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- | + | ==Atlases== | |
+ | http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/maps/map3.aspx?&g=0 | ||
+ | Visually analyze and understand the demography of the U.S. through the use of interactive maps and data reports. Based at Queens College. | ||
- | + | ==Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation== | |
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This website was suggested by Business Library staff for quick access to info about Brooklyn. Click on the tab that says "Brooklyn." | This website was suggested by Business Library staff for quick access to info about Brooklyn. Click on the tab that says "Brooklyn." | ||
http://www.bedc.org/ | http://www.bedc.org/ | ||
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==Business plans== | ==Business plans== | ||
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http://www.blackpanther.org (also the Huey P. Newton Foundation site) | http://www.blackpanther.org (also the Huey P. Newton Foundation site) | ||
http://www.stanford.edu/group/blackpanthers (includes their Ten Point Plan) | http://www.stanford.edu/group/blackpanthers (includes their Ten Point Plan) | ||
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Malcom X Project | Malcom X Project | ||
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http://www.stanford.edu/goup/king/about_king/encyclopeia/bus_boycott.html | http://www.stanford.edu/goup/king/about_king/encyclopeia/bus_boycott.html | ||
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==Congressional Committees== | ==Congressional Committees== | ||
To locate Congressional committees link to http://www.house.gov or http://www.senate.gov. | To locate Congressional committees link to http://www.house.gov or http://www.senate.gov. | ||
Committee members are listed. Every legislator has a web site which will list his/her committee affiliations. | Committee members are listed. Every legislator has a web site which will list his/her committee affiliations. | ||
+ | ==Federal money given to NYS== | ||
+ | http:wwwgpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy08/bis.html | ||
+ | Scroll down to Program Tables and choose program: school meal programs, Head Start, Medicaid, | ||
+ | Food Stamps, child support enforcement, low-income home energy assistance, state children's health insurance, foster care, Homeland Security and Disaster grants, public housing, community development, airport improvements, highways, capital investment and federal transit are included. | ||
+ | Some are outright grants and some are matching grants. | ||
+ | Also gives information for Bush's past federal budgets and Bill Clinton's. | ||
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+ | ==Guide for Filing a FOIA Request== | ||
+ | http://www.bushsecrecy.org/PageIndex.cfm?ParentID=2&CategoryID=8&PagesID=34 | ||
==Health== | ==Health== | ||
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==Government Grants== | ==Government Grants== | ||
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==Great Article on Starting an Import/Export Business== | ==Great Article on Starting an Import/Export Business== | ||
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===http://www.nonprofitsrisk.org Nonprofit Risk Management Center Aimed at CEOs and managers, this is a resource for online information, Internet classes, books, articles and software to purchase about financial protection, injuries to or by volunteers, business continuity planning, facility risks and more. | ===http://www.nonprofitsrisk.org Nonprofit Risk Management Center Aimed at CEOs and managers, this is a resource for online information, Internet classes, books, articles and software to purchase about financial protection, injuries to or by volunteers, business continuity planning, facility risks and more. | ||
- | ==Philosophy | + | ==Online Philosophy Encyclopedia== |
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http://plato.stanford.edu/ | http://plato.stanford.edu/ | ||
A short blurb from their website--"All entries and substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public. Consequently, our dynamic reference work maintains academic standards while evolving and adapting in response to new research." | A short blurb from their website--"All entries and substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public. Consequently, our dynamic reference work maintains academic standards while evolving and adapting in response to new research." | ||
- | + | ==Passports== | |
- | http:// | + | http://www.travel.state.gov/passport |
- | + | Has all information related to obtaining, applying for, renewing passports. | |
+ | Including reporting lost or stolen passports, fees, online applications and downloadable applications. | ||
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- | + | ==Tree of Life Web Project== | |
- | http:// | + | This is a peer reviewed collaborative project written by biologists. The pages are organized heirchically, using principles of cladistics. |
+ | http://tolweb.org | ||
+ | ==Library Best Practices Wiki== | ||
+ | http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page | ||
- | == | + | ==Library Instruction Wiki== |
- | + | http://instructionwiki.org/Sharing_resources | |
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