Resources for the Elections from State Library of Kansas.

With Election Day just two weeks away, we’d like to point out a great series in the EBSCO History Reference Center database. In this database, you'll find journal articles, reference ebooks, and primary source documents on historical topics (of course!).

Flash Focus: Presidential Elections 1788-2000. Each article overviews the candidates, big issues of the time, the campaign, and election outcomes (including voter turnout on modern elections).

History Reference Center has a search component, but we really enjoy the homepage Browse feature. This is a great way to pick a topic for a research paper or just to quickly learn about an era. Choose a section (U.S. or World) then a time period to view a list important events, issues, and people during that time. Each item on the list will take you to a package of materials on the topic. U.S. History sections will commonly contain materials for presidents, if you’d rather browse towards presidential information.

Direct link to this on our blog: http://kslib.info/Blog.aspx?IID=316


Thanks,

Lianne Flax
Online Services and Programming
State Library of Kansas
Phone: 800-432-3919
Support email: audiobooks@ks.gov
http://www.kslib.info/digitalbooks
**PLEASE NOTE that my email has changed to lianne.flax@ks.gov **


Republished from Lianne Flax.

Links to Help: Registering to Vote in Kansas

Do it soon. Do it now!

The following information is being provided to all Butler students and staff in accordance with Federal Regulations. The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is October 18.

http://www.voteks.org/ - Information on how to register to vote, where to vote, check the status of your voter registration, etc.

https://www.kdor.org/voterregistration/ - Register to Vote Online

http://www.kssos.org/forms/elections/A_Guide_to_Voting_in_Kansas.pdf - A guide to voting in Kansas with important deadlines.

http://www.kssos.org/forms/elections/voterregistration.pdf - Paper Voter Registration Form

And now a word from the Library of Congress....

New Fall Semester begins Today! Come visit us at the Libraries of Butler

We welcome you as you visit libraries at Butler online, in El Dorado, in Andover; and at our related libraries at Andover High School and Rose Hill High School. Happy first day!

TAPROOTS: the State of KS Social Welfare 1964-71 archives

From the KSLIB:

Happy Friday everyone!

This week’s Kansas Government Information (KGI) Online Library blog features TAPROOTS, a serial publication of the Kansas Department of Social Welfare issued between 1964-1971. Taproots covered the different aspects of social services to Kansans provided by state and local government during the 1960s… a time of great change in the U.S. It’s a great source for historians and social service researchers. It’s also full of photos or people and places in our recent history.

Read the blog and peruse the pages of Taproots at:
http://kslib.info/Blog.aspx?IID=279#item

Also included in this week’s blog is a link to agency/division publications in KGI by the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Division (formerly the Kansas Department of Animal Health).

Bill

Personal Help with Health Insurance Marketplace Available

Do you have questions about the Health Insurance Marketplace?

You can go to www.coverks.org to get the most up-to-date list of free, in-person certified assistants in the patron’s zip code area.

Kansas Induced Seismicity State Task Force

Hello all…

The latest blog from the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library:

Links and assorted material issued through the Kansas Induced Seismicity State Task Force (in operation during 2014)

http://kslib.info/Blog.aspx?IID=259#item

Stay cool!

Bill Sowers