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Journal Literature

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles.
• Article1st
  • Index to 12,600 + journals pertaining to science, medicine, technology, social science, business, humanities, and popular culture. Now includes journal Tables of Contents (formerly in Contents1st). 1990 - present.
• Geobase
  • Worldwide bibliographic database on geography, geology, and ecology. 900,000 records. 1980 - present.
• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
  • Interdisciplinary coverage of journal articles and documents in the environmental sciences. 1981- present.
• CE Database
  • ASCE'S (American Society of Civil Engineers) Electronic Information Retrieval Service to All Its Publications Published since 1970 The CEDB Provides Access to over 100,000 Bibliographic and Abstracted Records - Current Coverage: 1970 - Present
• PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service Archive)
  • Index to journals, books, government documents, conference reports, publications of international agencies, and more, from 1915-1976. PAIS Archive provides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies.

Other Online Library Resources

• PolicyFile
  • Abstracts of public policy research from think tanks, university research organizations, and publishers. Many links to full text documents and related Web sites. Contributors include the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, RAND Corporation, and many others.
• Associations Unlimited
  • Directory of more than 154,000 detailed listings for international, national, state, and regional organizations. IRS information for more than 300,000 nonprofit organizations.
• CQ Library
  • Full text of two of Congressional Quarterly's premier print publications, CQ Weekly (from 1983) and CQ Researcher (from November 1991).

Selected Demographic Information

• Bureau of the Census
  • Population of U.S. states, counties, places by ethnicity, income, age, gender, etc.
• Census Transportation Planning Package 2000
  • The Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) is a set of special tabulations from the decennial census designed for transportation planners. CTPP contains tabulations by place of residence, place of work, and for flows between home and work.
• Regional Economic Information System (REIS)
  • Statistic for county, metropolitan area, BEA Economic Area, and State metropolitan/ nonmetropolitan.
• County Business Patterns
  • This series is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas.
• Statistical Universe
  • Abstracts and index to U.S. federal & state government publications, and to privately published & international and intergovernmental statistical sources from 1972.

Government Publications

• United States Department of Transportation
  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
    BTS TRIS
    • The TRIS Database contains well over half a million records of references to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going research in the field of transportation. Over 470 serial titles are regularly scanned and indexed for TRIS.
• Rural Transportation Planning (Federal Highway Administration - FHA)
  • Rural Transportation Planning examines travel and transportation issues and needs in non-metropolitan areas. Included are demographic analyses of rural communities and of travel patterns and trends. The planning process analyzes alternatives to meet projected future demands and to provide a safe and efficient transportation system that meets mobility without adversely impacting the environment.
• Urban Transportation Planning in the US - An Historical Overview /Nov 1992 (FHA)
• Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)
• Nevada Department of Transportation Planning Library
• Metropolitan Transportation Plan (Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council)
• Land Use Planning (BLM)
  • The purpose of this Manual is to provide further guidance to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) personnel on the requirements of Sec. 201 and 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the BLM’s Planning Regulations (43 CFR 1600), and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
• Law Reviews (Lexis/Nexis)
  • Index to many US law review journals -- excellent source for legal assessment of land use laws.
• LexisNexis Congressional
  • Index to U.S. Congressional publications; text of bills, laws, regulations, Congressional testimony and publications; legislative histories; members and committees of Congress. 1789 - present
• NTIS
  • National Technical Information Service (NTIS) index to U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, engineering, and business-related information from 1960.
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
  • Index to U.S. Government information resources providing policy & background information on U.S. foreign relations, health, and much more from June, 1976.