encyclopedia of Government Advisory Organizations
TC Wilson Library Quarto JK468.C7 E5 Latest edition in WILSON Gov Pub (Reference).

Minnesota Constitution

Minnesota, due to the wonder that is the two-party system, originally had 2 constitutions; one for each major party. This page at the Minnesota Historical Society tells the story and provides digitized editions of each version, plus more readable transcripts: http://www.mnhs.org/library/constitution/index.html.

Answers to Employment Related Questions

Answers to Employment Related Questions: http://www.deed.state.mn.us/js/js_info.htm.

Economics Research Library Home Page

Includes lists of Journals, Working Papers, Discussion Papers, etc. not held by ULibraries: http://www.econ.umn.edu/~econlib/.

Scanning a document

The Copy Service will scan a document and then send you a link to the digitalized copy. They charge $.25 per page. Barb from the Copy Service knows what budget number to charge it on. If you would like to see the results, I have included the message I received. They are sending it out via Lumnia to You.

Thanks,

Lynne

Hello 1396
The U of M Wilson Library Copy Service has posted your document(s)
at the following URL:

Use your web browser to go to the page listed
above and type the following information at the bottom of the page:

LOGIN = L-Beck@umn.edu

PIN # = 1396

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed
on your computer to view the documents.

Send all comments or concerns to:

ltu@umn.edu

Thank You

NASS Reports back to the 1960s

The National Agricultural Statistics Service website now offers electronic copies of the NASS reports (Agricultural prices, Crop production, Livestock slaughter, etc.) dating back to the 1960's. Choose Publications, then Title.

http://www.nass.usda.gov/ --Amy

FYI: Immigration Blog by Concordia Prof. Bruce Corrie; Inc. data & analysis

http://ethnictrends.blogspot.com/ --Amy

Non-profits, tax status and tax forms

There have been several questions on this topic lately so here is a bit of information. Add more if you have other resources to suggest - maybe there is a small guide or FAQ buried here. Non-profits and other organizations get that status through Section 501-C3 of the tax code. People have to look them up at tax time to see if they can deduct contributions. The source used to be the Cumulative List of Organizations (IRS pub 78), but that is now searchable online at http://apps.irs.gov/app/pub78.

Exempt organizations file IRS Form 990. Organizations' forms are available through the IRS web site, which actually refers you to GuideStar. See chart at http://www.irs.gov/foia/ for useful links including http://www.guidestar.org/help/faq_990.jsp . GuideStar charges for some information but recent 990 reports seem to be free - you need to register. They also have some good information in the FAQ. GuideStar has a great deal of information on non-profits.

Julie

Resource for government, ngo, think tank, etc. reports

Docuticker can be a handy place to look for government, ngo, think tank, etc. reports if they don't show up in general web searches. The address is http://www.docuticker.com/. --Amy

MN Attorney General May Be Coming By

Heads up:
The library of the MN Attorney General's office called today about locating the markup for a conference version of a 1993 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act that specifically references Sec. 13612 (about medicaid estate recovery). We didn't find exactly what they were hoping for, but we did locate enough that someone from the Attorney General's office may be coming in some time during the break.

The conference report needed is:

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 : conference report of the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, to accompany H.R. 2264, a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994.
H.Rpt. 103-213

It has seven parts (according LNCongressional) and parts 3 and 6 appear to have, if not markup, at least some summary information on changes that the bill went through.

It is available in print (Serial Set) and mfiche, but the whole report is also available via LNCongressional. Even divided up, the electronic is probaby preferable because each part is quite large. --Amy

Immigration statistics

The U.S. Office of Immigration Statistics has a very robust web site. A new feature called Mapping Immigration provides graphic display of statistics back to 1980. It also has the Yearbook back to 1996, and some profiles. The quality of this site is a surprise, considering it comes from the Department of Homeland Security (editorial comment, sorry.)

Take a look, at http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/index.htm

Julie

Why there's a mouse in the drawer where the phone gets put away

Van had reported a problem with the mouse on BusRef computer 74, but when Jaime checked it this morning it seemed fine. She left the mouse with us should we need it. I'm storing it in the drawer where the phone gets put away each night.--Amy

Captured German and related records

On 8/2/05 a patron had citations for the Captured German and related records microfilm set, but wasn't sure how best to get the actual records. The U of North Carolina has them all and they can be ILL'd. Unfortunately, the email address I took down for this patron is incorrect and I can't get hold of him. If he comes back, please let him know that he can get the records this way. --Amy

Ad $ Summary

I took Part 1 of the 2003 Ad $ Summary up to our serial processer for replacement because it was the incorrect volume (a duplicate of 2002 edition). Part 2 2003 is still on the shelf. The 2004 edition is in transit and should arrive soon.

