2008 Election Resources

General Election Information:
http://www.campaignsandelections.com/ (Campaigns & Elections)
http://www.camlc.org/ (Campaign Legal Center)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/elec2008.html (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center)

Political News:
http://www.cqpolitics.com/ (CQ Politics)
http://www.indecision2008.com/ (Indecision 2008)

Fact Checking:
http://www.factcheck.org/ (Univ. of Pennsylvania Fact Check)
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter (Politifact)

Candidate Information:
http://www.vote-smart.org/ (Project Vote Smart)

Political Polling:
http://www.pewresearch.org/ (Pew Research Center)

Campaign Money:
http://www.campaignmoney.com/ (Campaign Money)

These sites along with others are stated in the article, "Election 2008 Resources: Political Information Online, Networked, and in the Social World" by Lorena O'English published in College & Research Libraries News, January 2008.
http://www.acrl.org/c&rlnews

Celebrate Presidents' Day early with the Fireside Readers

Join the Fireside Readers on Monday, February 4th at 7 p.m. in the community room when we discuss Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

Even if you have not read the book, please feel free to join us as we discuss this fascinating study of Lincoln's presidency.

The book group has also chosen the next four selections:

• March 3, 2008: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson

• April 7, 2008: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

• May 5, 2008: On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood by Irmgard A. Hunt

• June 2, 2008: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

We hope you'll join us for any of our upcoming discussions. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Maureen at mlerch@uakron.edu.

Winter Break Library Hours

Happy New Year!

The library will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through January 11th.

We resume our normal operating hours when the Spring semester begins on January 14th:
Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday: Closed