Charity Information

Guidestar – http://www.guidestar.org/
The Foundation Center  – http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990finder/
Charity Navigator – http://www.charitynavigator.org/

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Political Science Resources

Almanac of American Politics 2006
Book of the States 2007
State Party Profiles 
Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to United States Elections, 4th ed 
Politics in the American States, 8th ed,

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Learning Disabilities – Personal Stories

I need to find information on how to find personal stories about people living with disabilities. 

Search for name of disability.
Search for LCSHs:

– Primary Sources
- Biography
- Case Studies

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Business the Ultimate Resource

2002, 2171 p.

Best Practice – Articles about people/culture, marketing, stategy/competition, finance, it/info management, etc.
Management checklist – people management, hr/training,personal effectiveness, marketing, small business, business plannin, etc.
Actionlists – marketing, personal development, calculations for accounting & finance.
Management Library – synopsis of famous books/articles on management.
Business Thinkers – profiling top management thinkers and pioneers
Management Giants
Dictionary
World Business Almanac – [...]

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Gold Standard for 1880-1940

What’s the price of gold for 1880-1940 according to the U.S. price or London price?
What’s the exchange rate between U.S. & U.K. or U.S. & China at this time?
Interest rates – short term or long term
GDP per capita

Answer was found at:

http://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/gold/result.php
http://www.measuringworth.com/aboutus.html

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The Social Science Index

The Social Science Index is an index of the social sciences published quarterly by the H.W. Wilson company.  Some of its’ information is included in the Social Science Citation Index, also produced by H.W. Wilson. 

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Book Review Digest

Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts from book reviews published in 90 English-language periodicals from the social sciences, humanities, general sciences, and general interest.  They include such periodicals as magazines, scholarly periodicals, and periodicals for the library profession.  To be included the books reviewed must have been published or distributed in the United [...]

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World Almanac and Book of Facts

The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a very comprehensive almanac that includes statistics and facts on economic, social, political, religious, financial, industrial, medical, and other topics.  They also include the year’s top ten stories, the year in photographs, decisions of the Supreme Court, off beat news, quotes of the year, and a 12 [...]

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Statistical Abstracts of the United States

The Statistical Abstracts of the United States is an extremely important source of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.  It is produced by the Government Printing Office.  It reproduces tables of statistical information from federal government and nongovernmental organizations. 

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Yearbook of International Organization (Brussels)

The Yearbook of International Organizations is a directory that indexes 24,495 international organizations in a annual publication.  Entries for each organization includes contact information, detailed information about the organization, organization type, and historical information, such as: name, founding date, aim, and ideas, and founding organization. 

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