Here is the call number for the Ad $ Summary if you wish to review
BUS HF5826.5 .A37

Van

GATT Digital Library

The GATT Digital Library, a project of Stanford and the WTO is now online at http://gatt.stanford.edu/page/home. I've given it an entry in Libdata too. It's very cool. -- Amy

USGS web site

The USGS has a new web site which seems very user-friendly. See how you can get a whole bunch of information by state, for example!

Here is the announcement:

Date: April 13, 2005
From: USGS
Subject: new USGS Homepage www.usgs.gov

----- Forwarded by John C Fouke/NMD/USGS/DOI on 04/13/2005 01:21 PM -----

In an effort to make our Web presence more robust and dynamic, the Office of Communications and Geographic Information Office are pleased to announce that we are launching a new USGS Homepage today. We have many exciting stories to tell and this new version brings science and information to the forefront.

As a use of our Web site, we wanted to call your attention to the following new features which we hope you will find useful.

. Science in Your State - Serves as a gateway to USGS state-based information. While we are starting with this template, we plan to work with folks in the disciplines and regions to add additional information and broaden the scope of this effort.

. Latest Publications - This feature is being dynamically driven
directly from the USGS Pubs Warehouse as new publications are added.

. Science Features - Provides an opportunity to feature projects, programs and activities and allow visitors to delve deeper into our science.

. Real-Time Information - Provides easy access to information on
earthquakes, water resources and volcanoes.

. Geographic Information Systems - Allows greater access to some of our most prominent geospatial information and data.

. Frequently Asked Questions - Is a dynamically driven from the FAQ database maintained by the Natural Sciences Network.

. Fact of the Day - Provides an opportunity for visitors to learn
fun facts about the USGS, earth and biological sciences.

. About USGS - We have reorganized information featured in the
previous About USGS, making it easier to learn more about who we are, what we do and how we are organized.

. Science Topics - Provides visitors an alternative way to browse our many USGS science programs and activities. Users also have the option of using the traditional discipline avenue.

. USGS Calendar - Features information about upcoming open houses, public lectures, conferences, tradeshows and other events taking place across the landscape.

. Partnerships - This page is a temporary placeholder for a much
more robust portal featuring information about USGS partnerships.

. Newsroom - Provides a new look and feel to view the latest press releases and other information that may be of interest to the news media.

FYI on City-level statistics

There are 2 particularly promising-sounding, world-wide books in General Reference that cover city-level statistics:

Encyclopedia of urban cultures : cities and cultures around the world / edited by Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember.
TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto HT108.5 .E53 2002

Encyclopedia of world cities / Immanuel Ness.
TC Magrath Library Reference Quarto HT108.5 .N47 1999 Non-Circulating
TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto HT108.5 .N47 1999 Non-Circulating

There is another title, World Encyclopedia of Cities, that we only have for North America. -- Amy

3/1/05: Changes to LexisNexis News Results

From LexisNexis Academic Listserv:
In the past, we have received numerous requests to change the hyperlink on
our news results from the source to the headline. I am pleased to announce
that effective Tuesday, March 1, 2005, LexisNexis news results will have a
new look. The headline of news articles will now appear first in the results
list, impacting news results in LexisNexis Academic as well as LexisNexis
Environmental and LexisNexis State Capital. This enhancement will allow
customers to more quickly and easily scan their answer sets.

