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Image of the week
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To the left is an illustration called "Heaving Up The Trawl" from the Serial Set Document called "Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Col. VII for 1887." The report states "Under ordinary circumstances, the trawl is hove up when the tide has done running, if it is day-time, or when the limit of a fishing-ground is reached and it is not practicable to tow back over it on the other tack." Heaving up the trawl is just one task that the fishermans pictured had to accomplish each day in this documentation of fishing on the North Sea. In addition to the illustrations of boats, equipment, and the crew, there are various pictures of the types of fish and aquaculture. To read more of this report, search for 2663 H.misdoc.136 in the Serial Set on LexisNexis Congressional. Or, you can click here.
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Tip Of The Week
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| Did you know that you can find transcripts of the 2008 Republican National Convention in LexisNexis Academic?
The 2008 Republican National Convention goes on from September 1st until September 4th in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis-St. Paul. Unfortunately, due to Hurricane Gustav, the convention started a day late and key speaker, President George W. Bush, had to give his speech via satellite. Other key speakers include Vice Presidential Nominee, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Laura Bush, and, of course, Senator John McCain. In LexisNexis Academic, read transcripts of the CNN commentary as well as major speeches. Click on the Sources Tab and type "CNN Transcripts" in the "Find a Souce" blue box on the left. Select this source and continue to the Power Search form. Select "Previous Week" from the Specify Date drop-down Box. Then, Type "Republican National Convention" in the search box. Besides transcripts, read about how Hurricane Gustav affected the RNC by adding the index term "Hurricanes" to a previous-week Power Search of the Major Newspapers along with the term "Republican National Convention."
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