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Alternative Energy Facts, Statistics, and Issues. Paula Berinstein
Oryx Press, 2001 Assesses the current state of alternative energy. Each chapter reviews a different power source — solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, fuel cells, hydrogen, or the ocean — and describes how it works, recent developments, environmental effects, economic issues, relevant legislation, and statistics.
Call Number: R 333.794 BERINST
Locations: TC, VA

Atlas of American Agriculture: the American Cornucopia. Richard Pillsbury and John Florin
Simon and Schuster Macmillan, 1996 Surveys Amreica's varied farmlands and the history and traditions of those who work there. Arranged by region, it traces the social, technological and financial evolution of each farming area. Many maps and photos are included.
Call Number: R 338.0197 PILLSBU
Locations: VA, WA

Congressional Quarterly's (CQ) Almanac.
Congressional Quarterly, Inc. An annual compilation of the CQ Weekly Reports.
Call Number: R 328.73 CONGRES
Locations: VA

Congressional Quarterly's (CQ) Weekly Report.
Congressional Quarterly, Inc. A weekly magazine that covers activities in the United States Congress. It includes legislation in process, congressional hearings, congressional voting records and general political news. The articles are informative and readable.
Call Number: R 328.73 CONGRES
Locations: VA

CQ Researcher.
Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Extensive factual reports, published by Congressional Quarterly. The reports cover a large variety of issues of current interest in the United States. They provide an excellent overview when one is beginning to research a topic that one knows nothing about.
Call Number: R 909.82 RESE
Locations: VA

Craighead's International Business, Travel and Relocation Guide to 84 Countries.
Tenth edition. Gale Group, 2000 Gives lengthy articles for people who are planning to travel to, live in, or do business with other countries. Articles include information on each country's culture, economy, government, politics, business and social customs, and practical information for moving to another country.
Call Number: R 910.202 CRAIGHE
Locations: VA

Dictionary of U.S. Government Statistical Terms. Alfred N. Garwood and Louise L. Hornor, editors
Information Publications, 1991 An A-to-Z listing of over 1000 U.S. government statistical terms. For each term a short entry gives a definition of the term and the agency that uses it.
Call Number: R 317.3 DICTION
Locations: VA

Economic Report of the President; Transmitted to Congress. The President
United States, Government Printing Office, Annual publication An annual review of the state of the U.S. economy, as interpreted by the President of the United States. Includes statistics, charts, and a chapter on the United Sates in the world economy.
Call Number: R 330.973 UNITED
Locations: VA

Economics.
Grolier Educational, 2000 Covers a wide range of economic, financial and business subjects. Each volume has a specific theme. Volume 1: Money, Banking and Finance. Volume 2: Business Operations. Volume 3: The Citizen and the Economy. Volume 4: The U.S. Economy and the World. Volume 5: Economic Theory. Volume 6: Economic History. Use the index to find a specific subject.
Call Number: R 330 ECONOMI
Locations: TC, VA

Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance. Glenn G. Munn, R.L. Garcia, and Charles J. Woelfel
Library edition of the ninth edition. Salem Press, 1993 Gives definitions of up to one page long of thousands of banking, business and financial terms. Analysis of recent trends, statistical data, citations of laws and regulations, tables and graphs are also included.
Call Number: R 332.0321 ENCYCLO
Locations: VA

Encyclopedia of Economics. Douglas Greenwald, editor
McGraw Hill, 1982 An encyclopedia giving short essays on economic and financial terms. Includes sections on specific economic theories, concepts and trends.
Call Number: R 330.0321 ENCYCLO
Locations: VA

Encyclopedia of Money. Larry Allen
ABC-CLIO, 1999 This is an A-to-Z encyclopedia of money and everything you need to know about it. Covers the history of money, worldwide currency and usage, interesting topics dealing with money such as "blood money". Includes laws and acts affecting currency around the world.
Call Number: R 332.403 ALLEN
Locations: VA

Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. Edmund Jan Osmanczyk
Third edition. Routledge, 2003 This is a compendium of political, economic and social information that affect international relations. It includes articles on countries, international organizations, and United Nations activities. Entries also cover international agreements, conventions and treaties, quoted in part or in entirety.
Call Number: R 341.2303 OSMANCZ
Locations: TC, VA

Facts on File.
Facts on File, Weekly publication A digest of news items. For the current year, issues with five to seven days worth of news are filed in a loose-leaf binder. Previous years' news digests are bound into annual volumes.
Call Number: R 909.8 FACTS
Locations: VA

Guide to Economic Indicators. Norman Frumkin
ME Sharpe, 2000 A resource of commonly quoted economic indicators. Describes each indicator and how it is evaluated, used and interpreted. Indicators covered include: balance of trade, gross national product, import and export price indexes, and others.
Call Number: R 330.973 FRUMKIN
Locations: VA

Handbook of North American Industry: NAFTA and the Economics of its Member Nations. John E. Cremeans, editor
Bernan Press, 1998 A review of the economies of NAFTA member nations: United States, Canada and Mexico. This book starts with an overview of NAFTA, followed by a brief history of trade in North America. The second part consists of reviews of specific industries, such as agriculture, electronics or lumber. Every industry review is broken into three parts-one each for Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Call Number: R 382.917 HANDBOO
Locations: VA

How to Set Up Your Own Small Business. Max Fallek
American Institute of Small Business, 1997 Gives practical background information about starting a small business. The book is divided into twenty-three concise, easy to read chapters on topics ranging from market research, site selection and legal issues to sales, bookkeeping and insurance.
Call Number: R 658.022 HOW TO
Locations: BG, TC, VA, WS

Macmillan Encyclopedia of the Environment. Stephen R. Kellert, editor
Simon and Shuster and Prentice Hall International, 1997 Entries describe the working of the natural world and how people relate to the natural world. Economic, ethical, and legal issues are also covered.
Call Number: R 333.7 MACMILL
Locations: CP, VA, VM, WA

Natural Resources. Mark S. Coyne and Craig W. Allin, editors
Salem Press, 1998 Reviews the nature of the earth's natural resources-plant, animal, energy and mineral-their economic usefulness to humans, and the environment impact of their use by humans. The range of articles includes: specific types of natural resources and their use, industrial processes, environmental concepts and issues, political issues, and historical events and movements.
Call Number: R 333.703 NATURAL
Locations: VA

Population and Economic Handbook.
Clark County Department of Assessment and GIS, 2000 Gives extensive population, housing, income, employment and retail sales statistics for Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties.
Call Number: NW-R 317.9786 POPULAT
Locations: All branches

SIRS Enduring Issues.
SIRS, Inc., Annual publication Volumes: Business, Environment, Family, Global Issues, Health, Human Relations, Institutions, Science. A collection of landmark articles on topics of ongoing interest and importance. Articles are selected from a variety of magazines and newspapers, and represent a wide range of perspectives on each topic.
Call Number: R 360 SIRS EN
Locations: VA, VM

Starting and Operating a Business in Washington: A Step-by-step Guide. Michael D. Jenkins
Oasis Press, 1997 Gives an overview of practical information that an entrepreneur would want to know before starting a business in Washington State. Easy to read discussions of legal requirements for businesses, hiring employees and taxes give potential business owners the information needed to make important business decisions.
Call Number: NW-R 346.797 JENKINS
Locations: BG, CP, GD, ST, TC, VA, VM, WA, WD, WS

State of the World: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society.
Worldwatch Institute, 1999 The annual publication of the Worldwatch Institute analyzing the current status of human impact on global ecology. Each chapter presents arguments for ways of changing the global economy to protect the environment, and includes useful statistics. Chapters cover food resources, environmental health risks and the Earth's carrying capacity.
Call Number: R 338.9 STATE O
Locations: GD, TC, VA

