Number: 551
intellectual property
Description:
Find documents related to laws or regulations that protect
intellectual property.
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe legislation or federal regulations that
protect authors or composers from copyright infringement, or from
piracy of their creative work. These regulations may also be related
to fair use or to encryption.
Number: 552
Foods for cancer patients
Description:
Find foods good for cancer patients.
Narrative:
Relevant documents cover foods, types of foods, and diets that
contribute to the recovery of cancer patients. Information may serve
consumers, nutritionists, or medical personnel. Exclude pages covering
foods to prevent cancer.
Number: 553
federal funding mental illness
Description:
How much does the federal government spend on mental health, and to
what entities does the funding go?
Narrative:
Relevant documents state the entities to which the government
directs funding for mental health and/or how much money is
allocated. State spending on mental health is not relevant, unless
that money came from the federal government. Calls for proposals for
grants are not relevant. Standards for grantees are not relevant.
Number: 554
Home buying
Description:
How does one find and apply for mortgages and buy a first home?
Narrative:
Relevant documents school the reader in buying a home and obtaining a
mortgage. Documents referring to obtaining low-cost housing but not
buying a home do not qualify.
Number: 555
criteria obtain U.S. visa
Description:
What criteria does the Immigration and Naturalization Service use to
approve visa applications from foreign nationals?
Narrative:
Relevant documents come from the U.S. government stating policy
on requirements for foreign nationals requesting U.S. visas to receive
approval. Documents from U.S. consulates abroad or foreign governments
are not relevant. How U.S. citizens can obtain visas for travel abroad
are not relevant.
Number: 556
Federal food purchasing
Description:
For what purposes does the federal government purchase food?
Narrative:
Relevant documents state the agency or entity for which the
federal government purchases food and the purposes for which it is
used. Documents regarding state purchasing of food are not relevant.
Documents informing farmers on how to apply for government purchase of
commodities are not relevant unless they state the purpose for which
the government would purchase those commodities.
Number: 557
clean air, clean water
Description:
Find documents describing efforts to maintain or improve clean air
or clean water.
Narrative:
Relevant documents include descriptions of legislation or
regulations to check water and air pollution or to control smog and
automobile emissions.
Number: 558
U.S./Russian Relationship
Description:
Describe the present day relationship between the U.S. and Russia.
Narrative:
Relevant documents detail the contemporary status of cooperation and
the overall relationship between the U. S. and Russia at present,
including business, trade, financial and in-kind assistance, as well
as official governmental relations.
Number: 559
Federally assisted community volunteer programs
Description:
Find local community volunteer programs for which the federal
government provides resources.
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe local community volunteer programs that
receive financial assistance, training, or other resources from the
federal government. These include national programs with local
components, e.g., Foster Grandparents, or local programs receiving
federal assistance, e.g., a service-learning program. Exclude such
programs as the Peace Corps and the National Guard.
Number: 560
Symptoms of diabetes
Description:
Find documents that list and explain the danger signals of Type I and
Type II diabetes.
Narrative:
Relevant documents give the symptoms/danger signals that
consumers need to recognize as warnings of the onset of Type I and
Type II diabetes. Exclude documents directed at medical personnel.
Number: 561
Eradication of boll weevils
Description:
Find documents describing how farmers can eradicate boll weevils.
Narrative:
Relevant documents report on established eradication programs and
on research to refine or supplement these. Exclude documents on other
types of weevils and on the history of the boll weevil in the United
States.
Number: 562
world population growth
Description:
What is the outlook for world population growth?
Narrative:
Relevant documents include projections of and discussion of world
population growth. Growth of individual nations' populations is
relevant, but data on states within the U.S. is not relevant.
Number: 563
smoking drinking during pregnancy
Description:
Find documents describing effects on children of mothers' smoking
and/or drinking during pregnancy.
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe effects on the cognitive, social,
emotional, or physical status of children (prenatal through adulthood)
that result from their mothers' smoking or drinking while
pregnant. Cigarette or alcohol use after the birth of a child is not
relevant.
Number: 564
mother-infant nutrition
Description:
Find documents describing guidelines for good nutrition
for mothers and infants and/or federal programs to promote their use.
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe good nutrition for infants from birth to
18 months. Those related to older children are not relevant. Programs
described must be federal, not state or local.
Number: 565
Library services for disabled
Description:
Find documents that describe library services for persons with disabilities.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will describe major services for the visually
handicapped in federal, state, or large regional libraries.
Exclude minor services in small libraries and such
mandated features as physical access for the wheelchair bound.
Number: 566
Television violence
Description:
What is being done about violence on TV?
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe actions taken or statements made about
violence on TV, its effect on children and what is being done or
should be done about it. Advice to parents to limit TV viewing is not
relevant.
Number: 567
indigenous folk art
Description:
Find documents that describe efforts to promote and preserve
indigenous folk art.
Narrative:
Relevant documents may be related to arts and crafts produced by
Eskimo (Inuit) and American Indian such as weaving, jewelry,
sculpture, woodcarving, painting, basketry. Amish, Shaker, and
Appalachian arts and crafts products are also relevant. Advertisements
for the sale of particular items are not relevant documents.
