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November 2011

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New Acquisitions List – November 2011

AUDITS

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM : an agreed-upon procedures report, issued October 19, 2011 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2011.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/7213ED8F773186008625792E0072428E/$FILE/00022DA9.pdf

OFFICE OF COASTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION -- CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY BERMS : agreed-upon procedures report, issued November 2, 2011 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2011.
http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/19A93292322221F58625793B00755AAB/$FILE/00023432.pdf

CENSUS

90 PLUS IN THE UNITED STATES : 2006-2008 / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2011.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-17.pdf

CHILD POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES 2009 AND 2010 : selected race groups and Hispanic origin / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2011.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-05.pdf

THE FOREIGN BORN WITH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEGREES : 2010 / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2011.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-06.pdf

CHARTER SCHOOLS

CHARTER-SCHOOL MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS : diverse strategies and diverse student impacts / Princeton, NJ : Mathematica Policy Research, 2011.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF MALTREATMENT ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT / Child Welfare Information Gateway. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Children's Bureau, 2009.
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue briefs/brain development/brain development.pdf

CHILD HEALTH

PEDIATRIC MEDICAL HOMES : laying the foundation of a promising model of care / New York, NY : National Center for Children in Poverty, 2011.
http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text 1041.pdf

CHILDREN

CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS : growing national and state diversity / Washington, DC : Urban Institute, 2011.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412433-children-of-immigrants-brief5-nat-state-diversity.pdf?RSSFeed=Urban.xml

CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS : the changing face of metropolitan America / Washington, DC : Urban Institute, 2011.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412435-children-of-immigrants-brief6-changing-face-metropolitan-america.pdf?RSSFeed=Urban.xml
CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1990

SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING HEALTH CARE COSTS : how Clean Air Act rules benefit the nation / Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health; Environmental Defense, 2011.
http://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/saving-lives-and-reducing-health-care-nov2011.pdf

CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

GAMING THE SYSTEM : how the political strategies of private prison companies promote ineffective incarceration policies / Washington, DC : Justice Policy Institute, 2011.
http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/gaming the system.pdf  

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

DUE SOUTH : looking to the South for criminal justice innovations / Washington, DC : Justice Policy Institute, 2011.
http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/due south-full report.pdf

DRUG COURTS

ADDICTED TO COURTS : how a growing dependence on drug courts impacts people and communities / Washington, DC : Justice Policy Institute, 2011.
http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/addicted to courts final.pdf

HEALTH INSURANCE

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION INSURANCE PLANS : program features, early enrollment and spending trends, and federal oversight activities / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2011.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11662.pdf

HUMAN SERVICES

STATE HUMAN SERVICE TRANSPORTATION COORDINATING COUNCILS : an overview and state profiles / Denver : NCSL, 2010.
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/transportation/HSTCCover.pdf

LEGAL AID

LEGAL-AID CRISIS : do the poor have adequate access to legal services? / Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2011.

LEGISLATIVE CAUCUSES

THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS : race and representation in the pelican state / Sullivan, Jas M.; Winburn, Jonathan -- Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 2011.

MINORITY EDUCATION

THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG MEN OF COLOR : a review of research, pathways and progress / New York, NY : College Board, 2011.
http://youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/EEYMC-ResearchReport 0.pdf 

MOTHERS

MATERNITY LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS OF FIRST-TIME MOTHERS : 1961-2008 / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2011.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-128.pdf

NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING

MODERN SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES : a primer / Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Energy, 2009.
http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/publications/epreports/shale gas primer 2009.pdf

OIL SPILLS

DEEPWATER HORIZON : Coast Guard and Interior could improve their offshore energy inspection programs / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2011.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-203T?source=ra

POVERTY

THE RE-EMERGENCE OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY : metropolitan trends in the 2000s / Brookings Institution. Metropolitan Policy Program. -- Washington, DC : Brookings Institution, 2011.
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/1103 poverty kneebone nadeau berube.aspx 

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF DRUG SHORTAGES / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/sp/reports/2011/DrugShortages/ib.pdf

