Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau
Research Library
New Acquisitions
December 2007
INDEX
COMMERCE & LABOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LEGAL SYSTEM
EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
HEALTH & WELFARE
MISCELLANEOUS
TRANSPORTATION
COMMERCE & LABOR
Title: SMALL BUSINESS SURVIVAL INDEX 2006 : Ranking the policy environment for entrepreneurship across the nation (Electronic Document) -- Washington DC: --2006.
Source: SMALL BUSINESS SURVIVAL COMMITTEE
Subject: 1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Notes: "The Small Business Survival Index provides a measure by which states can be compared according to how the state
and local governments treat small business and entrepreneurs. In essence, it is a comparative measure of economic
incentives: the lower the Small Business Survival Index number, the greater the incentives to invest and take risks
in that particular state."
Nevada ranked 2nd
URL: http://sbecouncil.org/Media/pdf/SBSI_2006.pdf
Title: SUBPRIME MORTGAGES : America's latest boom and bust (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: URBAN INSTITUTE PRESS
Pages: 108
Subject: 1. MORTGAGE COMPANIES. 2. CONSUMER AFFAIRS.
Notes: Edward M. Gramlich, author
"The policy recommendations that Dr. Gramlich spells out would reform and strengthen the subprime market so it
better serves borrowers, honest lenders, and investors in mortgages. These recommendations pass three key tests.
They are incremental, so current administrative and regulatory systems don't have to be junked to right this new
and important segment of the mortgage industry. They speak to an issue -- home owning -- that isn't the property
of a single political party. And they are numerous, so progress can be made on many fronts at once and a winning
combination of policies can be cobbled together."
CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LEGAL SYSTEM
Title: CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDING TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN : FY 2006 budget briefing book (Book) --2005.
Source: UNKNOWN
Pages: 21
Subject: 1. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Notes: Includes state-by-state charts regarding funding
URL: http://www.ncadv.org/files/compiledbriefingbookandchartsfy06.pdf
Title: FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES MANUAL : United States Sentencing Commission (Book) --AN 2005--
Source: WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY
Pages: 1190+
Subject: 1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE--SENTENCING.
Notes: Also includes Supreme Court consideration of the guidelines, highlights of legislative developments, related
criminal statutes and rules, table of cases
Frequency: Annual
Holdings: 2005 (2 vols.); 2006 Supplement; 2006 (2 vols.), 2007 (2 vols.)
Title: OFFICIAL NEVADA LAW LIBRARY : From the source (CD-ROM) -- Carson City NV: --AN 1999--
Source: LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU
Subject: 1. LAW. 2. STATUTES. 3. CONSTITUTIONS.
Notes: Also known as Nevada Law Library on CD
Holdings: 1999 (99.1), 2000, (R1), 2001 (v.1), 2002 (v.2 and v.3), 2003 (v.1), 2004 (v.1), 2006 (v.2), 2007 (v.1)
Title: REPAYING DEBTS (Book) --2007.
Source: BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS JUSTICE CENTER
Pages: 49
Subject: 1. CHILD SUPPORT. 2. COURT FEES. 3. CRIMINAL JUSTICE--SENTENCING.
Notes: "In states, counties, and cities across the country, elected officials and other policymakers are focusing
unprecedented levels of attention on the growing number of people released from prisons and jails. This guide is
written for these policymakers. It focuses on an aspect of prison and jail reentry that has received little
attention to date: people’s failure to pay child support, restitution, and various fines, fees, and other court-
imposed financial obligations after their incarceration—a source of enormous frustration to parents, victims,
judges, child support enforcement officials, administrators of corrections and community corrections agencies, and
social service providers."
URL: http://reentrypolicy.org/Report/About
Title: STATE FUNDING MATRIX : A report on state funding for domestic violence services (Book) --2003.
Source: NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (NRCDV)
Pages: 137
Subject: 1. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 2. FINANCES AND FUNDS, STATE.
