Home
Kay Cunningham's Library tagged → View Popular
Hamrick Software - U.S. Surname Distribution
Enter a surname (last name) into the form below and you'll get a map of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States
American President: Resource on the U.S. Presidents
'A comprehensive collection of material about the Presidents of the United States and the history of the presidency. This web site features essays about the President's life before, during, and after each presidential term. It additionally provides information about the First Lady and cabinet officials of each administration. A collection of essays on the President at Work delves into the function, responsibilities, and organization of the modern presidency and traces the history and evolution of presidential duties.'
Studies in Scarlet
'For the legal or social historian, however, a popular trial account can reveal intriguing details about the application of the law and the motivations, manners, and mores of another era. Studies in Scarlet includes American, British, and Irish cases 1815-1914 involving domestic violence, bigamy, seduction, breach of promise to marry, and the custody of children, as well as trials for murder and rape. These trials are especially rich sources for the study of the history of women in early modern society'
UNL Digital Collections | Browse
Digitized editions of comic books sponsored by the U.S. government
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
"The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States contains material that was compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. It includes volumes covering the administrations of Presidents
Twitter, blogs and other Web 2.0 tools revolutionize government business -- Federal Computer Week
"If you cut through all the hype about Web 2.0 tools, you’ll find government managers and elected officials who use the technology to communicate, share information and network. Web 2.0 technologies for social networking and online collaboration let peopl
Job Losses Hint at Vast Remaking of U.S. Economy - NYTimes.com
"Since the recession began, the economy has eliminated a net total of roughly 4.4 million jobs, with more than half of those positions — some 2.6 million — disappearing in the last four months alone. This rapid deterioration has prompted talk that some in
Chronicling America - The Library of Congress
"search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present."
budget / 27 / 02 / 2009 / News / Home - Inside Higher Ed
"Thursday was decidedly bare bones, lacking detailed numbers for most federal programs and clocking in at about one-tenth the normal number of pages of explanatory material. But while the administration's proposal might have skimped on specifics, its prop
stimulus / 23 / 02 / 2009 / News / Home - Inside Higher Ed
"But much as the rhetoric surrounding the stimulus legislation has portrayed it as focusing on creating jobs related to “shovel ready” infrastructure and other projects, significant numbers of the jobs that will be either created or saved by the financial
GPO Access Online Resources: A-Z Resource List
Alphabetic list of databases from the U.S. government
States Put Squeeze on Public Universities - The Paper Trail (usnews.com)
"The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities wrote in December that 44 states are facing budget shortfalls this year (the ones that aren't? Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming), and 24 states have already proposed college/unive
The Federal Bailout Plan for Schools -
"The proposed federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill includes an estimated $141 billion for education. 'It's the 'education community's' dream come true,' blogs Mike Petrilli, vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington. But t
St. Louis Fed: Economic Data - FRED®
"database of 20,024 U.S. economic time series. With FRED® you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series"
The Financial Crisis Timeline
By the Federal Reserve of St. Louis. "This web site was created to provide the public with useful information about major financial events and policy actions, both over the past months and going forward." Includes Timeline.
LILEKS (James) Motel Postcards
Images from vintage postcards of motels; arranged by state. Collected by James Lileks.
The Investment Deficit in America | OurFuture.org
"From physical infrastructure like roads and bridges to human capital from kindergarten to college, this report comprehensively examines our investment deficit. It documents yesterday’s achievements, today’s problems and tomorrow’s solutions."
A New New Deal?
"Once the economy begins to recover, which may take much longer than people expect, we'll face the real challenge: sustaining the expanded public investment as a centerpiece of the new economy we build out of the collapse of the old."
By Robert L. Borosa
Name Popularity Search
Search for popular names, given and surnames, by state, as drawn from white pages. Browse all names.
Higher Education May Soon Be Unaffordable for Most Americans, Report Says - NYTimes.com
'“When we come out of the recession,” Mr. Callan added, “we’re really going to be in jeopardy, because the educational gap between our work force and the rest of the world will make it very hard to be competitive. Already, we’re one of the few countries w
Selected Tags
Related Tags
government (7)- economic_downturn (5)
- reference (4)
- higher_education (4)
- history (4)
- names (3)
- data (3)
- stimulus_package (3)
- economic_recovery (2)
- infrastructure (2)
- social_history (2)
- economics (2)
- economy (2)
- financial_crisis (2)
- Federal_Reserve (2)
- databases (2)
- education (2)
- jobs (2)
- employment (2)
Sponsored Links
Top Contributors
Groups interested in United_S...
Diigo is about better ways to research, share and collaborate on information. Learn more »
Join Diigo