Information on Cyberbullying added to Open Access Resources

According to the National Crime Prevention Council, 43% of teens have been the victims of cyberbullying in the past year.
To help parents, educators, and others better understand, prevent, and take action against this growing concern, ebrary is subsidizing a collection of e-books on cyberbullying. Additionally, ebrary employees have uploaded a number of government documents from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, U.S. Department of Justice, and other organizations.  READ IT HERE

EnvironmentalChemistry.com

"EnvironmentalChemisty.com ...provide environmental, chemistry and hazardous materials news, information & resources including: in depth articles; a detailed periodic table of elements; chemical substance database; hazmat emergency response guides; hazmat placarding information; and much more."

The National Agricultural Statistics Service

The National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.

Newsbank Special Reports--LRC Database

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. Easily accessible within NewsBank resources, they enable users to quickly locate information on a specific subject while helping them gain better insight into current issues and events on a global scale. Each Report features current and retrospective coverage, and new articles are added daily. Special Reports constitute a unique value to your users, and are included with your NewsBank subscription. There are nearly 50 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

   

September Topics and Monthly Themes

September 11, 2001 – 10^th Anniversary

Natural Disasters

Celebrating Constitution Day, September 17

National Hispanic Heritage Month

World Politics and Government

World Economics

 

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events

Conflict and Terrorism

Iraq

World Health

World Environment

U.S. Presidential Election of 2012

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