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| Newspaper
Articles |
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 Selected
Newspaper Article Indexes
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Recommended Newspaper Article Database Titles and
Descriptions |
| Lexis
Nexis A full text database with many newspaper articles and
radio transcripts included (as well as legal and business
information). You can also regional newspapers by going to
"Guided News Search," then in the pulldown "News
Category: choose U.S. News", then "News Source: Western
Regional Sources." Your results can include the Spokane
Spokesman Review (1997 - present), the Idaho Falls Post Register and
the Lewiston Morning Tribune (1990 - present) |
| Lewiston
Morning Tribune Archives Find full text of local news articles back to 1990. To access articles, enter the username
"UIL" and password "1011738". |
| Argonaut University of Idaho student newspaper. |
Proquest Newspapers Full text access
to articles in 27 national newspapers including the New York Times
and the Wall Street Journal. Less regional coverage than
Lexis-Nexis.
| Magazine Article databases |
| EbscoSearch
A good general database of both scholarly and popular
articles in almost all subject areas, many full text or
with links to full text. While not generally as
good for local news as the newspaper databases, try this
if you need more information. |
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| Government
Information |
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Selected Government
Resources for Contemporary American Experience |
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Title/Description |
Call # |
| American Factfinder: a wealth of population,
housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau
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http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
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| Alaska Community Database Online
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http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm
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| Bureau of Justice Statistics
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http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
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| Crime in Idaho
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http://www.isp.state.id.us/identification/ucr/crime_idaho.html
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| Idaho Community Profiles |
http://idahoworks.com/Default.aspx?tabid=451 |
| Idaho County Profiles |
http://idahoworks.com/Default.aspx?tabid=451#countyProfiles |
| Montana Census and Economic Information Center |
http://ceic.mt.gov/MTFacts.asp |
| Oregon Cities and Counties |
http://info.econ.state.or.us:591/FMPro?-
db=community.fp4&-lay=webpage&-format=reports.htm&-FindAll
http://info.econ.state.or.us:591/FMPro?-
db=County_lookups.fp4&-lay=data%20entry&-format=
countylist.htm&-sortfield=EI%20co%20name&-sortorder
=ascend&-Max=36&-FindAll
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| Oregon Community Profiles |
http://info.econ.state.or.us:591/profile.htm |
| Profiles
of America: United States demographic data and graphics by
variables of population & migration, age & sex, race &
ethnicity, educational attainment, households & families,
journey to work, employment & unemployment, income & poverty.
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http://ers.usda.gov/Data/ProfilesOfAmerica/
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| State and Local Government on the Net:
access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and
county governments
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http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
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| Uniform Crime Reports
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http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm#cius
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| Washington Community Profiles
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http://www.mrsc.org/countyprofiles/profilesmenu.aspx
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| Non
Governmental Internet
Resources |
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Information on the Internet ranges from the free web to electronic books,
journals, etc. that the library pays for. The Internet is a wonderful source
for many different types of information. It is important to remember that
anyone can publish something on the web and it is critical to evaluate your
source carefully. The library's Website
Evaluation Criteria or Applying
the CRAAP Test can help you choose reliable information.
Besides doing searches on www.google.com
(or Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com)or other search engines, you can use subject lists that have evaluated web
sites before inclusion: Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org
, the Internet Public Library at www.ipl.org,
and Infomine (scholarly sources) at http://infomine.ucr.edu/
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Selected Internet Resources for Contemporary
American Experience Community Demographic Research
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Title/Description |
URL |
| HomeTownLocator: A source set up to learn about
a community for those who are considering moving there.
Compiles a variety of information about 42,500 U.S. cities. |
http://www.hometownlocator.com/ |
| Northwest
Area Foundation Indicator Website: indicators for Minnesota,
Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and
Oregon including population, income & poverty, family/kids,
employment, housing, health, education, and crime & safety for
states, counties, and selected communities; indicators on American
Indians and All Races on reservations; and enrollment, service area
population, unemployment, and employed below poverty level for
tribes. Maps, charts, and spreadsheets are available for download. |
http://www.indicators.nwaf.org/ |
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Contemporary American Experience: