Lincoln North: The Joseph N. Nathanson Collection of Lincolniana
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/lincoln/intro/cover1a.html
For almost fifty years, Dr. Joseph Nathanson (1895-1989) avidly collected Lincoln memorabilia from his home in Ithaca, New York. In 1986, he donated the contents of his eclectic collection to his alma mater, McGill University, and since that time, McGill University Libraries have turned the content of this collection into an online exhibit. Lincoln North is a collection of over four thousand items of Lincoln memorabilia, including books, pamphlets, prints, manuscripts, ephemera, and regalia. To navigate through this collection, viewers may perform an advanced or keyword search, or may browse the collection by author, title, document type, subject, or date. This site also contains an Abraham Lincoln virtual exhibit and links to other Lincoln sites. Lincoln researchers and enthusiasts should find this site quite interesting. [MG]
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Quality Counts 2002: Building Blocks for Success
http://www.edweek.org/sreports/qc02/
This year's Quality Counts report (last mentioned in the January 12, 2001 Scout Report) focuses on the importance of high quality learning experiences for children prior to their K-12 school years. The benefits of offering quality education at this early point can be substantial; children perform with better cognitive skills during later educational stages. Not simply an endorsement of improved standards and programs, the report outlines the current state of affairs with supporting statistics and documentation for each state and the District of Columbia. The report examines tangible issues such as adequate pay for educators, evaluation criteria and measurement tools, and each state's "commitment to Kindergarten." The format of this report is much enhanced from prior publications. An Interactive data search, Excel and .pdf data tables, Web-only testing data (e.g., the table "Grade-by-Grade Testing Policies" is available online only), and inclusion of "new indicators of several school-quality categories" are all new features with the 2002 report. This report, as are all the Quality Counts Reports from Education Week and the Pew Charitable Trusts, is a thoughtful read for anyone concerned with education. [DJS]
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Surgeon General Reports on the Web [.pdf]
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/surgeonreports.html
Like the Government Printing Office's phenomenally successful foray into the World Wide Web with GPO Access, the National Library of Medicine's site offers readers easy, direct access to government-sponsored medical information, now including all of the reports and studies of the Surgeon General's Office. Searchable in a variety of ways and presenting a wide array of media, the site makes available digitized information from articles, white papers, brochures and pamphlets, as well photographic images and slides of historic figures. [WH]
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2002 National Drug Control Strategy [.pdf]
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/03ndcs/index.html
Recently released by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, this annual report summarizes national strategies to control drug use (last mentioned in the January 23, 2001 Scout Report). The report consists of a transmittal letter from President George W. Bush, an introduction, and a list of national priorities that includes education and community action, treatment resources, and the attack of the economic basis of the drug trade. Viewed in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, the report ends with a description of the drug control budget and its restructuring. [MG]
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Study of Multifamily Underwriting and the GSEs' Role in the Multifamily Market [.pdf]
http://www.huduser.org/publications/hsgfin/gsemultifamily.html
A disclosure study of its effectiveness in the multifamily housing market, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's report "Study of Multifamily Underwriting and the GSE's Role in the Multifamily Market" is intended to establish whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are meeting their federally-mandated obligations to extend housing opportunities to low income families. Thus, the study, 184 pages in all, presents a wealth of information regarding both this demographic and government-sponsored enterprises' (GSE's) attention to it. In particular loan availability is considered as a significant indicator of service to target clients, though other factors are considered as well, including whether GSE's, while helping some, are adversely impacting other potential home buyers through their assistance programs. [WH]
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Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons 1500-1650
http://www.umich.edu/~umma/women/
This University of Michigan Museum of Art women's history exhibition is likely to satisfy some, but not others, depending on how you like your virtual museum experience. For visitors who are interested in the arrangement of artifacts, the Virtual Tour allows panning through all eight galleries of the show. Unfortunately though, no close-ups were available at the time of this review. For visitors who prefer static digital images with accompanying text, the Real Stories section provides ten examples of pictures with stories or biographies, such as Fede Galizia's 1596 painting of biblical heroine Judith with the Head of Holofernes, a portrait of Catherine de' Medici on a medal, or Elizabeth I. The Gallery Guide, a digital equivalent of the brochure you carry though the museum, provides eight additional images. Other sections of the Web site offer information on purchasing the Catalogue, which contains reproductions of over 100 items in the show; events on the University of Michigan campus during the theme semester that are related to Women Who Ruled; and resources for educators. [DS]
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American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org/adainfo.html
The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is an online resource for nutrition and health that offers a vast amount of information on attaining and maintaining a healthy life style. This Web site offers everything from nutrition and health tips, to a complete food and nutrition guide, to books and other resources. Furthermore, ADA has a national referral service that links consumers, physicians, food manufacturers, and restaurant owners or managers with dietetic professionals. All participants in the American Dietetic Association's referral service "are professionals--professionals who provide reliable, objective nutrition information, separate facts from fads and translate the latest scientific findings into easy-to-understand nutrition information." If you are ready for a healthy lifestyle change, then this is definitely the place to start. [MG]
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Jo Freeman: Feminist Scholar and Author
http://www.JoFreeman.com/index.htm
Jo Freeman, a well-known feminist scholar, activist, author, speaker, and lawyer, recently launched this new site consisting of works by and about her. The site contains a portion of Freeman's numerous scholarly and journalistic articles, including "The Feminist Movement," "Women in Society," "Women, Law and Public Policy," and "Social Protests in the Sixties." The site also contains a photo gallery of historic photos of the civil rights vigil at the 1964 Democratic Convention, the June 1966 Meredith Mississippi March, Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign, and the 1968 Democratic Convention. In addition, Freeman has included her extensive collection of political buttons for viewing, as well as a substantial list of links to other related sites. Political activists, feminists, and those users interested in women's studies may find this site valuable. [MG]
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