Scope: This is a list of databases and the CD-Roms that are loaded and ready for use on the Libraries network or in the Honnold Search Center on the Local CD-Roms Stations. For a complete list of CD-Roms that Claremont owns, please see the HON
GOV CD-ROMs list on BLAIS.
Subject Categories
General Reference Data
Agricultural Statistics. HON GOV CD-ROM A 1.47/2:(yr) Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual, from
the U.S. Department of Agriculture) An annual reference book of statistics
on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and
returns. Some of this information is also available on the Web at http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/index.htm.
California Income Tax Forms on CD-ROM. HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. From
the California Franchise Tax Board. Electronic reproducible tax forms and
publications, for both California state and Federal tax forms. Also available
on the web at http://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/
(California Franchise Tax Board) or at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html
(Internal Revenue Service).
General Land Office Automated Records Project. HON GOV CD-ROM.
I 53.57: Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD
for you. (from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management) A database of pre-1908 Federal land patent information including
homesteads and cash sales. Searchable by name, land office, county, state,
or legal land description.
Human Relations Area Files. HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual) A full-text
database that provides primarily descriptive information on the cultures
of the world. In addition to the text, it also contains bibliography for
each culture and cultural summary. Each CD-Rom covers both North American
ethnic groups and a sample of cultures from around the world.
IRS Federal Tax Forms. HON GOV CD-ROM T 22.51/4:(yr.) Ask a
Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual,
from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service) Electronic
reproducible tax forms and publications covering 1991 to the present. Also
available on the Web at Internal
Revenue Service (http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html), and are
also contained on the California Income Tax Forms on CD-Rom (see
listing above).
OEUS, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics. HON
GOV CD-ROM L 2.134:OF 2. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. (from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
The OEUS cd-rom contains data from five major statistical programs. These
five programs are: (1) CPS (Current Population Survey), which has labor
force, employment, and unemployment data; (2) CES (Current Employment Statistics
program), which has nonfarm payroll, employment, hours, and earnings data;
(3) LAUS, which has labor force, employment, unemployment statistics for
states and local areas; (4) ES-202, which has statistics on employment
and wages covered by unemployment insurance; and (5) OES, which has occupational
employment statistics. Also on the disc are data from the Mass Layoff Statistics
program. Some data is retrospective from 1948-1992, covering major cities
to national data. Some of the data on the CD-Rom is also available on the
web at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/datamain.htm.
Publications from the National Center for Health Statistics.
HON GOV CD-ROM HE 20.7042/7:(v./no.) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database
Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual, from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services) Contains full text of Health, United States
and other recent publications of the National Center for Health Statistics.
Part of a planned series of annuals products that contains the most recent
edition of Health, United States along with other NCHS reports published
during the preceding 12 months. Other publications included are catalogs
of NCHS publications and electronic products; Where-to-Write for Vital
Records; reports from the NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series; and
recent issues of Advance Data and Monthly Vital Statistics Report periodicals.
Some of this information is available from the NCHS web site at http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM C
3.134/7:(yr.) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this
CD for you. (annual, from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census) Provides about 1,400 tables with data from the Census Bureau
and other government agencies and private organizations on social, political,
and economic aspects of life in the United States, with selected data for
regions, divisions, states, metropolitan areas, cities, and foreign countries.
Also available in paper format, latest edition shelved at HON REF DESK
HA202.C4 Un3 (yr.), earlier editions are shelved at HON GOV US REF C 3.134:(yr.)
Partially available on the Web at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
United Nations Indexes:
(NOTE: See also AccessUN
- a Readex United Nations Index on the Web)
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UNBIS. HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. United Nations Index Chadwyck-Healey Index
to United Nations Documents and Publications from 1975 to 1992.
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UN Documents & Publications Index. HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (monthly)
Readex Index to U.N. Documents and Publications since 1990. Also includes
a full-text database of U.N. Resolutions and Decisions as well as voting
records.
U.S. Government Periodicals Index. HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (quarterly, from the
Congressional Information Service (CIS) ) This database contains bibliographic
records for articles from periodicals published by agencies of the U.S.
Government. Use it to search for artices in government publications that
are periodicals.
Census and Demographic Data
1990 Census of Population and Housing. (from the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census ) Much of this information is also available
on the web at http://www.census.gov/
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County-to-County Migration Flow Files. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.284: Ask a
Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (2
CD set) Specific subset of in- and out-going county migration data from
the 1990 Census.
