A database of library materials. An online library catalog is an electronic bibliographic database that describes the books, videotapes, periodicals, etc. carried by a particular library. The online library catalog evolved from a printed source, the library card catalog. Before the advent of online catalogs, library catalogs were pieces of furniture that contained numerous small drawers. In these drawers were contained the records of particular items in the library.
The number of Pima County homeless youth whose parents have been deported rose 50 percent in one year, a nonprofit advocacy group reports. There are more than 4,000 homeless youth in Pima County, and last year about 4 percent of them were children of deportees, twice as many as the previous year, according to Youth On Their Own officials. A story by Arizona Public Media. Read story.
Facts About Homeless Youth. 1  The King County Committee to End Homelessness estimates that between 5,000 and 10,000 youth and young adults experience homelessness each year in King County. 2  In King County, the number of homeless students counted by school districts rose 19% between 2010-11 and 2012-13, from 5,214 to 6,188. Family crisis is the most prevalent reason youth and young adults identify for becoming homeless.