The new Document List display will deliver results in reverse chronological
order by date and alphabetical by publication in the following order:
1) Headline
2) Publication
3) Date
4) Volume or section
5) Page number
6) Number of words
7) Byline

Currently the results set information appears in the following order:
1) Publication
2) Date
3) Volume or Section
4) Page number
5) Number of words
6) Headline
7) Byline

We hope this change is welcome news!
LexisNexis
--Amy

UN Docs - BIG NEWS

Here is big news from the UN, DHL. The long-promised free access to official records online starts December 31. Very exciting. Implications for us:

1) Please try it since we need to be able to use it well, for our patrons; you might want to try the PowerPoint introduction
2) We may discontinue the Readex fiche - think about it
3) Amy will put it on the Publications/Int'l page, and wherever else it belongs

Julie

Here's the announcement:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Dear Depository Librarian,

I am pleased to inform you that on 31 December 2004, the free Official
Document System (ODS) of the United Nations will be launched. A password
will no longer be required and anyone connected with the Internet will be
able to search the ODS and retrieve documents in full text in all official
languages of the United Nations. The free ODS will be at:

http://documents.un.org/

"Introduction to the ODS", a PowerPoint presentation, is available at
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/train.htm if you are not familiar
with the ODS.

The ODS, which became operational in 1993, has two goals. One is to bring
all UN duty stations (such as regional commissions) online, and the other
to expand coverage retrospectively to 1946 and to consolidate access to all
documents issued by the UN. Currently, the ODS contains close to 800,000
files and approximately 100,000 new documents are added each year. Older
documents are also added on a daily basis. In addition to the two archival
collections located at the UN libraries in New York and Geneva,
respectively, the ODS will, in the future, serve as the electronic archive
of the UN documents.

As I informed you in my previous message, no change will be made in the
current depository scheme until the end of 2005. That means that your
library will continue to receive the same deposit in the same format.
However, you may opt to use solely the ODS. If you would like to cancel
print masthead documents and/or Official Records, please contact me so that
I could make necessary arrangements.

With the free ODS, the role of depository libraries as local custodians of
UN documentation will gradually change. Information services at the
depository libraries will hinge less on how much material collected over
the years but more on how much the depository libraries know the processes
of the UN. Envisaged is a network of libraries actively building awareness
of the UN and UN materials and communicating their relevance to local
issues, among various types of users.

Public land survey plat maps online

A wonderful new online site from LMIC - the original plat maps of Minnesota, with additional more recent maps. Includes a tool where you can get the Township and Range for places by place name, a wonderful help in using such maps. These maps are also in the Libraries in paper and microfilm, but now they are available to remote users too. They can be downloaded and printed. There is very helpful historical information on the site, and links to other resources. Truly cool - try it out. I submitted this as a free resource to be cataloged, and that has been done, so users (and staff) can find it from the MNCAT entry. Actual title is Original public land survey plat maps of Minnesota (with several alternative titles) and the direct URL is http://www.gis.state.mn.us/GLO/Index.htm

Julie

Euromonitor / Shampoo

1.
We've had a number of students researching the shampoo industry lately, and I found a fabulous report on Euromonitor. The path is:

Georgraphy tab
North America
USA (click to get the blue bar)
Switch tabs to Category
Consumer markets
Cosmetics and toiletries
Hair care (click to get blue bar)
Click on Run Search in maroon bar to the left
Report is called HAIR CARE IN THE USA -- COUNTRY REPORT July 2004

Don't choose shampoo, you will only get retail sales figures by year.

Also, in print, Major Performance Rankings WILS BUS Quarto HD 2757.15 G562 2004 has market share info which may be useful. -- Caroline

2.
Hi, Shampoo info seekers--

There is also this report in Business and Industry:

4244453
Title: Hair care 2004.
Source: MMR, 21 (4): 17, February 23, 2004. ISSN: 0743-5258
Publisher: Racher Press Inc.
Document Type: Journal
Record Type: Fulltext Word Count: 7275
Publication Country: United States, Language: English
Text:
Introduction
Innovative suppliers and retailers are working to pump new life into the multibillion-dollar hair care business. -- Judy

New GPL reference sources

We have two new reference titles which will be useful:

1) Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations. This has been in WilsRef for many years so we forget to use it. They were trimming their collection and I adopted it, since we are likely to get related questions. We may not purchase every single edition, but will keep the most recent in GPL Ref. Earlier eds are in the Wilson Stacks. See JK468.C7 E5

2) Committees in the U.S. Congress. Very detailed information on members of committees with exact dates, and citations for the establishment (and end) of committees. Two sets, covering 1789-1946 and 1947-1992. Also on GPL Ref, at JK1029.C64 and N45.

FRASER

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announces the debut of FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research). FRASER provides access to historical economic statistics and data. We have scanned all content from the following publications:

Economic Indicators
All Bank Statistics
Annual Statistical Digest
Banking and Monetary Statistics
Business Statistics (Supplement to Business Conditions Digest
Concordance of Statistics
Productivity and Costs Statistical Release

By this fall we will have Business Conditions Digest loaded, and we will continue to add publications to the site.

