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I n t e r n e t  R e v i e w s  Joni
R.
Roberts
and
Carol
A.
Drost


Bureau of Economic Analysis. Access:
www.

bea.gov.

The
Bureau
of
Economic
Analysis
(BEA),
a


division
of
the
U.S.
Department
of
Commerce,

compiles
and
publishes
statistics
on
U.S.
na­
tional
accounts
and
international
transactions.

The
BEA
Web
site
features
both
current
and

historical
tables
in
these
areas.
In
addition,

users
may
access
analytical
working
papers

and
 the
 monthly
 journal
 Survey
 of
 Current

Business
with
archives
dating
from
1994.
The


BEA
site
is
updated
regularly.
For
example,

on
the
day
that
the
new
federal
budget
was

released,
a
link
to
a
FY
2007
budget
fact
sheet

was
featured
in
the
“Spotlight”
section.
Users

interested
in
staying
current
may
view
a
list

of
current
releases
and
a
release
calendar
or

set
up
e­mail
subscriptions
to
receive
current

releases
from
BEA.
Historical
researchers
can

access
National
Income
and
Product
Accounts

tables
going
back
to
the
mid­20th
century.


With
a
simple
and
clear
layout,
BEA’s
site

is
easy
to
maneuver.
Redesigned
in
2003
to

provide
more
user­friendly
features,
the
site

successfully
provides
tips
for
less
experienced

users
through
its
FAQ
sections.


Within
each
of
the
four
broad
sections—

national,
international,
regional,
and
industry

economic
accounts—users
may
link
to
news

releases,
articles
from
Survey
of
Current
Busi­
ness,
 and
 statistical
 tables.
 Statistical
 topics

include
 gross
 domestic
 product,
 personal

income,
balance
of
payments,
trade,
and
di­
rect
investment.
“Interactive
tables”
in
HTML

format,
which
may
be
converted
into
graphs,

are
ideal
for
use
in
papers
or
presentations.


Joni R. Roberts is associate university librarian for 
public ser vices and collec tion development at 
Willamette University, e-mail: jroberts@willamette. 
edu, and Carol A. Drost is associate university librarian 
for technical services at Willamette University, e-mail: 
cdrost@willamette.edu 

For
 the
 user
 who
 is
 less
 familiar
 with
 eco­
nomics
terminology,
the
FAQs
linked
to
each

of
these
four
sections
provide
defi
nitions,
as

well
as
discussions
of
current
topics.
“Spot­
light”
features
current
events
and
issues
and

their
impact
on
the
U.S.
economy.


There
 is
 a
 good
 search
 engine
 for
 both

basic
and
advanced
searching,
but
it
is
less

intuitive
for
users
who
want
to
try
advanced

searching.
Users
must
execute
a
basic
search

first
 and
 then
 link
 to
 the
 advanced
 search


screen.

The
BEA
site
is
an
excel­

lent
 resource
 for
 tracking

and
analyzing
U.S.
economic


issues.
 Students
 and
 researchers
 who
 are

interested
in
current
U.S.
economic
informa­
tion
 will
 find
 this
 site
 invaluable.
 It
 is
 also

an
excellent
resource
for
historical
data
and

analyses.
 With
 its
 user­friendly
 format
 and

excellent
help
features,
researchers
will
easily

be
 able
 to
 navigate
 and
 find
 the
 indicators

or
analyses
that
they
need.
The
BEA
site
is
a

recommended
bookmark
for
any
college
or

university
reference
librarian.—Ann
Flower,

Monterey
 Institute
 of
 International
 Studies,

afl
ower@miis.edu


C h i l d S t a t s . g o v.  A c c e s s : 
 h t t p : / / w w w . 

childstats.gov/index.asp.

ChildStats.gov
 provides
 a
 wealth
 of
 sta­

tistics
and
reports
on
children
and
families,

including
population
and
family
characteris­
tics,
economic
security,
health,
behavior
and

social
environment,
and
education.
The
infor­
mation
comes
from
the
Federal
Interagency

Forum
on
Child
and
Family
Statistics,
which

represents
 about
 20
 federal
 agencies
 and

private
partners
working
together
to
collect,

analyze,
and
report
data
on
issues
related
to

children
and
families.


The
 biennial
 reports
 entitled
 “America’s

Children:
Key
National
Well­Being
Indicators”

provide
the
centerpiece
of
content
for
the
site.

