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Archive: November 2014 (3 Posts)

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Thanksgiving in the News- Periodically Speaking

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The following guest post is by Amber Paranick, a librarian in the Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room. Amber collaborated with us before showcasing early U.S. articles related to ice hockey from the Chronicling America database in the post “King of Winter Sports.” The history of the Thanksgiving holiday can be traced back to 1621, …

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Featured Advertisement: a 1914 Thanksgiving Shoppers Guide

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Every Thanksgiving people stock up on the food and ingredients they will need for their feasts.  Because retailers want shoppers, and their goal is to let people know what they have and what deals are to be had, special fliers are run in newspapers and commercials are aired on television. This advertisement from the Rock …

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Upcoming Lecture: Big Data and the Linkage of Federal Data Resources for Biodiversity Science

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

For those who seek conservation and biodiversity data sets, the USGS Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, and Libraries program has been working on integrating biological occurrence data into a national clearinghouse called the Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON). Occurrence data is information about a specific species that was observed/collected/sensed at a specific place by a …