and role of a call number. Call numbers are the foundation in classification systems to furnish item organization and physical arrangement for library collections. The author of this briefing delivers examples of call numbers within the Library of Congress and the Dewey Decimal systems. These examples represent subject-related classification, item specific coding and the need for users to acquire the ability to fully apprehend call number arrangement. The author hopes to provide the reader with an
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against our fourth amendment rights. Americans should be aware so that we can call out to congress to repeal the Patriot act. On October 26, 2001 an act of congress was signed into law by President George W. Bush known as the Patriot Act. It gives permission to law enforcement officers to search a home or business without the owner's compliance or knowledge. The extended usage of national security letters that allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to search and monitor telephone and e-mail
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In February 1787, Congress supported a resolution for revising the Articles of Confederation; in May, representatives from twelve states convened in Philadelphia. The original Constitution, ratified by the states, contained very few individual rights guarantees, as the framers were primarily focused on establishing the machinery for an effective federal government. As adopted, the Constitution included only a few specific rights guarantees: protection against states impairing the obligation
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Pending in the US House of Representatives is H.R. 3261, also known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Introduced on October 26, 2011 by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 co-sponsors, the bill expands the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods created by U.S. firms. It aims to address the very prevalent problems of digital piracy, use of the internet to disseminate
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Hermann Nunberg, decided to preserve Freud's letters and papers in a single archive. The Library of Congress, Dr. Eissler wrote, agreed in a legal "instrument" to accept as a donation all documents collected by the Archives, and to make them accessible to scholars. By the 1980s Dr. Eissler, with the help of Anna Freud, had collected thousands of tapes, letters and papers for that archive. (An exhibition of parts of the collection was held at the Library of Congress last year and will be at the Jewish Museum
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Now she is fighting to make those records available to all patients by opening the National Practitioners Data Bank, which was established by Congress 10 years ago and contains information on doctors who have been the object of malpractice lawsuits, medical license revocations or disciplinary action by medical societies. The proposal appears headed for Congress, but it's being bitterly opposed by doctor groups, who say making the information public could cause more harm than good. For Gedz, though
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State of Confusion Geoffrey Goebel BUS/415 March 21, 2012 Tracy Bomar-Howze, JD, Esq. State of Confusion The state of Confusion endorsed a statute that requires trucks and tractor trailers that use its freeways to attach a B-type truck hitch. The hitch in question is produced by one particular company in Confusion. This statute mandates that any trucker who proceeds to drive through Confusion is ordered to
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The American Revolution Project Letter Dear Sister, I take this one spare moment I have to tell you, I have been wounded and will not be returning home. I’m currently at Valley Forge. It’s dreadfully cold, and we have no food or clothing for most men. I’m missing you and the family terribly bad at this point. With all Love, Ben Zucchini John Hancock John Hancock was born on January 23rd, 1737, in Braintree, Massachusetts. After his father died, he was raised by his wealthy aunt and
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During the first 200 years of its settlement, America was a country that was known as a superpower with no limits. When President Jefferson introduced the Louisiana Purchase to the nation, everybody believed that it would provide brand new resources to the country for centuries. Through the next 64 years, America introduced Florida, California, the Mexican Cession, Oregon Country, and Finally, Alaska. As all these new states were being produced, America was positive that their natural resource supply
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” He represented Pennsylvania at the Williams 1 Albany Congress, which adopted his proposal to create a unified government for the 13
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