Posted on July 28th, 2008 by MarisHayashi
Week of July 28, 2008
News Item: A couple of weeks ago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) had taken control of the Pasadena, California-based IndyMac Bancorp due to losses from defaulted mortgages. Are more ban collapses on the way? Included here are select titles that examine bank failures, deregulation, and management.
Bailout: An Insider’s Account of [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by janestrudwick
Week of July 21, 2008
News Item: Former South African President, anti-apartheid activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday last week. He was recently removed from a United States terrorism watch list. A bill, sponsored by U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Bob Corker (R-TN), and signed by [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by janestrudwick
EBSCO has released its new interface, EBSCOhost 2.0. Some of your favorite databases now have a new look:
Academic Search Premier
America: History and Life
Business Source Premier
Cinhal Plus with Full-Text
MLA International Bibliography
SocINDEX with Full-Text
SportDiscus with Full-Text
New features include: a simpler search screen, the ability to preview an article by mouseover, new result list, new search history capability, and URLS that [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by MarisHayashi
Week of July 14, 2008
News Item: Last Friday, thousands gathered in Washington, D.C. after completing an 8,000 mile cross-country walk that began over five months ago. During the “Longest Walk 2008,” participants marched in support of “environmental and sacred sites protection, cultural survival, youth empowerment and Native American rights.” Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2008 by janestrudwick
“The journal content previously available on Blackwell Synergy is now being delivered through Wiley InterScience www.interscience.wiley.com due to the merger of Wiley-Blackwell’s online journal systems. Blackwell Synergy is no longer operating.”
According to the Wiley site, this is just the first phase of a total integration of products. For now, Blackwell Reference is on the same platform, [...]
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