You can see the content of a publication by issue (using the date feature), or you can look at a single table across many years (using the table listing feature). All Bank Statistics and the Concordance of Statistics are only searchable by date, due to the type of publication.

Since we are at the beginning of this process, we'd be especially interested in any comments (good or bad). It is still early, so we can go back and change things.

Here's the link. Please check it out and tell us what you think. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/

Copyright Renewal Records Online

Project Gutenberg has now put US copyright RENEWAL records from 1950-1977 online. There are 56 files, each representing one six-month period, which may be opened and searched individually, or one gigantic file containing all 56 six-montly files sequentally, which will take some time to download. See the extended entry for more detail. The big file is at

http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/8/0/11800

for the smaller files, change the last number in the URL; thus the two six-monthly files for 1950 end in 11801 and 11802, and so on.

(this is a lightly edited version of a posting I made to a newsgroup / DLien)

(also, don't forget that copyright records from 1978 to date--new entries and rights transfers, as well as renewals, can be searched at

http://www.copyright.gov/records/

or at

http://www.copyright.gov/records/#locis ) - DLien

text follows:
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In the past I've made mention here of (US) CATALOG OF COPYRIGHT ENTRIES texts for 1950 on (involving renewals of US copyrights from 1922 on) as linked from

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/cce/

even though they'd not gotten many years into the project.

For 1950, 1951, and 1952, page images are available:

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/cce/1950r.html

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/cce/1951r.html

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/cce/1952r.html

And someone else has provided more readable (and searchable) text versions for most of these, and a few more years.

http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ccer/ccer.htm

The pages images cover copyright renewals of (almost) all sorts--not only books, but also periodicals and individual periodical contributions.

The text version claims to be "complete" for books for 1923 through 1927, and "partial" for 1928; complete for periodicals for 1923 and 1924 and partial for 1925; complete for invididual contributions for 1923, 1924, and 1927, and partial for same for 1925, 1926, and 1928.

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However, the purpose of this note is to update another source. I think I pointed out a year or two ago that Project Gutenberg was also producing CCE volume files for web posting. When I checked my bookmarks on the few they had done earlier today, I found that the URLs had changed and that, most interesting, they've now produced a flat text file including renewals from 1950 through 1977 (previously they'd only managed four or five years):

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All Project Gutenberg etexts of U. S. Copyright Renewals have been reposted, in their six-monthly volumes, as etext numbers 11801 through 11856 inclusive.

A combined, complete edition of all Copyright Renewals has been posted as etext number 11800, and can be found at

http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/8/0/11800

This placeholder notice was posted 31 March, 2004, and will be removed after some time.

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The conglomerated file took several minutes to download on my (fast) machine, so users beware--

http://gutenberg.net/1/1/8/0/11800/11800-8.txt

Project Gutenberg's Copyright Renewals 1950 - 1977, by US Copyright Office

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.net

Title: U.S. Copyright Renewals 1950 - 1977

Author: US Copyright Office

Release Date: March 30, 2004 [EBook #11800]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COPYRIGHT RENEWALS 1950 - 1977 ***
[Poster's Note: This is a simple compilation of all 56 of the half-yearly renewals from 1950 through 1977. Each of the renewals books is shown with its own heading, and markup indicating page numbers is retained.]

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Note that this is *not* a one-alphabet reordering, but the 56 original six-monthly files, one after another. The advantage of having all in one, of course, is to enable you to search for material using your browser's "find" command once instead of 56 separate times.

Unfortunately, I'm by no means sure we can trust it. I checked some genre periodicals that I was virtually certain would have been renewed, such as AMAZING; ASTOUNDING; BLACK MASK; SHADOW; WEIRD TALES and did *not* find renewal records for the periodicals (though I found many instances of renewals by the author/heirs for individual contributions to those periodicals). So it looks as though this file contains essentially book renewals and contribution renewals only -- except that my eye did catch some other periodical renewals by accident: AINSLEE'S, for instance, COUNTRY GENTLEMAN; LADIES HOME JOURNAL; etc., so now I don't know what to think about the periodical aspect.

Denny Lien / Wilson IRIS (posted by Amy)

Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq

Now online!

