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When Fulltext Searching Isn't Enough: Text Encoding for Manuscripts and Other Special Collections Materials

Presentation for the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Special Collections Affinity Group Fall 2014 Meeting. This presentation discusses text encoding for manuscripts and other special collections materials.
Date: September 24, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2014-01-24 – Concert Orchestra [Stage Perspective]

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.
Date: January 24, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Concert Orchestra.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Serenity Now! Overcoming the Fear of Negative Evaluation

Presentation for the 2014 Texas Library Association (TLA) Supervisor's, Managers, and Administrators Round Table (SMART) Summit. This presentation discusses overcoming the fear of negative evaluations.
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Brannon, Sian; Leuzinger, Julie & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report discusses issues regarding U.S.-Japan economic relations, since the economic condition of each nation can affect the world economy and a U.S.-Japan bilateral economic relationship could influence economic conditions in other countries. U.S. and Japanese leaders have several options on how to manage their relationship, including stronger reliance on the World Trade Organization; special bilateral negotiating frameworks and agreements; or a free trade agreement.
Date: September 24, 2014
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Manyin, Mark E.; Rinehart, Ian E.; Nelson, Rebecca M. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unaccompanied Alien Children: Demographics in Brief (open access)

Unaccompanied Alien Children: Demographics in Brief

This report discusses children coming to the United States who are not accompanied by parents or legal guardians and who lack proper immigration documents has raised complex and competing sets of humanitarian concerns and immigration control issues. This report focuses on the demographics of unaccompanied alien children while they are in removal proceedings.
Date: September 24, 2014
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen & Morris, Austin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venue: A Brief Look at Federal Law Governing Where a Federal Crime May Be Tried (open access)

Venue: A Brief Look at Federal Law Governing Where a Federal Crime May Be Tried

This report is an abridged version of CRS Report RL33223, Venue: A Legal Analysis of Where a Federal Crime May Be Tried, by Charles Doyle, stripped of the footnotes and most of the citations to authority found in the longer version.
Date: January 24, 2014
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Trend in Long-Term Unemployment and Characteristics of Workers Unemployed for Two Years or More (open access)

The Trend in Long-Term Unemployment and Characteristics of Workers Unemployed for Two Years or More

This report discusses trends in long term unemployment and characteristics such as gender, age, education, marital status of the very long-term for the unemployed.
Date: March 24, 2014
Creator: Mayer, Gerald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamic Scoring for Tax Legislation: A Review of Models (open access)

Dynamic Scoring for Tax Legislation: A Review of Models

This report first explains dynamic scoring, including the types of effects incorporated and the types of models used, as well as what groups conduct or have conducted macroeconomic analysis of tax changes. The following section discusses the specific issues associated with tax reform. The final section discusses general issues surrounding the use of various models and reviews the empirical evidence on supply side responses.
Date: January 24, 2014
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses (open access)

Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses

This report discusses the reasons that Iran is considered a threat to U.S. security, including Iran's nuclear program, involvement with terrorist organizations, and involvement with neighboring countries' local governments. The report also discusses ways which the U.S. hopes to modify Iran's behavior with sanctions, and the effectiveness of these sanctions.
Date: January 24, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act: A Legal Overview (open access)

Congressional Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act: A Legal Overview

This report provides a legal overview of Section 2 of the VRA, a key provision affecting congressional redistricting, and selected Supreme Court case law. It discusses Sections 4 and 5, and the recent Supreme Court decision holding Section 4(b) unconstitutional, Shelby County v. Holder. Section 4 contained a coverage formula that identified states and jurisdictions that were required to gain federal approval or "preclearance" to proposed redistricting plans under Section 5. The report also provides an overview of selected legislation in the 112th and 113th Congresses that would establish additional requirements and standards for congressional redistricting.
Date: February 24, 2014
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Background and Reauthorization (open access)

African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Background and Reauthorization

This report discusses the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which is a nonreciprocal trade preference program that provides duty-free treatment to U.S. imports of certain products from eligible sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.
Date: July 24, 2014
Creator: Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Health Insurance Market Reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

Private Health Insurance Market Reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

This report provides background information about the private health insurance market, including market segments and regulation. It then describes each Affordable Care Act (ACA) market reform.
Date: July 24, 2014
Creator: Mach, Annie L. & Fernandez, Bernadette
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The "Khorasan Group" in Syria (open access)

The "Khorasan Group" in Syria

This report briefly discusses the Syria-based terrorists referred to as the "Khorasan Group" and the U.S. airstrikes conducted against them in late September 2014.
Date: September 24, 2014
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Reform in the 113th Congress: An Overview of Proposals (open access)

Tax Reform in the 113th Congress: An Overview of Proposals

This report provides background information regarding tax reform and discusses ways to make the U.S. tax system simpler, fairer, and more efficient.
Date: March 24, 2014
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President's State of the Union Address: Tradition, Function, and Policy Implications (open access)

The President's State of the Union Address: Tradition, Function, and Policy Implications

This report discusses the State of the Union address, which is a communication between the President and Congress in which the chief executive reports on the current conditions of the United States and provides policy proposals for the upcoming legislative year.
Date: January 24, 2014
Creator: Shogan, Colleen J. & Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance: Policy Overview and Trends (open access)

Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance: Policy Overview and Trends

This report discusses the extent to which residents of the United States who are not U.S. citizens should be eligible for federally-funded public aid. This issue meets at the intersection of two major policy areas: immigration policy and welfare policy. This report deals with the four major federal means-tested benefit programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps), the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant programs, and Medicaid.
Date: September 24, 2014
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2014 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2014

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 24, 2014
Creator: Samuels, Jeanne F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 2014 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 2014

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 24, 2014
Creator: Samuels, Jeanne F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 43, Pages 8307-8468, October 24, 2014 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 43, Pages 8307-8468, October 24, 2014

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 43, Pages 8307-8468, October 24, 2014 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 43, Pages 8307-8468, October 24, 2014

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Doctoral Recital: 2014-11-24 – Heesun Yun, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree
Date: November 24, 2014
Creator: Yun, Hee Sun
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2014-10-24 – Fang-Yi Chu, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Chu, Fang-Yi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty and Student Recital: 2014-10-24 – Kirsten Broberg, composer

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A faculty and student recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Broberg, Kirsten
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2014-11-24 – Concert Orchestra [Stage Perspective]

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.
Date: November 24, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Concert Orchestra.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library