Tuesday, April 26, 2005

New Links on our web for the week of April 23, 2005 Arts and Humanities World War I Sheet Music From the Center for Digital Initiatives at Brown University, see music that is about World War I. (SR) In Depth: Pope Benedict XVI Profile of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, from the BBC (LII) Passover Selected Passover sites. (LII) Genealogy and History National Historical Geographic Information System a database incorporating all available aggregate census information for the United States between 1790 and 2000. (RT) Government, Elections, and Law Economic Statistics Briefing Room "easy access to current Federal economic indicators" (LII) Government Gazettes Online from the University of Michigan. The gazettes are published by "federal governments worldwide, are the means through which the government can communicate to officials and the general public." (LII) Health MedlinePlus: Mental Health from a joint collaboration between the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (SR) PSNet: Patient Safety Network "patient safety news, literature, tools, and resources." (LII) My Food Pyramid This website allows you to individualize the USDA's food pyramid. Enter your age and gender, and your activity level to get a listing of what and how much to eat in each of the food categories. (LII) U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative "Offers a computerized tool, called "My Family Health Portrait," which can be downloaded and used to identify and track important health disorders which have occurred in one's family." (RT) 3:48:01 PM

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