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Equal Employment Opportunity File. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.282: Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (2 CD set)Using
data from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, this CD-ROM provides
sample census data to support affirmative action planning for equal employment
opportunity. Contains tabulations showing detailed occupations and educational
attainment by age. The data is cross-referenced by sex, Hispanic origin,
and race. Data is provided for all counties, MSAs, and places of 50,000
or more inhabitants.
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Special Tabulation on Aging. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.281/2: Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (22 CD set)
Specific subset of data from the 1990 Census dealing with older persons
living in the United States.
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Subject Summary Tape Files. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF (no.)
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load these CDs for you.
(32 CD set) (from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census)
Contains subject specific data from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing.
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SSTF 1 - The Foreign-Born Population in the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM
C 3.286: CD 90 SSTF 01/994-2
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SSTF 2 - Ancestry of the Population in the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM
C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 02
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SSTF 3 - Persons of Hispanic Origin in the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM
C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 03
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SSTF 4 - Characteristics of Adults with Work Disabilities, Mobility
Limitations, Or Self-Care Limitations. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF
04 A-C (3 CD set)
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SSTF 5 - Characteristics of the Asian and Pacific Islander Population
in the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 05
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SSTF 6 - Education in the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90
SSTF 06/CD 90
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SSTF 7 - Metropolitan Housing Characteristics. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD
90 SSTF 07 A-H (8 CD set)
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SSTF 8 - Housing of the Elderly. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 08
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SSTF 9 - Housing Characteristics of New Units. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD
90 SSTF 09
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SSTF 10 - Mobile Homes. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 10
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SSTF 11 - (not issued)
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SSTF 12 - Employment status, work experience, and veteran status. HON
GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 06/CD 90 (on disk SSTF 06)
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SSTF 13 - Characteristics of American Indians by Tribe and Language
HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 13
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SSTF 14 - Occupation and Industry; Industry by Occupation, Alphabetical
Index. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 14
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SSTF 15 - Geographic Mobility in the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM C
3.286:CD 90 SSTF 15
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SSTF 16 - Fertility HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 16
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SSTF 17 - Poverty Areas in the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD
90 SSTF 17
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SSTF 18 - Condominium Housing. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 18
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SSTF 19 - The Older Population of the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM
C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 19
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SSTF 20 - Journey to Work in the United States
HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 20
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SSTF 21 - Characteristics of the Black Population of the United States.
HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 21 A-C (3 CD set)
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SSTF 22 - Earnings by Occupation and Education. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD
90 SSTF 22 A/CORR (3 disk set)
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Summary Tape File 1A (100% Data - to Place Level). HON GOV CD-ROM C
3.282: (18 CD set) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load
this CD for you. Contains 1990 Census of Population and Housing data
on population and housing statistics for States and their subareas in hierarchical
sequence down to the block level.
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Summary Tape File 1B (100% Data - to Census Tract Level). HON GOV CD-ROM
C 3.282/3: (11 CD set). Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. Contains 1990 Census of Population and Housing
select data for census blocks.
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Summary Tape File 1C. (100% Data - U.S. Summary). HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.282:CD
90-1 C/. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD
for you. Contains 1990 Census of Population and Housing data in the
same tables as STF 1A but for the larger geographic areas, including the
entire Nation, regions, divisions, States, counties, large places, minor
civil divisions, MSAs, MAs, American Indian and Alaskan Native area.
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Summary Tape File 1D/3D (100% Data - by Congressional Districts). HON
GOV CD-ROM C 3.282/4: (2 CD set). Ask a Reference Librarian or Database
Assistant to load this CD for you. Data from the 1990 Census of Population
and Housing for Congressional Districts of both the 103rd and 104th Congresses.
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Summary Tape File 3A (Sample Data - to Place Level). HON GOV CD-ROM
C 3.282/2: (63 CD set). Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. Contains 1990 Census of Population and Housing
data based on the long form questionnaire formatted in the same geographic
detail as STF 1A.
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Summary Tape File 3B (Sample Data - by Zip Code). HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.282/2:
(3 CD set) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this
CD for you. Contains 1990 Census of Population and Housing data based
on the long form questionnaires. Extract from STF 3B with sample data for
5 digit zip code areas.