Notes: A "compilation of data obtained and organized by staff members of the NRCDV specifically in response to questions
from state domestic violence coalitions and national organizations. As of this writing, many states have
experienced – or are anticipating – state funding cuts and, for the first time since the 1980s, domestic violence
advocates are struggling to assure the sustainability of state and local programs. One approach has been to explore
the various sources and types of funding for domestic violence and related services, established by statute in
other states, with an eye to replicating or adapting such legislation in their own states. Until the development of
the NRCDV State Funding Database and the organization of the State Funding Matrix, locating that information was a
time-consuming, complex (and sometimes costly) endeavor."
URL: http://www.nrcdv.org/docs/Funding_Matrix.pdf
Title: SURVEY OF STATE CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 2003 (Book) -- Washington DC: --2006.
Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Pages: 58
Subject: 1. CRIMINAL RECORDS. 2. INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#sschis (1993-current ed.)
EDUCATION
Title: 2008 SPRING CLASS SCHEDULE (Book) -- Carson City NV: --2007.
Source: WESTERN NEVADA COLLEGE (WNC)
Pages: 60+
Subject: 1. NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (NSHE). 2. UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES--CURRICULUM.
URL: http://www.wncc.edu/schedule/ (current ed.)
Title: *COUNTY* SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN : *YEARS* (Book AV) --AN 2004--
Source: *COUNTY* SCHOOL DISTRICT
Pages: VAR
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--NEVADA. 2. EDUCATION--EXCELLENCE. 3. EDUCATION--ACCOUNTABILITY--NEVADA.
Notes: Report to the Legislative Committee on Education and the Legislative Bureau of Educational Accountability and
Program Evaluation pursuant to NRS 385.348
Plan to improve the achievement of pupils enrolled in the school district
2007-08 all on CDs
Holdings: 2004-05 (Carson City, Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye, Storey,
White Pine); 2005-06 (Clark, Douglas); 2007-08 (Carson City, Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Humboldt,
Lincoln, Lyon, Story, Washoe)
Title: EDUCATION AT A GLANCE : OECD indicators 2001 (Book) -- Washington DC: --2001.
Source: ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
Pages: 380
Subject: 1. EDUCATION.
Notes: Provides information on many important features of the operation, evolution and impact of education, from early
childhood through formal education to learning and training throughout life; indicators cover decade of the 1990s
and 31 OECD member countries
URL: http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39251550_1_1_1_1,00.html (2007 ed.)
Title: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR INITIAL LICENSURE (Electronic Document) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES)
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--TEACHERS--EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION. 2. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
Notes: "This report details findings from “Educational Technology in Teacher Education Programs for Initial Licensure,” a
survey that was designed to provide policy makers, researchers, educators, and administrators with timely baseline
information on a range of topics involving educational technology and teacher education programs for initial
licensure at 4-year postsecondary institutions. Findings suggest that teacher education programs for initial
licensure were oriented toward preparing teacher candidates to use educational technology."
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008040
Title: EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN NEVADA (Book) --AN 2003--
Source: SHEPPERSON AND ASSOCIATES
Pages: 130+
Subject: 1. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
Notes: Section 3 of S.B. 427 (2001) appropriated money for the Legislative Bureau of Educational Accountability and Program
Evaluation (LeBeape) to hire an independent consultant to conduct this evaluation of educational technology in Nevada
Holdings: 2003, 2007
Title: HIGHLIGHTS FROM PISA 2006 : Performance of U.S. 15-year-old students in science and mathematics literacy in an international context (Electronic Document) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES)
Pages: 74
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--CURRICULUM. 2. LITERACY.
Notes: "This report summarizes the performance of U.S. students on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA),
comparing the scores of U.S. 15-year-old students in science and mathematics literacy to the scores of their peers
internationally in 2006. PISA, first implemented in 2000, is sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental agency of 30 member countries. In 2006, fifty-seven jurisdictions
participated in PISA, including 30 OECD jurisdictions and 27 non-OECD jurisdictions. The results show the average
combined science literacy scale score for U.S. students to be lower than the OECD average. U.S. students scored lower on
science literacy than their peers in 16 of the other 29 OECD jurisdictions and 6 of the 27 non-OECD jurisdictions.
Twenty-two jurisdictions (5 OECD jurisdictions and 17 non-OECD jurisdictions) reported lower scores compared to the
United States in science literacy. On the mathematics literacy scale, U.S. students scored lower than the OECD average.
Thirty-one jurisdictions (23 OECD jurisdictions and 8 non-OECD jurisdictions) scored higher on average, than the United
States in mathematics literacy in 2006. In contrast, 20 jurisdictions (4 OECD jurisdictions and 16 non-OECD jurisdictions)
scored lower than the United States in mathematics literacy in 2006. Differences in student performance based on the
selected student characteristics of sex and race/ethnicity are also examined."
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008016
Title: ISSUE NO. 1 : They're not little kids anymore: The special challenges of new teachers in high schools and
middle schools (Book) --2007.
Source: NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CENTER FOR TEACHER QUALITY
PUBLIC AGENDA
Pages: 34 Series: Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk About Their Jobs, Challenges and Long-Term Plans
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--TEACHERS. 2. EDUCATION--SECONDARY.
Notes: Report "finds new teachers in middle and high school feel most vulnerable to challenging teaching conditions.
Compared to new teachers in elementary schools, high school and middle school teachers are much more concerned
about administrative support, more frustrated by student motivation and behavior, less likely to see teaching as a
lifelong career choice and less likely to believe that all students can achieve in school than new teachers in
elementary schools."
URL: http://www.publicagenda.org/LessonsLearned/
Title: ISSUE NO. 2 : Working without a net: How new teachers from three prominent alternate route programs describe their first year on the job (Book) --2007.
Source: NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CENTER FOR TEACHER QUALITY
PUBLIC AGENDA
Pages: 45 Series: Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk About Their Jobs, Challenges and Long-Term Plans
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--TEACHERS--EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION.
Notes: Report "focuses on new teachers in high-needs schools, comparing the perspectives of those from traditional teacher
education versus those from three alternate-route programs: Teach for America, Troops to Teachers and The New
Teacher Project. According to the survey, the alternate route teachers are especially motivated by the desire to
help disadvantaged children but at the same time more disheartened by the conditions they find in their classrooms
than traditionally-trained teachers."
URL: http://www.publicagenda.org/LessonsLearned/
Title: KEY STATE EDUCATION POLICIES ON PK-12 EDUCATION : 2006 (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS (CCSSO)
Pages: 50
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--ASSESSMENT. 2. EDUCATION--TEACHERS--EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION.
Notes: Time and Attendance, Early Childhood, Graduation Requirements, Content Standards, Teacher and School Leader
Licensure, Student Assessment
Results from a 50-state survey conducted by CCSSO
URL: http://www.ccsso.org/publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=348 (2006 ed.)
http://www.ccsso.org/publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=271 (2004 ed.)
Title: NUMBERS AND RATES OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS : School year 2004-05 (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES)
Pages: 30 Series: First Look Report
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--PUPILS--DROPOUTS.
Notes: "This report presents findings on the numbers and rates of public school students who dropped out of school in
school years 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05, using data from the CCD State-Level Public Use Data File on Public
School Dropouts for these years. The report also used the Local Education Agency-Level Public-Use Data File on
Public School Dropouts: School Year 2004-05, and the NCES Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Universe
Survey Dropout and Completion Restricted-Use Data File: School Year 2004-05."
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008305
Title: PROJECTIONS OF EDUCATION STATISTICS TO 2015 (Book) -- 35th ed. -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Pages: 146
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--STATISTICS.
Notes: "This publication provides projections for key education statistics. It includes statistics on enrollment,
graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools, and enrollment, earned degrees
conferred, and current-fund expenditures of degree-granting institutions. For the Nation, the tables, figures, and
text contain data on enrollment, teachers, graduates, and expenditures for the past 14 years and projections to the
year 2016. For the 50 States and the District of Columbia, the tables, figures, and text contain data on
projections of public elementary and secondary enrollment and public high school graduates to the year 2016. In
addition, the report includes a methodology section describing models and assumptions used to develop national and
state-level projections."
