Question: I'm trying to find information about the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program and was told it could be in some of the government documents at Green but I have no idea where to look. Is there a way you could point me in the right direction?

Answer: You'll be able to find a lot of information and statistics in the federal government documents collection as well as in the secondary literature (journal articles, books, and other library material). Below are a few links to get you started.

My strategy was to look for primary materials (government documents including Congressional hearings, reports and documents, reports from the Congressional Research Service or CRS which is basically Congress' think tank, and reports and statistics from the agencies involved in the program -- Social Security Administration and US department of health and human services) and then look for research and analysis in the secondary resources like books and academic journal articles. Please let us know if you need more information.

Searchworks catalog search for "Aid to families with dependent children"
Proquest Congressional Publications search "aid to families with dependent children" limited to hearings, CRS reports, House/Senate documents and reports. (Licensed database requires Stanford SUNet ID).
"Aid to families with dependent children: initial findings of the 1961 report on the characteristics of recipients." by Robert H. Mugge. Social Security bulletin, March, 1963.
Good short overview of the AFDC program's history at wikipedia.
Definition of AFDC from the census bureau.
Some statistics from the Natl Center for Education Statistics (NCES). *other statistics will be found at NCES site as well as the US Statistical Abstract and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Databases to search for secondary literature and research (NOTE: all of these are licensed databases requiring Stanford SUNet ID to access. Here are directions for off-campus proxy access):

Please contact the Information Center for more research assistance.

Finding Credible News in the Digital Age

Those of us at the Stanford University Libraries send our thoughts and prayers to those affected by the tragic events in Boston, Massachusetts and in West, Texas. As these events unfolded, many of us struggled to make sense of the rapid, conflicting, and often false news coming from a wide array of sources. With the increasing difficulty of finding credible news online, we want to remind you that we have 111 news databases including Access World News. For natural disasters and local emergencies, we suggest you go to the most direct sources of information-- the various local government agency and police department websites and/or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

For current news about the investigation in Boston, we recommend:

Boston Globe an active alert system, with the option to register to receive alerts.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Updates on the investigation of the multiple explosions in Boston.
Boston's NPR News Station (WBUR)
Covering the Coverage An infographic from CHARTGIRL explaining the news coverage last week.

For news about the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, we recommend:

For natural disasters and other large scale emergencies we recommend:

Federal Emergency Management Agency
USA.gov For resources and information concerning emergencies and natural disasters as well as links to local government websites.

Be one of the first to read Eric Schmidt's new book!

Book cover image from The New Digital Age

The Stanford University Libraries, in partnership with Trident Capital, is pleased to make available to the Stanford community complimentary digital copies of the new book The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business by Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman and former CEO of Google, and Jared Cohen, Stanford alumnus and Director of Google Ideas. This book touches upon many important issues arising in the new digital age and has received numerous favorable pre-release reviews.

The offer is available to all members of the Stanford community (students, faculty and staff) who have a valid Stanford email address, but only to the first 1,850 participants who properly complete an e-book request prior to May 7 at www.livrada.com/newdigitalage. The e-books will be delivered beginning the date of publication, April 23.

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Adam Johnson book talk today

Today at 12:00 PM in Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, Adam Johnson, Associate Professor in English, will speak on his new book, The Orphan Master's Son, which is about North Korea. Already a NY Times best-seller, it was just awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His books have been translated into sixteen languages.

Engineering Library News - April 2013

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New York Times Access
New Library Website
Spring Workshops - Mendeley and more
Trucost Environmental Data - NEW resource
The Sundial Returns

Codex Mexico: The Book as Art

The Codex Mexico: The Book as Art exhibition opened on Friday, March 22, at the Embassy of Mexico's Cultural Institute in Washington DC, in partnership with the Codex Foundation and Stanford University Libraries. As part of the exhibition, there will be a symposium this Friday, April 19, that will include two Stanford librarians: Roberto Trujillo, Head of Special Collections; and Adán Griego, Curator for Latin American, Mexican American & Iberian Collections. The exhibition features 14 books from Stanford's Special Collections.

You can see some of the California artists' books that appear in the exhibition here.

New services at the Archive of Recorded Sound

The beginning of 2013 has seen a number of significant developments at Stanford's Archive of Recorded Sound, especially in the area of patron services, both at the Archive itself and online.

Information relating to these improved services can be found on the Archive's new website. This detailed resource also includes information on the Archive's extensive collections, guidelines for planning a research trip to the Archive, and finally recommendations for notable sound recording research tools, both online and in print.

An annual compilation of significant acquisitions may be found on the Music Library’s web site. The list for 2011-2012 was recently added. Lists go back to 1999-2000.

Included are items acquired by gift or purchase during the academic year, arranged by type of material. Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Operas (librettos and scores), Periodicals, Printed Books, Printed Music, Microform, Recordings, and Miscellany are included. Many items are purchased with endowed gift funds and this is noted in the citations, e.g. Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Books for Music Fund. Citations are included for materials in both the Music Library and Department of Special Collections, Green Library.

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