News - Political Science
Government Websites Offline Due to Shutdown
Due to the current government shutdown, many federal government web sites and services are offline. As Polk Library is learning, this includes many sites we rely on to provide up-to-date government publications and information. This includes census and statistical information, Department of Edu... read more...
Polk replaces Oxford Reference with Credo
In an effort to improve its on-line reference tools, Polk Library recently replaced its Oxford Reference subscription with Credo Reference. Credo provides quick access to hundreds of highly regarded encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and more, all from an easy-to-search interface. Of parti... read more...
U.S. Census Bureau releases 2012 Survey of Public Pensions: State Data .
The U.S. Census Bureau released data on defined benefit pulbic pension programs Throughout the United State on August 1. read more...
Budget Bill signed by Governor Walker
Governor Walker signed the Budget Bill into law on July 1. read more...
Assembly Bill 40--Wisconsin Budget Bill
On February 20 Governor Walker released the Budget Bill (Assembly Bill 40) for the forthcoming biennium. read more...
DTIC releases "Nuclear Weapons Strike on the Moon Study."
The Department of Defense has received a lot of media attention lately for a report that has been dubbed “A Nuclear Weapons Strike on the Moon Study.” read more...
Polk Library's Fall 2012 Newsletter
Polk is Golden! Read all about it in the library's Fall newsletter: http://www.uwosh.edu/library/newsletter/fall-2012 read more...
Polk Library goes YouTube’n
Tired of “Charlie bit my finger” and Annoying Orange videos? Kahn Institute not specific enough for you? Well, good news: Polk Library has started a YouTube channel as a convenient way to access instructional and informational videos regarding library resources. Polk Libr... read more...
Spring 2012 Polk Library Newsletter Now Available
Check out the latest issue of the Polk Library Newsletter... read more...
1940 Census Data Released
by: Kim Parsons, Communications Intern On April 2 nd , the 1940 manuscript census was released for the first time by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These records are different than the statistical information that Americans are familiar with that is released soon afte... read more...
