Research Off the Shelf - JUNE, 2010: Volume 11, No. 6 - Selections

COMPANY NEWS:  For only the third time since 1985, Ruth will not be going to the AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) conference, which is being held in Denver this year. However, just because she can’t be there in person doesn’t mean she’ll be missing out on all the interesting things happening in the exhibit hall. Watch our newsletter, blog and LinkedIn sites for information from the vendors and more as we put our own Trade Show Follow-up^TM plan to work

 

COOL SITE:  Old Magazine Articles is a free site that contains articles on popular culture, history, sports, cartoons. “It is a primary source website and is designed to serve as a reference for students, educators, authors, researchers, dabblers, dilettantes, hacks and the merely curious.” http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/

Have you ever wondered what Manhattan looked like before it was paved over?  The Mannahatta Project at the Wildlife Conservation Society has un-covered the original ecology of  Manhattan. http://themannahattaproject.org/

 

INTERNET:  New York Heritage is a web site for New York History. Browse collections by institution from libraries, museums and archives from across the state. http://www.newyorkheritage.org/.  See also http://www.wnylegacy.org/ for newspaper archives.

WHAT’S NEW:  From Edward Elgar: Governance for the environment (1 vol., $115); Twenty-first century macroeconomics (1 vol., paperback edition, $49) http://www.e-elgar.com/

 From Bernan: Health Care Reform: Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, Public Law 111-148 and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152 (1 vol., $35); OECD Factbook 2010: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics (1 vol., $70); Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs (Large Print Edition) 2010 (1 vol., $60) http://www.bernan.com/

New from Liberty Fund: The history of English law before the time of Edward I (2 vols., $72). For more interesting titles on history, law, economics, classical studies and more, see their website http://www.libertyfund.org/

SUBJECT SEARCHING: Health Care Legislation Resources

http://www.healthlawyers.org/Pages/Default.aspx - American Health Lawyers Association – links to print products, links to health law websites. Some content is members only.

http://www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/Health/tabid/160/Default.aspx  - The National Congress of State Legislatures  - a resource for state and federal legislation, they have up to date information on Health Care Reform on the Federal and State level. Includes Fact Sheets on key provisions and mp3 recordings on website.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR03590:@@@S – Link to H.R.3590 http://www.gpo.gov/pdfs/news-media/press/10news12.pdf - Links to the bills