Constitution Day

Did you know that today, September 17, is the U.S. Constitution Day? The U. S. Constitution was signed on this day 222 years ago by thirty nine brave men who changed the course of history. To celebrate this historic day, please check out some of the many Tarver Library books related to the Constitution. To locate the relevant materials, you can use the library catalog and do a Subject search for "Constitution United States". Or just click on this link to view the available books.

Also check out our Constitution Day display near the Government Documents area on the second floor of the library.

In addition, the Library of Congress Constitution Day Resources features a rich collection of primary documents, lesson plans, kids' stories, and more. Finally, a webcast discussion of The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution by Linda Monk is available for your viewing pleasure.

National Climatic Data Center Online Document Library

Being a depository library, Tarver Library has access to a fee-based database provided by the National Climatic Data Center.

The National Climatic Data Center(NCDC) is part of the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Environmental Sateliite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). NCDC is the world’s largest active archive of weather data. The Online Document Library provides access to datasets and publications of the Center.

NCDC Online Document Library includes six components of the National Climatic Data:

Local Climatological Data
Climatological Data
Monthly Climate Data for the World
Monthly Normals
Storm Data
Hourly Precipitation Data

Access is only available from within the Jack Tarver Library. Please stop by and see a reference librarian for access.

DARTS - Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific

A pilot project between NTIS and GPO, Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific (DARTS) provides access to government-produced technical information.

DARTS features full text of over 240,000 online titles from 1964-2000 posted by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). NTIS's technical reports cover a wide variety of sciences, including physics, chemistry, environmental science, and the health, behavioral, and social sciences.

DARTS is provided by the Department of Commerce only to participating Depository libraries and requires a password that can only be obtained from librarians at the participating libraries.

Access is only available from within the Jack Tarver Library. Please stop by and see a reference librarian for access.

Hot Document in September

The World Factbook 2008

The World Factbook is a great source for information on countries and territories around the world. It provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. It features full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities.

The 2008 version features several new additions. In the Geography, two fields focus on the vital resource of water: Total renewable water resources and Freshwater withdrawal. In the Economic category, three fields added for: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home, Stocks of direct foreign investment - abroad, and Market value of publicly shares. Concise descriptions of all majors religious included in the Noted and Definitions.

Want to know more about this title? Please view this link for a brief history of how facts are gathered for The World Factbook. This book is also located in our Government Documents area.

Science Direct

Science Direct will be temporarily unavailable tomorrow, Saturday, August 29 from approximately 2:30pm - 10:00pm. Note from vendor follows:

"Dear Customer,

ScienceDirect, Scopus and The Admin Tool will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 7.5 hours from 18:30 Saturday, 29 August to 02:00 GMT Sunday, 30 August (2:30 PM EDT Saturday, August 29 to 10:00PM EDT).

We apologize for the inconvenience."

Hot Document in August

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) provides a full listing of Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.

CFDA is available online through CFDA.gov website. You can search by keyword, by agency, by program number as well as fine tune your search requests using the advanced search feature.

The CFDA website will also contain a PDF file version of the Catalog that,
when printed by any user, will have the same layout as the printed document that the Government Printing Office (GPO) has provided. Tarver library has a print version in our documents collection.

GALILEO Toolbar

Please note the following new service from GALILEO:

"GALILEO is pleased to announce a new feature for all GALILEO users: the GALILEO Toolbar, a browser plugin that provides quick and easy access to GALILEO and the rest of your library's resources right from your Firefox or Internet Explorer web browser. Search in databases, find journals and magazines, and check your library catalog directly from the toolbar search box. Quick links are also provided to go directly to key GALILEO resources. Other features include a right-click menu for quick searching, OpenURL linking, and pushing URLs or reloading webpages through the GALILEO proxy for remote access authentication.

A unique toolbar has been created specifically for each participating GALILEO institution and is now available for downloading from GALILEO through the "Get Your GALILEO Toolbar" link in the Getting Started section of the GALILEO homepage."