Report of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
(S. Rept. No. 108-301)
U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq

GPO Access

PDF version

If this does not work try:

http://intelligence.senate.gov/

Eunice

US Patent Images Online

The US Patent Office (http://www.uspto.gov) uses a particular image viewer, Alternatiff, for its images. This viewer has to be manually downloaded. Until it is, a user can get all the way to the point of viewing images, but will instead just get the empty shell of the program. Makes it look like there's some problem besides the fact that Alternatiff hasn't been installed.

This means that, in Wilson, users can view patent images on:
-All public dells
-GPL CD-ROM workstations, including Fillmore and the GPL reference desk computer. --Amy

Microfiche Reader

The new microfiche reader was apparently delivered last week. So I plugged it in! It seems fine. This one has two lenses, we'll see how long they last. I marked the lever. Almost all fiche (including all MN and GPO depository) uses 24X, but a few collections are more easily read with 48X, including the NRC fiche collection. Be sure you know which one it is.

Financial Times

I am using the newspaper stand next to Bus Ref (where Wall Street Journal used to go) for the Financial Times. This will allow us to accumulate 2 months worth before discarding the months of the previous year for FT being shelved over by the chairs.

The retention for the paper copies of Financial Times are 1 year. We no longer subscribe to microfilm but use LexisNexis for archives.

-- Van

Revised Legislative Research Guide

I've finished a revision of our Leg. Research Guide. The first version had been in QuickStudy, but a)I can't get in and edit anymore and b)it's too busy looking anyway, so it's now all-GPL, all-the-time.

Mostly, it's been link-checking and a little text-editing here and there. What's new is that I've added a section on regulations and an FAQ.

PLEASE give this a good, critical going-over. There's another leg. research class this semester, so I want to get it finished enough to debut asap.

The regs section should only really have surface problems like typos, if any. The FAQ, on the other hand, is based on actual questions I've gotten and what seemed to be the most successful answers I've given. Doubtless will need some editorial assistance, so don't be shy - but if you'd be willing, I'd appreciate it if the comments were attached to this blog entry and not emailed to me - it's easier to keep track that way.
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/guides/leg.phtml
--Amy

GPL Ref Desk Computer - Google toolbar

I installed the Google Toolbar on the GPL ref desk computer's copy of Internet Exporer. It has two key features:

1. Blocks popups as a default; lets you change this on a site-by-site basis. I've already ok'd popups for MNCAT.

2. It has buttons for web directory navigation. So, if you find a page and then want to know where in a site hierarchy it is, you can use the arrows and the Up button (folder w/up arrow) to find out.
--Amy

NRC Microfiche

A user will be in this week to use microfiche from the NRC collection. She has been referred from the NRC in Washington, so she already knows what microfiche she needs (and that is the hard part!) That collection was on the room tour of GPL, but as a reminder, this collection is in three cabinets by the back emergency exit, after Row 85. Be sure you can find it! Fiche are just in order in those drawers. The ones starting with A are at the end.

Other things to remember: those fiche are 48X. Our one reader which had 48X is currently out of service (Dan has been called but he is on vacation this week.) However, the fiche reader at the desk is not too bad, so she may use that one. The ones in Periodicals have zoom or dual lens so are also good. The Copy Service has adjustable lenses so they can provide good copies.

This is a remnant of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Local Public Document Room program, which put millions of documents related to nuclear power plants in the areas where those plants were located. Minnesota has three power reactors, one at Monticello and two at Prairie Island. Originally plant-specific paper, the program later turned into a national collection of microfiche.

More information is in the GPL Rolodex, and staff guides. Ask Julie for help if needed.

Julie

Country Commercial Guides

Bad use of technology alert: export.gov is now requiring registration to view the CCGs. It's free and presumes that users are employees of export companies, but you can just make up whatever responses are needed to fill in required fields and successfully register. Which is what I've done. This info is indicated in the Libdata entry for this title, but FYI:

You must enter the following username/password: umn/un1vers1Ty
to view reports at Country and Industry Market Reports
--Amy

Fedstats.gov adds MapStats

From a Govdoc-L Posting:

The Housing and Urban Development Department and the Census Bureau have combined forces to make trolling for government statistical information about cities, counties, states and the nation easier.

The agencies have enhanced the Fedstats Web site with a new powerful MapStats section. Users are one click away from state data and two clicks from county and city data, HUD officials said today.

