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Glassdoor - Company Salaries, Reviews, and Interview Questions
A comprehensive career resource with information on thousands of companies. Glassdoor includes salary and bonuses and details for specific jobs at specific companies, as well as actual interview questions and hiring process details. Also included are reviews written by employees that highlight the pro's and con's of working for a particular employer.

CareerBuilder.com

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CalJobs

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 Politics, Opinion

Vote Smart
Tracks the performance of state and national political leaders. Includes biographies, voting records, speeches and positions on issues. Enter your ZIP code and display information on your area’s political leaders.

Polling Report
An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion, from all major polls about current events and politics of interest to Americans.

Directory of American Political Parties 
Politics1 is a non-partisan public service to promote fully informed decision-making by the American electorate.

Law & Legal Resources

California Laws
A Web site in which you can search for and view all current California laws.

California Courts Online Self-Help Center 
Find information, forms, and help with your legal issues including small claims court, divorce domestic vilence, changing your name, traffic violations, child and spousal support, child law, adoptions, guardianships, and much more ...

LawHelpCalifornia
LawHelpCalifornia.org provides low-income Californians easy online access to basic legal resources and attorney information.  LawHelpCalifornia DOES NOT provide direct legal services.

Nolo: Legal Solutions for You, Your Family & Your Business  
Free legal information, law books, legal software, and legal forms— and when you need extra help, Nolo's unique lawyer directory.

Lawyers.com
A free service from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell designed specifically for individuals and small businesses and providing lawyer profiles, information and tips to better understand the law and make informed legal decisions, articles and discussions on current legal issues, and self-help advice and forms.

Find Law
Easy and comprehensive access to lawyers and legal information.

Complete calendar of national election events

Calendar of California election events:

• JANUARY 22, 2008: Deadline to register to vote in Feb. 5 primary
• FEBRUARY 5, 2008: California - Presidential Primary
• MARCH 12, 2008: California - Filing Deadline
• MAY 19, 2008: Deadline to register to vote in June 3 primary
• JUNE 3, 2008: California - State/Federal Primary
• AUGUST 8, 2008: California - Filing Deadline (Independents)
• OCTOBER 20, 2008: Deadline to register to vote in Nov. 4 general election
• OCTOBER 21, 2008: California - Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates)
• NOVEMBER 4, 2008: National General Election

California Election and Voter Information

Web sites of California Politcal Parties

American Independent Party

Democratic Party

Green Party Party

Libertarian Party

Peace and Freedom Party

Republican Party

Election & Voter Information

California Election Results from the Secretary of State

Lassen County Election Results from the county clerk

Who Votes, Who Doesn't, and Why (Pew Research Center for the People and the Press)

Online Voter Guide of The California Voter Foundation
A nonpartisan clearinghouse of election information and web site links covering the Presidential primary candidates and statewide ballot measures that will be updated throughout the election season.

Official Voter Guide from the Secretary of State

Easy Voter Guide

League of Women Voters A "one-stop-shop" for general and state-specific election information

Lasssen County voter information from the League of Women Voters

Lassen County Registrar of Voters

Presidential Election Information

The Political Parties and Their Candidates

Directory of American Political Parties
Politics1 is a non-partisan public service to promote fully informed decision-making by the American electorate.

Barack Obama

John McCain

Presidential Candidate Positions on the Issues

National candidates' positions on foreign policy issues. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for better understanding of the world and of the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.

Campaign Issues 2008 -- By Americans for Honorable Government. Provides an issue-by-issue review of the candidates' positions.

SelectSmart -- Provides a side-by-side comparison tool and a Presidential Candidate Selector interactive tool to identify the candidates who share your positions on the issues. Provides an issue-by-issue review of the candidates' positions.

On the Issues - Every Political Leader on Every Issue

Understanding the Electoral College

Center for Voting and Democracy description of the Electoral College

U.S. Electorial College Web site by the U.S. National Archive and Records Administration

Electorial College Controversy of 1876-1877 A discussion presented from the pages of Harper's Weekly.

Opinion Polls

Polling Report
An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion, from all major polls about current events and politics of interest to Americans.

Gallop Poll
Collection of polling results related to the 2008 U.S. presidential election, covering candidates, parties, issues, and voting.

Roper Center Public Opinion Archives
Public opinion during the 2008 presidential campaign.

Daily snapshot of California policy and politics provided by the Public Policy Institute of California

Campaign Watch-Dog Groups

SmartVoter -- League of Women Voters election information

Project Vote Smart -- Citizens (conservative and liberal alike) working together, researching the backgrounds and records of thousands of political candidates and elected officials to discover their voting records, campaign contributions, public statements, biographical data (including their work history) and evaluations of them generated by over 100 competing special interest groups.

Annenberg Political Fact Check -- A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. It is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics by monitoring the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

Federal Election Commission, an independent regulatory agency, discloses campaign finance information, enforces the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and oversees the public funding of Presidential elections

Follow the Money "The nation's most complete resource for information on money in state politics."

The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy, aiming to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.

Cal-Access provides financial information supplied by state candidates, donors, lobbyists, and others.

Election and Campaign Finance Reform Resources

Center for Voting and Democracy FairVote
Acts to change elections to guarantee universal access to participation, meaningful ballot choices and governments grounded in majority rule and fair representation. Goals include a national popular vote for president, instant runoff voting and universal voter registration in many states and a widely-discussed roadmap for replacing winner-take-all elections with proportional voting.

electionline.org
A project of the Pew Center on the States, a nonpartisan, non-advocacy website providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform and is a leading source for journalists, policymakers, election officials, academics and concerned citizens to learn about, discuss and debate election administration issues.

Public Campaign
A non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to sweeping reform that aims to dramatically reduce the role of big special interest money in American politics.

Premium Content Subscription-Based Databases

Through our affiliation with the North State Cooperative Library System the Lassen Library District offers the following subscription on-line database resources from Gale Cengage Learning.

Note: Access to these databases from outside the Library requires the entry of a Lassen Library card number. From inside the Library access does not require a library card number. 

Testing & Education Reference Center
Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries; identify scholarships that meet your financial needs; take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.

ChiltonLibrary.com
The most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

Health Reference Center Academic
Multi-source database providing access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's Health Reference Center.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library. Our subscription provides access to the eBook versions of the following references:

1. Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages , 5v,  2004
2. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia , 2^nd ed.,  17v,  2003
3. West's Encyclopedia of American Law , 2^nd ed.,  13v,  2004

General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

Associations Unlimited
The premier source for associations - locate approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. Monitor association trends; identify related associations; network and make professional contacts; market to associations, their members and markets.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. Contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.

Biography Resource Center
Award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for current and historic people from all eras and fields of endeavor, based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.

Student Edition  (for High School students)
With over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Junior Edition - K12  (for Junior High/Middle School students)
With over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kid's Edition - K12  (for Elementary School students)
This periodical database with almost 125 titles, is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, from publishers such as Cobblestones, Scholastic and Time, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids InfoBits  (for students in Kindergarten to 5th grade)
A database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface search method moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.