These
reports
include
numerous
social,
eco­
nomic,
and
health
indicators
and
background


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http:ChildStats.gov
http://www
http:ChildStats.gov
mailto:ower@miis.edu
mailto:cdrost@willamette.edu


measures,
such
as
percentage
of
children
liv­
ing
with
both
parents,
mathematics
and
read­
ing
achievement,
and
rate
of
smoking
among

children.
 In
 addition,
 each
 issue
 presents

special
measures,
such
as
asthma
diagnosis

or
blood
lead
levels
in
children.


The
convenient
layout
of
the
latest
issue

of
“America’s
Children”
accommodates
indi­
vidual
reading
styles.
The
table
of
contents

lines
up
on
the
left,
links
to
statistical
indica­
tors
 sit
 on
 the
 right,
 and
 narrative
 text
 fi
lls

out
the
middle
section,
all
without
being
too

busy.
 Indicator
 charts
 present
 statistics
 in

several
ways,
at
different
levels,
and
include

Excel
reports
for
downloading.
Links
to
notes

throughout
 the
 text
 and
 to
 additional
 data

at
the
bottom
of
the
pages
ensure
access
to

relevant
information
on
or
off
the
site.
Every

page
 also
 includes
 printer­friendly
 links
 to

the
reports,
as
well
as
a
site
search
box
that

works
tolerably
well
for
keyword
access
to

content.


Older
issues
of
the
“America’s
Children”

publications
 date
 back
 to
 1998
 on
 the
 site,

although
in
the
less
convenient
PDF.
“Topic

Contacts”
 leads
 to
 forum
 member
 agencies

and
 even
 individual
 staff
 members
 with

expertise
 in
 content
 areas
 covered
 by
 the


read
and
find
statistics,
text,
and
datasets
for

printing
 or
 downloading.—Barbara
 Valen­
tine,
Linfield
College,
bvalen@linfi
eld.edu


Women Working, 1870–1930. Access:
http://

ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/.

Launched
 in
 2004
 as
 the
 first
 project
 in


Harvard
 University’s
 ambitious
 Open
 Col­
lections
 Program,
 this
 site
 documents
 the

many
types
of
work
done
by
women
during

a
 transformational
 period
 of
 American
 so­
cial
and
economic
history.
With
the
goal
of

increasing
 educational
 and
 research
 access

to
 Harvard’s
 vast
 institutional
 repository
 of

library
 and
 museum
 resources,
 the
 collec­
tion
 contains
 a
 truly
 impressive
 number
 of

digitized
 images
 focusing
 on
 women
 who

worked,
 whether
 in
 the
 home,
 the
 factory,

the
office,
or
the
farm.
Originally
containing

documents
from
1870
to
1930,
a
second
phase

of
the
project
was
completed
in
September

2005,
 resulting
 in
 a
 site
 that
 now
 includes

thousands
of
primary
source
materials
dating

from
the
early
1800s
through
the
beginning

of
the
Great
Depression.


The
 documents,
 which
 include
 books,

pamphlets,
 catalogs,
 letters,
 diaries,
 pho­
tographs,
 and
 magazines,
 were
 selected


from
 nine
 Harvard
 libraries


reports,
such
as
school
crime,
adoptions,
and

fetal
mortality.


Finally,
“International”
presents
a
mixed

bag
 of
 reports
 and
 formats
 from
 relevant

agencies
 in
 the
 United
 States
 and
 abroad

including
 the
 World
 Health
 Organization,

United
Nations
Children’s
Fund,
and
Luxem­
bourg
Income
Study.
Users
will
fi
nd
statistics

on
 child
 and
 family
 characteristics
 across

countries
 in
 the
 world,
 such
 as
 percentage

of
students
who
smoke
daily
or
poverty
rates

for
children
by
family
type.


Students,
 educators,
 researchers,
 policy

makers,
 and
 others
 interested
 in
 data
 on

children
and
families
will
have
a
field
day
at

this
site.
It
provides
an
enormous
amount
of

information
and
yet
is
easy
to
scan,
search,


and
 the
 Fogg
 Art
 Museum.

Contents
range
from
an
early

handbook
 on
 needlework


for
 ladies
 to
 a
 government
 pamphlet
 on

the
 employment
 of
 women
 in
 the
 vitreous

enameling
 industry.
 The
 site
 provides
 an

excellent
description
of
the
selection
criteria

used.
Researchers
and
students
alike
should

be
pleased
with
the
vast
and
unique
contents

in
the
collection.