TEACHER COMPENSATION

ASSESSING THE COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC-SCHOOL TEACHERS / Washington, DC : Heritage Foundation, 2011.
http://www.aei.org/docLib/CDA11-03-AEI.pdf

TEACHER RETIREMENT

CHARTING A NEW COURSE TO RETIREMENT : how charter schools handle teacher pensions / Washington, DC : Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011.
http://www.edexcellencemedia.net/publications/2011/20110622 ChartingaNewCoursetoRetirement/Charter School Pensions FINAL.pdf

HALTING A RUNAWAY TRAIN : reforming teacher pensions for the 21st century / Washington, DC : Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011.
http://www.edexcellencemedia.net/publications/2011/20111020 HaltingARunawayTrain/20111020 HaltingARunawayTrain FINAL.pdf

USER TAX

USE TAX COLLECTION ON INCOME TAX RETURNS IN OTHER STATES / Minnesota. House of Representatives. Research Department. -- St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota. House of Representatives, 2010.
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/pubs/usetax.pdf

WOMEN

WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE CHARTBOOK : key findings from the Kaiser Women's Health Survey / Menlo Park, Calif. : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011.
http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/upload/8164.pdf


New Editions of Serial Titles – November 2011
 

BUDGETS

BUDGET POCKET GUIDE TO LOUISIANA GOVERNMENT, FY ---- / Baton Rouge : La. Legislative Fiscal Office, 2000-
Holdings: 1999/2000 (FY), 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012.
http://lfo.louisiana.gov/publications

CHILDREN

EXPENDITURES ON CHILDREN BY FAMILIES, [YR.] / U.S. Department of Agriculture. Center for Nutrition Policy and Prevention. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2008-
Holdings: 2008 (data yr.), 2009, 2010.
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/ExpendituresonChildrenbyFamilies.htm

DISABLED

STATE OF THE STATES IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES / [s.l.] American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2008-
Holdings: 2008, 2011. 

EDUCATION STATISTICS

EDUCATION STATE RANKINGS [YR] : pre K-12 education in the 50 United States / Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2005-
Holdings: 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012. 

LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE

LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE COMPANION HANDBOOK [YR] / Lamonica, P. Raymond; Jones, Jerry G. -- St. Paul, Minn. : West, 2011.
Holdings: 2012. 

MEDICAID

MEDICAID PURCHASE PLAN : report prepared in response to LA-R.S. 40:1299.78.5 [SB 305] / Baton Rouge : La. Department of Health and Hospitals, 2010-
Holdings: 2010 Mar, 2010 July, 2011 Nov.

PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY INVESTMENT EARNINGS SUMMARY REPORT, FISCAL YEAR ---- / Baton Rouge : La. Department of the Treasury, 2006-
Holdings: 06/07 Q1, 06/07 Q2, 06/07 Q3, 06/07 Q4, 07/08 Q1, 07/08 Q2, 07/08 Q3, 07/08 Q4, 08/09 Q1, 08/09 Q2, 08/09 Q3, 08/09 Q4, 09/10 Q1, 09/10 Q4, 10/11 Q2, 10/11 Q4, 11/12 Q1.

STATISTICS

STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES : the national data book / Washington, DC : U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2001-
Holdings: 2002, 2003, 2004/2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANA (TRSL) BOARD OF TRUSTEES EDUCATION HOURS / Teachers Retirement System of La. -- Baton Rouge : 2005-
Holdings: 2005-June, 2005-Oct, 2005-Nov, 2005-Dec, 2006-Jan, 2006-Apr, 2006-Aug, 2007-Jan, 2007-Aug, 2008-July, 2008-Oct, 2008-Nov, 2009-Aug, 2010-Jan, 2010-Oct, 2010-Dec, 2011-Apr, 2011-Oct.

VITAL STATISTICS

BIRTHS : FINAL DATA FOR [YR.] / National Center for Health Statistics. -- Hyattsville, Md. : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006-
Holdings: 2006 (data yr.), 2007, 2008, 2009.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_01.pdf
 

 

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