Frequency: Annual
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008060 (to 2016 ed.)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006084 (to 2015 ed.)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005074 (to 2014 ed.)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004013 (to 2013 ed.)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001083 (to 2011 ed.)
Title: THE PROPERTY TAX-SCHOOL FUNDING DILEMMA (Book) -- Cambridge MA: --2007.
Source: LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY
Pages: 63 Series: Policy Focus Report
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--FINANCES. 2. PROPERTY TAX.
Notes: "The report includes a comprehensive review of recent research on both the property tax and school funding, and
summarizes case studies of seven states—California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, and
Texas, the majority of them heavily reliant on property tax revenues to fund schools. Among these states
Massachusetts ranks the highest and California the lowest, according to the respective property tax relief and
school funding principles presented in the report."
URL: http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/PubDetail.aspx?pubid=1308
Title: THE READING LITERACY OF U.S. FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT : Results from the 2001 and 2006 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) (Electronic Document) --2007.
Source: NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES)
Pages: 50+
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--ELEMENTARY. 2. LITERACY.
Notes: "This report summarizes the performance of U.S. students on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
(PIRLS) assessment, comparing the scores of U.S. fourth-graders to the scores of their peers internationally in
2006 and also examining the extent to which the reading literacy of U.S. students had changed from the first
administration of PIRLS in 2001. The results show that the average reading comprehension score of U.S. fourth-grade
students in 2006 was higher than the average score of students in 22 of the 44 other countries and educational
jurisdictions that participated in the PIRLS assessment. Ten countries and educational jurisdictions had average
scores higher than the scores of U.S. students; average scores of students in the remaining 12 countries and
educational jurisdictions were not significantly different from the scores of U.S. students."
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008017
Title: VALIDITY STUDY OF THE NAEP MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT : Grades 4 and 8 (Electronic Document) --2007.
Source: NAEP VALIDITY STUDIES (NVS) PANEL
Pages: 168
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--CURRICULUM. 2. EDUCATION--ASSESSMENT.
Notes: In spring 2006, the NVS Panel was asked by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to undertake a validity
study of the current National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/researchcenter/nvspapers.asp#validitystudymathg4g8 (links to report and appendices)
Title: WESTERN NEVADA COLLEGE : 2007-2008 academic program guide (Book) -- Carson City NV: --2007.
Source: WESTERN NEVADA COLLEGE (WNC)
Pages: 57
Subject: 1. UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES--CURRICULUM. 2. NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (NSHE)
URL: http://www.wnc.edu/files/catalogs/wnc_apg_07-08.pdf
Title: WHY RURAL MATTERS 2007 : The realities of rural education growth (Book) -- Arlington VA: --2007.
Source: RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY TRUST
Pages: 113
Subject: 1. EDUCATION. 2. RURAL ISSUES.
Notes: "Fourth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the importance of rural education in each of the 50 states and
calling attention to the urgency with which policymakers in each state should address rural education issues."
URL: http://files.ruraledu.org/wrm07/WRM07.pdf
Title: *YEAR* NEVADA STATE IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS (Book) --AN 1995--
Source: NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Pages: 40+
Subject: 1. EDUCATION--NEVADA. 2. EDUCATION--EXCELLENCE. 3. EDUCATION--ACCOUNTABILITY--NEVADA.
Notes: Report pursuant to NRS 385.34691
Includes goals, strategies, tasks
Alternate titles: Nevada 2000 : Comprehensive state improvement plan; State Improvement Plan
Exhibit D: Legislative Committee on Education, 1-17-06 (2005 ed.)
Holdings: 1995, 1998 (progress report), 2005, 2006, 2007
URL: http://www.doe.nv.gov/schoolimprovement/STIP.html (2004 through current ed.)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
Title: DISAPPEARING SPECIES : Does Earth face a mass extinction of plants and animals? (Book) -- Washington DC: --
2007.
Source: CQ RESEARCHER
Pages: 24
Subject: 1. WILDLIFE.
Notes: Looks at 3 main issues: Is the mass extinction of wild species imminent? Will global warming increase species
losses? Will losing species impair human well-being?