The
primary
means
of
access
to
the
collec­
tion
is
through
powerful
search
and
browse

features.
 Documents
 and
 images
 can
 be

searched
by
keyword
terminology
or
phras­
ing,
while
the
browsing
capabilities
allow
a

more
selected
access
to
items
based
on
clas­
sification
by
genre
or
subject.


These
 topical
 searches
 provide
 access
 to

resources
based
on
location,
name,
organiza­

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on
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268)


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finally,
 director
 of
 fiscal
 and
 administrative

services.


Wayne Gossage, library
 director,
 manage­
ment
 consultant,
 entrepreneur,
 and
 execu­
tive
 recruiter
 in
 the
 New
 York
 metropolitan

area
 from
 1950
 to
 2003,
 has
 died.
 Gossage

worked
 in
 public
 libraries
 in
 East
 Orange,

New
 Jersey,
 and
 Levittown,
 New
 York,
 be­
fore
serving
as
director
of
the
Warner
Library

in
 Tarrytown
 NY
 (1955–1963);
 as
 assistant

director
of
Teachers
College
Library,
Colum­
bia
 University
 (1963–67);
 and
 as
 director
 of

Bank
 Street
 College
 of
 Education
 Library

(1967–80).
He
served
on
several
alumni
and

professional
organizations,
notably
as
an
ac­
tive
member
of
the
New
York
Library
Associ­
ation
and
ALA;
trustee
of
the
Harvard
Library

NYC
 (1978–2000);
 and
 Board
 advisor,
 Pratt

Institute
 School
 of
 Information
 and
 Library

Sciences
(1988–2001).
Beginning
in
1983,
he

was
the
first
executive
search
consultant
for

directors
 of
 public
 library
 systems
 and
 for

university
deans
of
libraries.
In
1980,
Wayne

Gossage
and
Muriel
Regan
formed
Gossage

Regan
Associates
(now
Gossage
Sager
Asso­
ciates,
Inc.)
for
library
management
consult­
ing,
which
also
was
the
first
library
personnel

firm
specializing
in
temporary
services.


John P. McGowan, 79,
 retired
 university
 li­
brarian
at
Northwestern
University,
has
died.

McGowan
was
known
for
leading
Northwest­
ern’s
 library
 from
 a
 traditional
 repository
 of


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books
to
a
library
of
automation
and
informa­
tion
technology.
In
1951,
McGowan
became

a
librarian
in
New
York
University’s
College

of
 Engineering,
 and
 later
 joined
 Northwest­
ern
 in
 1956
 as
 librarian
 of
 its
 Technological

Institute.
In
1959
he
left
Northwestern
to
be­
come
library
director
at
the
Franklin
Institute

in
Philadelphia;
he
returned
to
Northwestern

in
 1966
 as
 associate
 university
 librarian.
 He

was
later
promoted
to
university
librarian
in

1971,
serving
in
that
position
until
he
retired

in
1992.
McGowan
was
the
1989
ACRL
Aca­
demic/Research
Librarian
of
the
Year.


(“The
power
of
persuasion,”
cont.
from
page


229)


News
 66,
 no.
 8
 (2005),
 26
 February
 2006,


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3.
 Camila
 Alire,
 “President’s
 Page:
 Mes­
sage
 from
 Camila,”
 ACRL,
 2005.
 Ameri­
can
 Library
 Association.
 1
 March
 2006,

www.ala.org/ala/acrl/presidentspage

/presidentspageacrl.htm.


(“Reviews”
continued
from
page
261)


tion,
date,
or
event.
An
additional
means
of

access
is
through
the
teacher
resource
pages,

where
curricular
material
is
provided
for
fi
ve

well­designed
thematic
lesson
plans
that
are

designed
to
work
with
the
digital
collection

while
delving
further
into
such
issues
as
im­
migration,
 child
 labor,
 and
 domestic
 work.

The
homepage
features
a
changing
display
of

images
and
diary
entries
and
related
resources

that
include
several
of
Harvard’s
digitization

partners,
such
as
the
Library
of
Congress.


Women
 Working,
 1800­1930,
 is
 an
 ex­
tensive,
 subject­based
 collection
 of
 unique

and
 rare
 items
 that
 is
 well­designed,
 easily

accessible,
 and
 thoroughly
 fascinating.
 In

its
 depth,
 breadth,
 and
 design,
 which
 is
 as

informative
as
it
is
educational,
it
is
a
model

for
other
digital
collections.—Linda
Frederik­
sen,
 Washington
 State
 University
 Vancouver,

frederik@vancouver.wsu.edu


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