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Summary Tape File 3C (Sample Data - U.S. Summary) HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.282/2:
(2 CD set) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this
CD for you. Contains 1990 Census of Population and Housing data of
the same subject matter as STF 3A, but is organized using the same geographic
divisions as STF 1C.
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TIGER/Census Tract Street Index. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.279/2: (6 CD set).
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
An electronic index to the census tracts assigned for the 1990 Decennial
Census.
1992 Economic Census
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Report Series. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.277:CD-EC 92-1h, i. Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. Statistical
data on retail trade; wholesale trade; service industries; transportation,
communications, and utilities; finance, insurance, and real estate industries;
manufactures; mineral industries; and construction industries, as well
as statistics for women-owned business and truck inventory and use survey
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ZIP code statistics. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.277:CD-EC 92-2 A 2A, 2B. Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. Vol.
2, "ZIP Code Statistics," 2-disc series, presents data on retail, service,
and manufacturing businesses by ZIP code; includes counts of establishments
by SIC within ZIP code and by size class within SIC; also has total retail
sales and service receipts by ZIP code
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Nonemployer statistics. Statistics on sales by establishments with
no paid employees, together with corresponding figures for employer establishments.
Data cover retail trade; service industries; transportation, communications,
and utilities; and financial, insurance, and real estate industries
CensusCD. HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. Census CD is a privately published compilation
of Census statistics, and is a complete Census reference on a single CD.
It includes the full set of Census data from Block Group level up to the
nation, all 16 geographies included in the Census long form databases STF#A
to D, all tracts, places, counties, states, Congressional districts, Indian,
Zipz, etc, to over 375,000 geographic locations in the US.
County and City Data Book. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.134/2-1: Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from
the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census) An all-purpose database
for all U.S. counties and large cities (population over 25,000). Provides
demographic, economic, and governmental data from both the Federal government
and other sources. Includes statistics on population, housing, race, education,
marriage and divorce, income, employment, occupation, crime, and on most
sectors of the economy: manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade, etc.
Provides less data for places of 2,500 or more.
Current Population Survey. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.224/12: Ask a
Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. Current
Population Survey (annual) (from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census) Data provided includes monthly labor force, work experience,
income, employment status, occupation, and industry figures. Also included
is data on food stamp, school lunch program, and health insurance participation
information.
Geographic Identification Code Scheme. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.275:G 29/994-2/CD
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
(from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census) Contains
information related to the regions and divisions established by the Bureau
of the Census for statistical purposes.
Income and Poverty. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.224/12-2:993 Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from the
Bureau of the Census) Contains easy to access income and poverty specific
data from 1993 Current Population Survey.
Landview II. HON GOV CD-ROM EP 1.104/4: Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load these CDs for you. (11 CD set, from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Commerce) This
is a multi-disk set, divided by area. A geographic reference, like an atlas,
which displays EPA-regulated sites, demographic and economic information
from the 1990 Census, and key geographic features of the United States.
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HON GOV CD-ROM |
U.S. Summary
plus selected MSA |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-US |
States of CT,DC,DE,MA,MD,
ME,NH,NJ,NY,PA,RI,VT |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-01 |
States of DC,DE,MD,NC,SC,
TN,VA,WV |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-02 |
| States of AL,FL,GA,MS |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-03 |
| States of IL,IN,KY,MI,OH |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-04 |
| States of IA,MN,ND,SD,WI |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-05 |
| States of AR,KS,MO,OK |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-06 |
| States of LA,TX |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-07 |
| States of AZ,CO,NE,NM,UT |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-08 |
| States of ID,MT,OR,WA,WY |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-09 |
States of AK,AS,CA,GU,HI,
MP,NV,PW,PR,VI |
EP 1.104/4:CD 92-LV 2-10 |
USA Counties. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.134/6: Ask a Reference Librarian or
Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census) Based on data from the 1990 Census of
Population and Housing, this CD-ROM contains 2,080 variables on age, agriculture,
ancestry, banking, business, construction, crime, education, elections,
federal and local government, health, households, personal income, population,
poverty, retail trade, services industries, social insurance and human
services, veterans, vital statistics, wholesale trade, and journey to work
for United States, Individual States, and the District of Columbia, and
counties or their equivalents.