Title: FUTURE OF RECYCLING : Is a zero-waste society achievable? (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: CQ RESEARCHER
Pages: 28
Subject: 1. RECYCLING.
Notes: Looks at 3 main issues: Is there a waste-disposal crisis in the United States? Do product bans reduce waste?
Should producers be responsible for disposing of used products?
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Title: THE BULLY PULPIT : Quotations from America's presidents (Book) -- New York NY: --1988.
Source: FACTS ON FILE PUBLICATIONS
Pages: 282
Subject: 1. POLITICS. 2. QUOTATIONS.
Title: CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL FUNDS REPORT FOR FISCAL *YEAR* : State and county areas (Book) -- Washington DC: --AN 1988--
Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Pages: 80+
Subject: 1. FEDERAL AID. 2. FINANCES AND FUNDS, FEDERAL.
Notes: Federal Aid to States (FAS) and Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal *Year*, State and County Areas
comprise the Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR) series
Holdings: 1988, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
URL: http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cffr.html (1993-current)
Title: DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IN OTHER STATES' LEGISLATIVE BODIES (Book) -- Hartford CT: --2007.
Source: CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE
Pages: 144
Subject: 1. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES. 2. LEGISLATORS.
Notes: "While time constraints prevented us from compiling an exhaustive, detailed list of legislative disciplinary
actions, we found 86 cases in 32 states. This includes only those actions in other states in which the legislature
took some formal action to investigate a legislator (even if the legislator under investigation resigned or the
legislative chamber ultimately voted to take no action). The report does not include cases in which the
legislature failed to take any initial action; this typically occurred when the conduct in question was criminal
and the legislator was prosecuted. It also does not include instances where a state's constitution, statutes, or
legislative rule requires suspension or removal of a member after a felony conviction."
URL: http://www.cga.ct.gov/bcr/Memos/100207Disciplinary.pdf
Title: ENHANCING VALUES : Practical campaign reforms for states (Book) -- Alexandria VA: --2007.
Source: THE REFORM INSTITUTE
Pages: 36 Series: Advancing the Reform Agenda Research Series
Subject: 1. CAMPAIGN FINANCE. 2. CAMPAIGN PRACTICE.
Notes: "The second edition of Enhancing Values: Practical Campaign Reforms for States includes data from the 2006
elections and examines successful public campaign financing programs in Arizona, Maine, New York City and North
Carolina. The report provides a blueprint for policymakers in the states looking to strengthen their campaign
finance laws. Noted campaign experts Anthony Corrado of Colby College and Daniel Ortiz of the University of
Virginia School of Law served as project directors. "
URL: http://www.reforminstitute.org/DetailPublications.aspx?pid=91&cid=4 (current ed.)
Title: FEDERAL AID TO STATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, CENSUS
Pages: 40
Subject: 1. FINANCES AND FUNDS, FEDERAL.
Notes: Federal Aid to States (FAS) and Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal *Year*, State and County Areas
comprise the Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR) series
Frequency: Annual
URL: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/fas.html (1998-current)
Title: THE FISCAL SURVEY OF STATES : *YEAR* (Book) -- Washington DC: --AN 2005--
Source: NATIONAL GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION (NGA)
Pages: 48+
Subject: 1. FINANCES AND FUNDS, STATE.
Notes: Aggregate and individual data on states' general fund receipts, expenditures and balances
Frequency: Semiannual
Holdings: 2005 (June and December), 2006 (June and December), 2007 (June and December)
URL: http://www.nasbo.org/publications.php (1977 to current ed.)
HEALTH & WELFARE
Title: ADMINISTRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BY MEDICAID AGENCIES (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Pages: 80+
Subject: 1. MEDICAID. 2. MENTAL HEALTH.
Notes: "State Medicaid agencies are playing an increasing role in funding, managing, and monitoring public mental health
services in States, reflecting the steady growth over the last three decades in the share of public mental health
services funded by Medicaid. Yet relatively little is known on a State-by-State basis about how Medicaid agencies
are exercising their responsibilities for mental health services. The survey described in this report begins to
fill that gap."