MapStats eliminates the need to search multiple sites to get information on births and deaths, income, poverty, housing, crime, employment, retail sales, education levels, travel time to work, minority owned firms, weather and many other community indicators.

The site now links two applications to search for information across federal agencies. When used with HUD's State of the Cities Data System, MapStats takes users to detailed demographic and business information for cities. Data from the State of the Cities Data System is available for four decades back to allow trend research.

see http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/.

Note that HUD State of the Cities links, will, as you might expect, only appear when you've chosen a city to view.

New GPL Refdesk Computer!

Yahooooo! Jaime came down today and upgraded our refdesk computer. It uses Windows XP, which has some nice features. It's also got a DVD/CD-R drive, plenty of space (forgot to look and see how much) and lots of speed.

Eudora's also been upgraded to 5.2. Since it's the free version (the Libs. aren't paying for it anymore that I'm aware of) it does have ads in, but they don't seem too intrusive. Otherwise it seems to be the same as before.

The startup remains the same: Eudora and IE.

One major benefit of XP is the Start Menu. It does a nice job of letting users put frequently used items in an easy to find spot. The feature is called "Pin to Start Menu". See the MS Customizing the Start Menu guide.

--Amy

2002 Econ and Ag Censuses

Since the 2002 economic and agriculture censuses were taken in 2003, users are beginning to ask when the results will be out. For each, the release schedules are vague so one must keep checking. However, the first highlights for the Census of Agriculture will be released on February 3, 2004. For Ag schedule, FAQ, reports as they appear, etc., see http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/index.htm

STAFF NOTE: I have alerted Professor Hart to this and said we would help him with printing if necessary.

No Econ census data is out as of Feb. 2. There is a release schedule at http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec02/g02sched.htm

The Guide is up at http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec02/guide.html

Julie

Forms of address

This is in the GPL Rolodex, but since there is pressure to use this form for quick reference too, here is a handy URL: Spoken and Written Forms of Address for U.S. Government Officials, Military Personnel, Foreign Officials, Nobility, and Religious Officials

Julie

Forms for Reference Statistics

Whoever opens can file the previous day into a folder located in the lower right file cabinet under:
REFERENCE STATISTICS -- Completed Forms

If more forms are needed for the clipboard, new statistics sheets are located in front of the above folder under REFERENCE STATISTICS SHEETS-Blank

To print a new form, following the path found in the footer of the Business and Governemnt Information Statistics form. It is stored on the L drive.

Van

File Folders for Desk Signs & Forms

If you need to make a sign for the desk or get more of a form, try these directories:

-on the GPL refdesk computer, in the x-govref profile (for which there is a shortcut on the desktop), look for the folders "GPL Signs" and "GPL Resources".

-in L:\Teams\RCS\GPL\Staff\Smith\GPL files are some additional forms, like the RefStats form. --Amy

New Labels for Refdesk Drawers

The cute, but incomplete labels on the refdesk drawers are all curling up at the edges anyway, so I made a new set that cover all the drawers. They're on w/removable tape, so if there's something that should be changed, have at it. The file is in the GPL Signs folder on the GPL refdesk computer. --Amy

Desk phone

Remember, the desk phone now takes messages. Watch for the red light! Late this afternoon there were two messages waiting, one from last Friday.

The code for the VoiceMail is 12345.

Julie and Judy

Serial Set Search Link

Added to both IE and Netscape's link bars (on the GPL reference computer) the link to the GPL Serial Set Search page.

When & Why to use: When you want to verify our holdings and/or aren't already in the catalog record for the Serial Set (the other point of access for the search).

Search Page: http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/scripts/searchser.phtml
-- Amy

Historical Unemployment Data by State

Possible Sources for Historical Unemployment Data by State include:

Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment
Location: TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (US Docs) L 2.3/12:
- 1985-1993
- 1996-1998 (mfiche)

ASI Microfiche: 1972-74, 1976, 1978-80, 82-83
- ASI [year*] 6744-7
- *add 1 to year (e.g. report for 1972 = ASI year 1973)

BLS Reports Series
Location: TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (US Docs) L 2.71: [report number]
- 402 (1971)
- 421 (1972)
- 431 (1973) - see ASI
- 452 (1974)
- 504 (1976)

Manpower report of the President
TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (US Docs) L 1.42/2:
- 1963-1982
- includes statistics prior to 1963