The University of Iowa Libraries have added the following newspapers to our online sources.  Click on the links below or search by title in the InfoHawk catalog. Proquest Historical Newspapers Atlanta Daily World This database provides full page and article images with searchable full text from the Atlanta world (1931-1932) and the Atlanta daily world (1932-2003). TheContinue reading “Historical Newspapers Added”

The University of Iowa Libraries provides full access to this major African-American publication.  As the Black Studies Center from ProQuest notes: “The Chicago Defender. Robert Sengstacke Abbott founded the Defender in May 1905 and by the outbreak of the First World War it had become the most widely-read black newspaper in the country, with moreContinue reading “Library Access to The Chicago Defender”

To ease difficulties that Library borrowers may have had due to recent flooding, there have been adjustments to material due dates. Remember that you can contact the Pomerantz Business Library, 319-335-3077, lib-bus@uiowa.edu, with any questions.

A new report from the Congressional Research Service covers the status of government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s Financial Problems: Frequently Asked Questions (by N. Eric Weiss, 15 July 2008; order code RS22916) is available for free from the Center for Democracy and Technology.