URL: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA07-4301/
Title: BRIDGING THE GAPS : A picture of how work supports work in ten states (Book) --2007.
Source: CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH (CEPR)
CENTER FOR SOCIAL POLICY
Pages: 41
Subject: 1. FAMILIES. 2. WELFARE. 3. WORKFARE.
Notes: "In the United States, it is generally assumed that getting a job is enough to make ends meet. But, in today’s
labor market, where nearly a quarter of jobs pay low wages and offer no benefits, this couldn’t be further from the
truth for millions of workers and their families. Work supports—programs to assist working families to access
basics, such as health care, child care, food, and housing—are supposed to fill in the gaps for families, helping
them to afford a safe and decent standard of living. The Bridging the Gaps (BTG) project finds that work supports
work for the families who receive them. Across the ten states we studied, they close nearly half (44 percent) of
the gap between a family’s earnings and needs. This success is qualified by the fact that too many families do not
receive such help."
IL, IA, MA, MN, NY, NC, OH, TX, WA and DC
URL: http://www.bridgingthegaps.org/publications/nationalreport.pdf
Title: COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS : State-by-state analysis (Book) -- Fergus Falls MN: --AN 2004--
Source: COMMUNICATING FOR AGRICULTURE
Pages: 200+
Subject: 1. INSURANCE, HEALTH.
Notes: Includes operating statistics, model legislation, current premiums, funding mechanisms, state contacts
Frequency: Annual
Holdings: 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2007-2008
Title: DEMOGRAPHIC SUBGROUP TRENDS FOR VARIOUS LICIT AND ILLICIT DRUGS : 1975-2006 (Electronic Document) -- Ann Arbor MI: --2007.
Source: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Pages: 400+ Series: Monitoring the Future Occasional Paper 67
Subject: 1. DRUGS, ILLEGAL. 2. DRUGS, LEGAL.
Notes: Graphic companion to volume I of "Monitoring the Future: National survey results on drug use, 1975-2006"
URL: http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/occpapers/occ67.pdf
Title: NEVADA SUICIDE PREVENTION *YEAR* RESOURCE DIRECTORY (Book) -- Carson City NV: --AN 2003--
Source: NEVADA DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES (MHDS)
Pages: 84+
Subject: 1. DIRECTORIES--NEVADA. 2. SUICIDE.
Notes: Resource Index lists programs by region (South and North)
Holdings: 2003, 2007
URL: http://mhds.nv.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=13 (current ed.)
Title: OVERALL, ILLICIT DRUG USE BY AMERICAN TEENS CONTINUES GRADUAL DECLINE IN 2007 (Electronic Document) -- Ann Arbor MI: --2007.
Source: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Pages: 57 Series: Monitoring the Future
Subject: 1. DRUGS, ILLEGAL.
Notes: "Eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders across the country are continuing to show a gradual decline in the proportions
reporting use of illicit drugs, according to the 33rd national survey in the Monitoring the Future (MTF) series
conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research.
'The cumulative declines since recent peak levels of drug involvement in the mid-1990s are quite substantial,
especially among the youngest students,' said U-M Distinguished Research Scientist Lloyd Johnston, the principal
investigator of the MTF study."
URL: http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/07drugpr_complete.pdf
Title: PANDEMIC INFLUENZA : An analysis of state preparedness and response plans (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE (CRS)
Pages: 28
Subject: 1. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
URL: http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34190_20070924.pdf
Title: PARENTS AND THE HIGH PRICE OF CHILD CARE (Book) -- Arlington VA: --2007.
Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES (NACCRRA)
Pages: 26
Subject: 1. CHILD CARE.
Notes: Report "highlights the difficulties working families in the United States face in paying for child care and
recommends steps that states and the federal government should take to improve the affordability of care. This
report is an annual update, providing child care price data in the context of other common household expenses for
2006."
URL: http://www.naccrra.org/news/pricereport.php
Title: PRESCRIPTION DRUG STATE LEGISLATION (Electronic Document)
Source: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES (NCSL)
Subject: 1. DRUGS, PRESCRIPTION.
