Jack Tarver Library Intercession Hours

Jack Tarver Library will be open the following hours from January 5-January 12:

Monday, January 5
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday, January 6
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wednesday, January 7
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Thursday, January 8
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Friday, January 9
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, January 10
Closed

Sunday, January 11
Closed

Monday, January 12
7:45 a.m.-7 p.m.

Jack Tarver Library Closing

Jack Tarver Library will be closed from December 24, 2009 through January 4, 2009.

Public Access to the GAO Reports and GAO Comptroller General Decisions Databases

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide permanent public access to the GAO Reports and GAO Comptroller General Decisions databases that are available on the GAO Web site.

The GAO Reports database contains reports on audits, surveys, investigations, and evaluations of Federal programs conducted by GAO. The content in this database dates back to 1970 and earlier.

The Comptroller General Decisions database contains decisions and opinions issued by the Comptroller General in areas of Federal law such as appropriations, bid protests, and Federal agency rulemaking. It also contains historic material dating back to 1970.

GAO is actively working on digitizing its legacy collection so historic material will continue to be added to the two databases.

Hot Document in December

Black Americans in Congress 1870 - 2007

Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007 (House Document No. 108-224) is the most comprehensive history available on the 121 African Americans who have served in Congress since 1870 to present. The book chronicles African Americans’ participation in the federal legislature and their struggle to attain full civil rights.

Contents include:

PART I: FORMER BLACK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

• Chapter I: “The Fifteenth Amendment in Flesh and Blood”: The Symbolic Generation of Black Americans in Congress, 1870–1887
• Chapter II: “The Negroes’ Temporary Farewell”: Jim Crow and the Exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887–1929
• Chapter III: Keeping the Faith: African Americans Return to Congress, 1929–1970
• Chapter IV: Permanent Interests: The Expansion, Organization, and Rising Influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971–2007
  

PART II: CURRENT BLACK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

APPENDICES

Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007 is available online via GPO Access. A print copy of this featured document is available in the Government Documents collection at Tarver Library.

EBSCO pre-populated ILL Forms

We are currently experiencing some issues with our EBSCO pre-populated ILL forms and are working as fast as we can to have them fixed. Where the form asks you to choose a Center location please go ahead and do so. This should have no impact on your request being filled. If you encounter any problems please contact Andrew Shuping at 478-301-2251 or Cecilia Williams at 478-301-2102. Again thank you for your patience.

Online Value Line Investment Survey and Historical Reports Since 1997

Great news for business students and faculty as well as anyone who is interested in investment research and studying stocks. Tarver Library recently subscribed to the Value Line Research Center and its Historical Reports dating back to 1997. You can access this database from Tarver Library's alphabetical database listing on the library web site, through GALILEO, or through the business Subject Librarian page.

The Value Line Research Center provides on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. It includes:

• The Value Line Investment Survey (covering 1,700 equity issues from 100 industries)
• The Value Line Investment Survey – Small and Mid-Cap Edition (covering approximately 1,800 additional, mostly small-capitalization, issues.)
• The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey (full-page reports on about 700 leading equity funds, and abbreviated reports on over 1,200 additional equity and bond funds, plus summary data for 13,000 mutual funds)
• The Value Line Daily Options Survey (daily evaluations and ranks on over 130,000 options, on about 2,000 stocks, and 11,000 longer-term options)
• The Value Line Special Situations Service (emerging companies )
• The Value Line Convertibles Survey (analysis and evaluation of over 700 convertible issues)

Tarver Library also subscribes to the Value Line Historical Reports Service. This service provides access to the Value Line Investment Survey or the Value Line Expanded Edition dating back to 1997. To get to the historical reports, select "Plus Edition" under Quick Index on the left and then choose "Historical Reports".

Hot Document in November

2008-09 U.S. Government Manual

"As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies; international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

A typical agency description includes:

• A list of officials heading major operating units.
• A summary statement of the agency's purpose and role in the Federal Government.
• A brief history of the agency, including its legislative or executive authority.
• A description of its programs and activities.
• Information, addresses, and phone numbers to help users locate detailed information on consumer activities, contracts and grants, employment, publications, and other matters of public interest.

The Manual is published as a special edition of the Federal Register (see 1 CFR 9.1). Its focus is on programs and activities. Persons interested in detailed organizational structure, the regulatory documents of an agency, or Presidential documents should refer to the Federal Register or one of its other special editions." (Source: GPO Access website)

The current edition of the U. S. Government Manual 2008-2009 is available at the Tarver Library Reference desk. The online version is available both as ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

GPO Access contains the U.S. Government Manual for 1995-96 and all subsequent editions to the present.