Number: 568
federal funding art museums
Description:
What types of federal funding are available to support art museums
throughout the country?
Narrative:
Relevant documents are only those that describe grants or other
funding sources to art museums. Documents that only describe museum
programming are not relevant, even if the museum is a federal
institution.
Number: 569
invasive animals and plants
Description:
Find documents related to controlling invasive animals and plants.
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe federal nationwide or regional programs
aiming to control invasive plants and animals that are threatening
crops, wildlife, or the environment.
Number: 570
future occupations
Description:
What occupations will have the greatest need for workers in the next
10 to 20 years?
Narrative:
Relevant documents name categories of jobs and professions where
there will be the greatest need. Documents may also give statistics
showing current employment and projections for future employment.
Recruitment documents that do not include the above data are not
relevant.
Number: 571
tax havens
Description:
What are tax havens and how are they used and abused?
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe "tax havens," locations, usually
overseas, which have banks where U.S. citizens transfer money to avoid
U.S. taxes. Relevant would be discussions in Congress on ways to
discourage use of them.
Number: 572
selecting a nursing home
Description:
Describe criteria that one should use in selecting a nursing home.
Narrative:
Relevant documents may include formal or informal guidelines,
checklists, or laws regarding criteria for nursing home care.
Number: 573
teaching jobs Europe Asia
Description:
Find documents that list teaching opportunities for Americans in
Europe and Asia.
Narrative:
Only documents that list or describe opportunities for Americans to
teach in Europe or Asia are relevant. Teaching opportunities may be
in any field or with students of any age level.
Number: 574
whales dolphins protection
Description:
What efforts are being made nationally and internationally to protect
whales and dolphins?
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe legislation or international agreements to
protect and save whales and dolphins anywhere in the world.
Descriptions of the mammals or informational documents from wildlife
organizations are not relevant unless they include references to
legislation.
Number: 575
Nuclear waste storage transportation
Description:
Find documents that describe how nuclear waste is being stored and how
it is transported to the storage site.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will describe methods of transporting and storing
nuclear waste. Documents that describe the benefits or dangers of
nuclear energy are not relevant; nor are documents in favor of or
opposed to a particular storage site or means of transportation.
Number: 576
Chesapeake Bay ecology
Description:
How are industry and population growth affecting the ecology of the
Chesapeake Bay?
Narrative:
Only documents that show the relationship between local industries,
(including agriculture,) or population growth in the region and the
ecology of the Bay are relevant. A listing of the resources of the
Bay are not relevant unless they indicate changes in the resources due
to industry or population changes.
Number: 577
Dental school locations
Description:
Find documents that provide the locations of dental schools in the
United States.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will provide the locations of dental schools in the
U.S., detailed addresses are not required.
Number: 578
Regulating zoos
Description:
Describe the federal regulations and oversight of zoos.
Narrative:
Any document describing regulations regarding animal or human safety,
importation of endangered species, humane treatment of animals,
etc. is relevant. Information that describes monitoring
programs is also relevant. A site displaying zoo events and
activities is not relevant.
Number: 579
US fresh drinking water resources
Description:
Where and how extensive are US fresh drinking water resources?
Narrative:
Find documents citing the locations and extent of US fresh drinking
water resources. References to the size of populations dependent upon
particular fresh drinking water resources for consumption are
relevant. Documents identifying resources used for recreational
purposes are not relevant. Problems in water quality of particular
drinking water resources are not relevant.
Number: 580
US immigration history demographics
Description:
What are the history and patterns of immigration to the US since 1900?
Narrative:
Graphs, charts, textual material that describes the history and
patterns of immigration to the US since 1900 are relevant. Relevant
material may include countries of origin, regions settled in the US,
or American immigration laws that govern the number of people entering
the country. Documents helping with visas, etc. are not relevant.
Number: 581
Lymphoma detection symptoms treatment
Description:
Find documents that provide basic information about non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will contain information on the definition,
symptoms, diagnosis, causes, treatment, mortality, survival, etc. The
information must pertain to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Information on
Hodgkin's disease is not relevant.
Number: 582
Utah ski resorts
Description:
Find documents that provide the locations of ski resorts in Utah.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will locate and/or name ski resorts in Utah, a
detailed address is not required.
Number: 583
Florida's endangered species
Description:
Find what endangered plants and animals live in Florida.
Narrative:
Relevant documents list, describe, or discuss endangered plant and
animal species in Florida. Include documents discussing the Endangered
Species Act only if these list or discuss Florida's endangered species
or matters that directly affect them. Exclude documents discussing
species that are not endangered or do not live in Florida.
Number: 584
Birth defects in the US
Description:
Find documents identifying the types, causes, and extent of birth
defects in the US.
Narrative:
Documents identifying environmental factors or citing particular
behaviors during pregnancy are relevant if linked directly to
potential defect outcomes. National data and statistics on particular
birth defects are relevant; similar data/statistics relative to
individual states or communities are not relevant.
