New for Sociology and Anthropology

Brookings Institution.
Available online.
"New 2006 American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau provides a detailed picture of the socio-demographic composition of New Orleans and its surrounding region, including who moved in and out of the area, approximately one full year after the impacts of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This report provides the first full picture of who lived in New Orleans and its region after the hurricanes of 2005, and what types of residents moved in, stayed, or remained displaced one year after the storms."
A link will be maintained via this library Web page.

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The New York Times has abandoned its online TimesSelect subscription program, which required payment for online access to such content as opinion columns and the paper's archive. (Users who had .edu e-mail addresses could apply for free access.)

As of yesterday, the vast majority of the Times' entire run is available without charge to online users. We have revised Leyburn Library's Web site page for the New York Times to reflect the changes.

Rumor has it the Wall Street Journal might be heading in the same direction.

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Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Edited by David Goldfield and published as a two-volume set in 2006, this encyclopedia offers "both a summary and an interpretation of the field. With contributions from leading academics in their fields, this authoritative resource offers an interdisciplinary approach by covering topics from economics, geography, anthropology, politics, and sociology."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, include here.

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U.S. National Institute of Justice.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
"This study identified how many women in the United States and in college settings have ever been raped or sexually assaulted during their lifetime and within the past year, key case characteristics of drug-facilitated and forcible rapes and, factors that affected women's reporting of rape to police or seeking help from a support network; and it compared different types of rape."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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Career Education Institute.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Listing of internships from over 2,000 organizations. Recently updated.
Links are maintained in various locations on the library Web site, including here.

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