Monthly Archives: June 2008

LHS-Chicago Exhibit Documents Surgical Breakthrough

By lnaru | Published: June 13, 2008

The groundbreaking separation of a pair of conjoined twins is documented in an exhibit of papers, photographs and other materials at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Library of the Health Sciences – Chicago .
In 1952, Dr. Oscar Sugar (1914-2008), a faculty member of the University of Illinois Department of Neurosurgery, led the pioneering surgery [...]

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Elections 2008

By Daley Reference | Published: June 11, 2008

Where would you find candidate, issue and voting information online? Are there authoritative, unbiased, political websites? Here are a few of our favorites and selected recommendations from the January 2008 C&RL News:
American National Election Studies
http://www.electionstudies.org/
Campaign Legal Center
http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/
Center for Media and Democracy
http://www.prwatch.org/
FactCheck
http://www.factcheck.org/
Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/
Follow the Money
http://www.followthemoney.org/
League of Women Voters
http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
Map the Candidates
http://www.mapthecandidates.com/
Office of the Clerk
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html
Open Secrets
http://www.opensecrets.org/
University [...]

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Summer II hours @ LHSU

By rraffer2 | Published: June 9, 2008

Announcing hours for Summer II Session at the Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana! Hours begin on June 9 and end August 15. Watch this page for updates!
Summer II Hours:
Monday – Tuesday: 8:30am – 6:00pm
Wednesday – Friday: 8:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday – Sunday: CLOSED
Hours may be viewed on this page: http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsu/services/hours.shtml

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