Category: General Information

You can find career, job-search, and business news and information at the Wall Street Journal’s free website for college students, CollegeJournal.com. According to the site, “Content is updated daily and includes news, features and trends that will help you land a job or internship, as well as launch your career and grow it successfully.”

Today in History: Earth Day: “A brief history of Earth Day, “first observed in Spring of 1970.” Features links to Library of Congress sites about related issues and people. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.” (annotation from lii.org)

NOAA has up-to-date information on tornadoes.

A question has been asked about Illinois “Public Law 195.” According to the MVCC ABE/GED/ESL web site (the indirect source of the question) and a number of other educational web sites (Google the terms: Illinois “public law 195” and you’ll find them), this is the law that mandates the “Illinois State Constitution Exam.” Unfortunately, the… Continue reading Public Law 195

Opposing Viewpoints: “This well-named series presents many sides to thought-provoking issues, challenging readers to think about their own opinions and views. Each volume begins with an essay, “Why consider opposing viewpoints?” that gives the series’ rationale: critical thinking; respect for others’ views; and objective evaluation of the authors’ ideas, credentials, and biases. An introduction to… Continue reading Opposing Viewpoints: Topic Shopping At Its Best

The U.S. DoS’ “Background Notes are factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations. They include facts on the country’s land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the United States.” [from site]

The CQ Researcher (print, reference) is a favorite of topic-shopping students as well as students who already have a public-agenda topic and are looking for supporting info resources. The Library just received CQ Press’ World at Risk (print, circulating), a mini-Researcher that has updated information on many project hot topics, including AIDS, global warming, and… Continue reading World at Risk

The Tax History Project is “a public service initiative from Tax Analysts. Established in 1995, the Project provides scholars, policymakers, journalists, and the general public with information on the history of U.S. public finance.” Includes (but of course) tax history, but also offers the returns of select U.S. Presidents (take a look at F.D.R.’s 1040),… Continue reading The Tax History Project

IRS.gov: Need an Extension ? or Just Last-Minute Tips? Information from the Internal Revenue Web site about last minute tax information.

Read the Text of President Bush’s Press Conference at the White House Web site. The President addressed several issues including the current situation in Iraq and the War on Terror. He also answered questions from the press.