Notes: State-by-state listing of bills and resolutions regarding prescription drugs
URL: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/drugbill07.htm (2007)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/drugbill06.htm (2006)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/drugdisc05.htm (2005)
Title: RANKING AMERICA'S MENTAL HEALTH : An analysis of depression across the states (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: THOMSON HEALTHCARE
Pages: 50
Subject: 1. MENTAL HEALTH. 2. SUICIDE.
Notes: Report "looks at data from 2002-2006 and was conducted from July to November 2007. The report compares depression
levels and suicide rates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and uses the information to highlight
solutions to improve states' mental health status."
URL: http://www.nmha.org/go/state-ranking
MISCELLANEOUS
Title: 2006 YEARBOOK OF IMMIGRATION STATISTICS (Book) -- Washington DC: --2007.
Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Pages: 200+
Subject: 1. IMMIGRATION. 2. DEMOGRAPHICS. 3. STATISTICS. 4. MINORITIES.
Notes: Former title: *YEAR* STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
URL: http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/publications/yearbook.shtm (1996-current eds.)
Title: ACCESS TO ARCHIVAL DATABASES (Electronic Document) -- Washington DC:
Source: NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Subject: 1. HISTORICAL INFORMATION. 2. DEMOGRAPHICS.
Notes: "You will find in the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) resource online access to records in a small selection of
historic databases preserved permanently in NARA. Out of the nearly 200,000 data files in its holdings, NARA has
selected approximately 475 of them for public searching through AAD. We selected these data because the records
identify specific persons, geographic areas, organizations, and dates. The records cover a wide variety of civilian
and military functions and have many genealogical, social, political, and economic research uses."
URL: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
Title: OVERVIEW OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT (USERRA) : And related Nevada Revised Statutes and Administrative Code (Book) --2007.
Source: NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
Pages: 22
Subject: 1. MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Notes: "This document is intended to provide an overview of the rights and benefits provided by the Federal law as well as
State law for employees of the State of Nevada, in the uniformed services whom a leave of absence is needed to
serve our country."
URL: http://www.dop.nv.gov/USERRAOverview.pdf
Title: SUPPORTING DEFENSE COMMUNITIES : State and military lessons learned (Book) -- Denver CO: --2007.
Source: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES (NCSL)
Pages: 24
Subject: 1. MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Notes: "States have a stake in a military installation's growth, realignment or closure. Take a look at what effect state
laws have had on land use near bases, clean energy and environmental practices, and development of
installation/community partnerships."
Title: WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS : *YEAR* (Book) -- Mahwah NJ: --AN 1998--
Source: WORLD ALMANAC BOOKS
Pages: 1024
Subject: 1. ALMANACS. 2. REFERENCE DATA.
Notes: Older editions in storage
Frequency: Annual
Holdings: 1998 through 2008
TRANSPORTATION
Title: SB 322 PROGRESS REPORT TO SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY : 2007 legislative session (Book) -- Las Vegas NV: --2007.
Source: REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (RTC) OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
Pages: 78
Subject: 1. HIGHWAYS AND ROADS--NEVADA. 2. TRAFFIC CONTROL.
Notes: "During the 2005 Legislative Session, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada's (RTC) Citizen's
Advisory Committee (CAC) approached the State Legislature with their concern regarding congestion as a result of
roadway projects. ... The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, as well as other concerned parties
(utilities and contractors), was tasked by the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security to jointly
submit to the 2007 Legislative Session a comprehensive progress report on the issues S.B. 322 was trying to
mitigate."
Title: SUMMARY OF STATE SPEED LAWS : Current as of January 1, 2006 (Electronic Document) --2006.
Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Subject: 1. TRAFFIC LAWS.
Notes: Includes tables and state-by-state analysis
Frequency: Annual
URL: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/enforce/Summary_StateSpeedLaws.pdf
Title: TOLL FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES : Bridges -- roads -- tunnels -- ferries (Book) -- Washington DC: --2005.
Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (FHWA)
Pages: 32
Subject: 1. HIGHWAYS AND ROADS--FUNDING.
Notes: "This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a
survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 2005."
URL: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tollpage.htm
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