Statistical Abstract of the United States.
United States, Government Printing Office, 1996 This annual publication contains statistics compiled by the U.S. Federal Government on a wide variety of topics. Most of these statistics have something to do with the United States, although sometimes comparative numbers from other countries are included.
Call Number: R 317.3 Un3s
Locations: All, ask at Information Desk

U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook. United States, Department of Commerce
McGraw Hill, 2000 Reviews selected U.S. manufacturing and service industries. Each industry review includes statistics and a summary of domestic (United States) and global trends. An introductory section gives a broad survey of the world's economic outlook for 2000.
Call Number: R 338. 0973 US INDU
Locations: VA

Web Sites

Access Washington The official gateway site for the State of Washington. Provides links to Washington State government documents, information and services. This web page is also available on designated Electronic Resource computers at your local community library.

Africa South of the Sahara - Search A huge site produced by Stanford University's African Studies Association focusing on the African continent, south of the Sahara Desert. This site has links on a wide range of topics, including international relations, history, health, religion, travel and natural history, among many others.

All Africa.com African news from more than 60 sources, including 40 top African news organizations. This site is managed by Africa News Service, a non-profit agency dedicated to professional news reporting on Africa in the United States.

British Broadcasting Corporation Headlines and world news from a British perspective. Includes articles up to three years old.

CNN Headlines and news from around the world, from an American perspective. Articles can be retrieved by keyword searches or by browsing geographic links.

Council on Foreign Affairs The Council on Foreign Affairs is a non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and to contributing ideas to the U.S. foreign policy debate. Their web site has collections of articles and speeches arranged by country or topic.

Economist Features new articles, country briefings, a dictionary of economic terms, and economic statistics and indexes from the British magazine The Economist. Some articles require a subscription number for access, but much of the site is free.

Foreign Affairs Contains recent articles from the journal Foreign Affairs. Articles provide thoughtful, in-depth discussion of international affairs and foreign policy issues.

Foreign Policy In Focus Briefs Up-to-date briefs on a variety of U.S. Foreign Policy subjects from the journal Foreign Policy.

FVRL News Search A collection of web sites and search tools for finding news items and current events on the Internet.

Gallup Organization Home page for the organization that conducts the "Gallup Poll" public opinion surveys. There are over 50 categories of poll topics, ranging from governmental policy, foreign affairs, and the economy to a variety of social issues. Gallup lists the questions asked, the results found and an interpretive analysis for each poll.

GPO Access Links to the full text of thousands of federal government publications. Publications include: the Constitution, the United States Code, Supreme Court Decisions, the Budget of the United States Government, Congressional documents, and many more. This web page is available on designated Electronic Resource computers at your local community library.

Industry Week This is the on-line version of the business magazine Industry Week. It has articles on business, financial and economic news, updated daily. Articles are archived back to January 1998. The emphasis is on U.S. business news, but some articles on international business aspects are also included. Links are available to current stock quotes, commodities rates, and foreign exchange rates.

International Water Law Project Information and resources on water policies and laws from around the world. Includes the full text of treaties, links to useful sites, and "World Water News" — news articles concerning water use, water quality and water problems back to 2000.

Middle East Network Information Center Contains extensive information and links on the countries, current news, history, religion and culture of the Middle East. This site is maintained by the University of Texas at Austin.

Online Newshour This site is current to within 24 hours of breaking news. It covers all the transcripts of the Newshour with Jim Lehrer as broadcast on TV. Includes an index, archives, discussion forums and a special student section. RealAudio is available for some segments.

Small Business Administration Includes information fact sheets and checklists for persons starting, financing and managing a small business.

USIA: Electronic Journals Articles on a wide variety of current foreign policy issues, published by the US State Department. Most articles can be translated into Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

World Bank This site has articles and information on World Bank activities and issues of interest to the developing world. The site includes an extensive statistical database.

World News Network Gathers articles from over 200 online news sources from around the world.

WWW Virtual Library: Internal Affairs Resources Has links to many authoritative sites concerning international issues. Includes links for many governmental sites and international agencies.