Interesting Web site: For doing research on political activists or various social movements, take a look at Social Movements and Culture from Washington State University's American Studies Program. "The site currently consists of links to on-line articles, bibliographies, course syllabi, conferences, a glossary of terms for movement analysis, and sets of links to historically-oriented and contemporary sites categorized by movement type."

And now for something completely different and non-academic! Have you ever wanted to learn how to make a solar cooker, or a non-toxic cleaning kit? These are just a couple of the "how-to's" you will find at Knowledge Hound. Calling itself the Web's biggest directory of free how-to's, you might want to remember to look here the next time we get a Code Orange!

Interesting Web sites: This helpful site from the Annenberg Foundation called FactCheck.org was launched just in time for the run up to the presidential election. The site claims to monitor the factual accuracy of what the politicians say by researching their statements in the media. They provide an analysis of the statement and present all sources used in arriving at the opinion - whatever it turns out to be. An ingenious idea and much needed in the campaign climate! The site has only been up for a month, so there is not a great deal of articles in the archive, but it will be a good place to come back to from time to time as we inch toward November!


The U.S. Census Bureau has made it easy to find the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States. Just go to Minority Links to find lots of information gathered in one place.

Welcome back to Spring Semester, 2004! We hope that you enjoyed whatever you did over the holidays. We'd like to call your attention to several new recreational reading additions to our Periodicals Collection: Hola- a weekly magazine published in Spain that covers European royal families and American and European celebrities; TV y Novelas - a biweekly magazine featuring the world of Hispanic soap operas and television stars; and People en Espanol - the monthly Spanish language version of People Magazine. We are transitioning to open access of our periodicals collection, which means that students will be able to browse freely among the periodicals shelves in the near future.


Laptop loans will begin again in the near future. The Public Safety Department has made a generous loan of some 30 laptops to the library, which will be be used in our orientations and workshops and for individual loan on the 3rd floor only at this point.


The WebCat access problem just won't go away! Additional firewalls were installed on the college network over the break, and this has rendered WebCat inaccessible again. The problem is being worked on, however!


Finally, how about checking out our Spring schedule of FREE Internet & Research Workshops. They will be held every Tuesday from 1:00 - 2:15 pm in the 3rd floor Gallery, beginning on January 27. These workshops provide hands-on exercises and go into greater depth on many topics that are essential for good study and research habits.