Access to Homeland Security Digital Library

As a selective Federal Depository Library, Tarver Library recently gained access to the Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) database. The Homeland Security Digital Library is the nation's premier collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management.

HSDL provides quick access to over 63,000 important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources from universities, organizations and local and state agencies. Please view the link of About the Homeland Security Digital Library to learn more about this database.

Due to license restrictions, this database is only available at Mercer Macon campus and off-campus access is limited to Mercer Macon undergraduates, graduates, faculty and staff. This does not include any students attending Regional Academic Center classes. Your MUID is required for off-campus access. To use this resource, click on the Database (Articles) link on the library home page to get access to the database under the Browse Titles.

Hot Document in March

A Decade of Discovery
U.S. Department of Energy, 2008

A Decade of Discovery provides a fascinating account of some of the most significant scientific discoveries and technological innovations coming out of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories. This remarkable book illustrates how the men and women of the National Laboratories are keeping us on the cutting edge.

Though few Americans are familiar with the scope and scale of the work conducted at these National Laboratories, their research is literally changing our lives and bettering our planet. Through highly vivid and accessible stories, this book details recent breakthroughs in three critical areas: Energy and Environment, National Security and Life and Physical Science. It describes how this government-funded research has resulted in more energy-efficient buildings; new, cleaner alternative fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions; safer, more efficient, nuclear power plants; improved responses to disease outbreaks; more secure and streamlined airport security; more effective treatments for cancer and other diseases; and astonishing discoveries that are altering our understanding of the universe and enabling scientific breakthroughs in fields such as nanotechnology and particle physics.

A Decade of Discovery is truly a recent history of discovery—and a fascinating look at what the next decade holds. (Source: U.S. Department of Energy website)

A print copy of this document is available in the Government Documents collection at Tarver Library.

Hot Document in February

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2009:
The National Data Book (128th Edition)

The Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, published by the U.S. Census Bureau since 1878, is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is designed to serve as a convenient volume for statistical reference and as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. Serving as the official Federal summary of statistics, it is derived from many statistical sources, both government and private.

This year’s Statistical Abstract includes many new tables covering a variety of currently relevant topics, including:

• Refugee Arrivals and Individuals Granted Asylum by Country of Nationality: 2005 to 2007
• Religious Composition of U.S. Population: 2007
• Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Procedures: 2000 to 2005....
• Public Schools Using Selected Safety and Security Measures, by School Characteristics: 2000 to 2006.
• Coastline and Shoreline of the United States by State
• Military Retirement System: 2007
• Household Financial Assets in IRAs, by Type of IRA: 2007
• Supply, Disposition, and Ending Stocks of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products: 2006.
• Household Internet Usage In and Outside of the Home, by Selected Characteristics: 2007
• Expenditures for Wildlife-Related Recreation Activities: 2006
• Percent of Women in National Parliaments by Country: 2007
  

The Statistical Abstract is a rich compendium for statistical reference as well as a guide to other valuable statistical publications and sources. It is everyone's one-stop shopping source for statistical information on all aspects of American life - direct from the U.S. Government. 2008.
Source: GPO Access website

The current edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United States is available at the Tarver Library Reference desk. The online version is available at U. S. Census Bureau web site. View the book in PDF format.

Digital Karl Barth Library

Jack Tarver Library has added the Digital Karl Barth Library (DKBL) to our e-resource repertoire.

The first major online collection of Karl Barth's works, The Digital Karl Barth Library combines comprehensiveness with a carefully crafted set of text-analysis tools, The Digital Karl Barth Library will support a new generation of research into the works of one of the twentieth century's most influential theologians.

The current release features the English translation of Barth's magnum opus, The Church Dogmatics, in its entirety. The original German version, Die kirchliche Dogmatik, is also included as are the first 43 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, which includes hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. These volumes are supplemented by seven additional German works that have not yet been published as part of the Gesamtausgabe and English translations of thirteen important texts by Barth. New content will be added on a quarterly basis.

If you have any questions or access problems, please let us know.

EBSCO Database Service Interruption

EBSCO has announced possible service interruptions to its EBSCOHost databases:

"Please be advised that this weekend, from January 31 through February 1, 2009, you may notice some intermittent access interruption, due to planned system maintenance.

We are conducting this necessary system maintenance during off-peak hours in order to minimize the impact it will have on our customers, and apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. "

This will affect a number of our databases, so please plan your research activities accordingly.

Thanks.

2008 Tax Forms Available

Tax season is upon us. Need federal or state tax forms and instructions? Please visit the tax display at the Government Documents area in the Tarver Library or use the links below. Please note only forms are available, no one in the library can offer tax advice or assistance with filling out the forms.

Most standard IRS federal forms, instructions and schedules in paper are available at Tarver including IRS 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and some instruction booklets. We also have the Georgia state Form 500, Form 500EZ, and its instructions. Master reproducible copies of all IRS tax forms including many lesser-used federal forms are available for photocopying at the circulation desk by the end of March.

You can also download federal or state forms in PDF format using the links below.

Federal Forms and Publications

Internal Revenue Service Home Page

Georgia Tax Forms and Information

Georgia Department of Revenue

Other State Tax Forms - Federation of Tax Administrators (FTA)

Please visit the Tarver Library Government Documents website for more information.

Recyle your old electronics!

Do you have an old TV lying around or VCR that doesn't work? Want to get rid of it, but want to do so in a way that's conducive to the environment? Well take a look at myGreenElectronics. The website features a ZIP ZIP code look-up for electronics recycling facilities and listings of electronics that are energy efficient, made of recycled materials, or have other green properties. What other ways can you help your world go green?