Number: 585
Tornado basics
Description:
Find documents that provide basic information about tornadoes.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will provide information on the history of
tornadoes, how tornadoes form, forecasting, the Fujita Intensity
Scale, specific tornado locations, etc.
Number: 586
Women's health cancer
Description:
Find documents providing data on prevention, treatment, and outcomes
regarding cancers which typically affect women.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will associate particular cancers (i.e., ovarian,
breast, cervical) with women's health especially in the US.
Statistical data on survival/mortality rates nationwide and
internationally are relevant. Prevention and early detection programs
and progress are relevant. Medical reports/studies on prognoses,
treatments, and outcomes are relevant. Data on cancer occurrence,
programs, and outcomes not specific to cancers which typically affect
women are not relevant.
Number: 587
Bilingual education
Description:
What does research tell us about the effectiveness of bilingual education?
Narrative:
Only documents that describe research either on best practices for
teaching in bilingual classrooms or on the effectiveness of bilingual
education are relevant. Grant applications, case studies,
demographics are not relevant.
Number: 588
Golf resort locations
Description:
Find documents that provide the locations of golf resorts.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will provide the locations of golf resorts with their
own golf course and lodging. Resorts that use nearby golf courses are not
relevant. Municipal golf courses are not relevant.
Number: 589
Mental Illness in Adolescence
Description:
Find studies about and services offered for mental illness in
adolescents.
Narrative:
Relevant documents refer to studies about different mental conditions
afflicting some teens or services offered for teens with the
condition. Documents with information about other health care or
conditions other than mental, such as pregnancy prevention, are not
relevant.
Number: 590
Pilot training schools
Description:
Find documents that contain the locations of schools for pilot training.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will locate schools that provide the training
required to obtain a license to pilot aircraft such as airplanes,
helicopters, gliders and airships. Training for recreational,
private, or airline transport pilot certificates is relevant.
Number: 591
education Indian reservations
Description:
What is the current status of education on Indian reservations.
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe programs for education of children and
young adults on Indian reservations. Education programs that do not
specifically mention Indian reservations are not relevant.
Number: 592
Fuel cell uses
Description:
Find documents that describe the present or planned uses of fuel cells.
Narrative:
Relevant documents will describe the types of fuel cells and their
applications. Documents that only describe fuel cell technology are
not relevant.
Number: 593
Bush human rights China
Description:
What is the Bush administration's policy on human rights in China?
Narrative:
Relevant documents contain statements from President George
W. Bush or members of his administration relating to human rights in
China. Statements on proposals to approve China's entrance into the
World Trade Organization are relevant when they also discuss human
rights in China. Statements by congressmen and senators are not
relevant unless they mention Bush administration views.
Number: 594
Foods preventing high cholesterol
Description:
Find foods that help people prevent high cholesterol.
Narrative:
Relevant documents cover foods, types of foods, and diets that help people
prevent high cholesterol. Exclude documents covering foods or diets
for preventing other health problems.
Number: 595
girls math education
Description:
What efforts are being made to improve girls' education in the area of math?
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe programs in schools that interest
girls in taking math courses and that help them attain proficiency in
math. Special efforts to teach math to boys and girls, where girls
are specifically mentioned, are relevant. Special efforts to teach
math, with no mention of girls, are not relevant. Documents that note
girls' lack of confidence in their math ability but do not say what is
being done about it are not relevant.
Number: 596
Federal Law Enforcement Jobs
Description:
How do you find federal law enforcement job opportunities?
Narrative:
Relevant documents talk about jobs that are conceivably open to
members of the general public. Sites which speak about statistics of
or training for law enforcement officers are not relevant.
Number: 597
IDEA legislation
Description:
Find documents related to changes in special education for children
with disabilities resulting from IDEA legislation (Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act).
Narrative:
Relevant documents describe current provisions for children with
disabilities that are a direct response to regulations resulting from
this legislation. These changes may be related to "inclusion," to
appropriate materials for testing, for a "free appropriate education,"
etc.
Number: 598
Foreign terrorist organizations
Description:
Find documents naming foreign terrorist organizations and the US
criteria for their designation as such.
Narrative:
Relevant documents identify by name entities designated officially by
the US as foreign terrorist organizations and/or state the official US
criteria for so designating such organizations. Official US
designations as foreign terrorist organizations are relevant.
Unofficial or non-US allegations of terrorist activity by foreign
entities are not relevant. Documents describing activities of
entities providing funding or logistical support to foreign terrorist
organizations are not relevant.
Number: 599
scientific research misconduct
Description:
Find documents related to cases of scientific research misconduct
and/or efforts made to control or discourage such behavior.
Narrative:
Relevant documents may be related to Institutional Review Boards
(IRB), protection of human subjects, or conflicts of interest on the
part of scientists conducting the research.
Number: 600
highway safety
Description:
Find documents related to improving highway safety in the U.S.
Narrative:
Relevant documents include those related to the improvement of safety
of all vehicles driven on highways, including cars, trucks, vans, and
tractor trailers. Ways to reduce accidents through legislation,
vehicle checks, and drivers education programs are all relevant.