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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Guest blogger today is business reference librarian Ellen Terrell Many Americans may think Labor Day as the end of summer or a day of rest, parades, picnics, or store sales. Labor Day is so much more. The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 at the behest of the Central Labor …
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Labor
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Today’s post is from our new business blogger-Ellen Terrell. I will be publishing her posts until her account is set up. It’s “that time of year” again. The time of year that either delights or bums out kids all over the country–the beginning of the school year. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has …
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Aileen M. J. Marshall, our summer intern here in Business Reference is our guest author today. There are a lot of questions that come to us through our Ask a Librarian service and last week I had the opportunity to work on a question where the patron needed information on whether men were performing …
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Our guest author today is Ellen Terrell, Business Reference Specialist with another in our “Favorites From the Fifth Floor” series. Quite early in my tenure here at the Library I realized that “history” in terms of business research was not 5 years or less but 50, 100, or 200+ years ago. Coming from the private …
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Our guest author today is Ellen Terrell, Business Reference Specialist. Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States states: “The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they …
Posted in: Business Reference Guides, Census and Statistics
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
4 Star French Chocolate Ice Cream? Chiffon and Velvet Pie?Pots de Chocolat (mousse)? Stuffed Figs au Chocolat? Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake? Valentine’s Day is coming up. If you are looking for something special to do for the ones you love I suggest including chocolate and home cooking straight from the heart (hearth). Our Chocolate: A Resource Guide …
Posted in: Business Reference Guides, Census and Statistics, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
I’m not a huge sports fan, I watch an occasional game and it seems there are a couple of days each year when all you find on television are football games. New Years day is one of those days (Thanksgiving is another). Knowing that we have a resource guide on the sports industry and that …
Posted in: Business Reference Guides, Census and Statistics, Sports