World Data. HON GOV CD-ROM Ask a Reference Librarian or Database
Assistant to load this CD for you. (from the World Bank) Includes descriptive
country text and 700 timeseries from the World Bank database including
all the indicators from Social Indicators of Development, World Tables,
and World Debt Tables. Contains valuable historical data from 1960 to 1994.
Economic and Business Data
1992 Truck Inventory and Use Survey. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.233/6: Ask a
Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from
the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census) Data on the physical
and operational characteristics of the Nation's truck population including
weight, type of ownership, maintenance information, equipment data, vehicle
type, and annual and lifetime mileage.
Censuses of Agriculture. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.277: Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census) Data from the 1987 and
1992 censuses on farm characteristics and farm products, such as number
of farms, farm size, farm operator characteristics, sales, expenditures,
livestock, poultry, dairy, and major crops harvested.
Consolidated Federal Funds Report. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.266/3: Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual,
from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census) Contains data
on all Federal government expenditures or obligations for states, counties,
and, in many cases, subcounty areas (municipalities and townships). These
expenditures are detailed by grants, salaries and wages, procurement, and
direct payments for individuals, and other expenditures.
County Business Patterns. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.204/4: Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual, from
the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census) Data on total number
of establishments, mid-March employment, first quarter and annual payroll,
and number of establishments by employment-size classes for the United
States, the 50 states, and all counties. Valuable source used in measuring
business activity within States and counties. Data are tabulated by detailed
industry.
Economic Census
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Report Series. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.277:CD-EC 92-1h, i. Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. Statistical
data on retail trade; wholesale trade; service industries; transportation,
communications, and utilities; finance, insurance, and real estate industries;
manufactures; mineral industries; and construction industries, as well
as statistics for women-owned business and truck inventory and use survey
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ZIP code statistics. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.277:CD-EC 92-2 A 2A, 2B. Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. Vol.
2, "ZIP Code Statistics," 2-disc series, presents data on retail, service,
and manufacturing businesses by ZIP code; includes counts of establishments
by SIC within ZIP code and by size class within SIC; also has total retail
sales and service receipts by ZIP code
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Nonemployer statistics Statistics on sales by establishments with
no paid employees, together with corresponding figures for employer establishments.
Data cover retail trade; service industries; transportation, communications,
and utilities; and financial, insurance, and real estate industries
Regional Economic Information System, 1969-94 . HON GOV CD-ROM C 59.24:
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
(annual, from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Contains local area economic data for 3,107 counties and 337 metropolitan
areas. Statistics include: personal income by source; per capita personal
income; earnings by 2-digit SIC Industry; full and part-time employment
by industry; and regional economic profiles.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM C
3.134/7:(yr.) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this
CD for you. (annual, from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census) Provides about 1,400 tables with data from the Census Bureau
and other government agencies and private organizations on social, political,
and economic aspects of life in the United States, with selected data for
regions, divisions, states, metropolitan areas, cities, and foreign countries.
Available in paper format, latest edition shelved at HON GOV REF DESK C
3.134:(yr.), earlier editions are shelved at HON GOV US REF C 3.134:(yr.)
Also available on the Web at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html.
Both the web and the CD-ROM use .pdf files with the Adobe Acrobat Reader,
so data is not downloadable for spreadsheets, etc.
U.S. Global Trade Outlook, 1995-2000: Toward the 21st Century. HON
GOV CD-ROM C 61.34/3:995-2000 Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. (from the U.S. Department of Commerce, International
Trade Administration) Contains the full-text of this document originally
published in March 1995.
USA Counties. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.134/6: Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census) Based on data from the 1990 Census of
Population and Housing, this CD-ROM contains 2,080 variables on age, agriculture,
ancestry, banking, business, construction, crime, education, elections,
federal and local government, health, households, personal income, population,
poverty, retail trade, services industries, social insurance and human
services, veterans, vital statistics, wholesale trade, and journey to work
for United States, Individual States, and the District of Columbia, and
counties or their equivalents.
World Data. HON GOV CD-ROM Ask a Reference Librarian or Database
Assistant to load this CD for you. (from the World Bank) Includes descriptive
country text and 700 timeseries from the World Bank database including
all the indicators from Social Indicators of Development, World Tables,
and World Debt Tables. Contains valuable historical data from 1960 to 1994.
Education Data
1990 Census of Population and Housing: Subject Summary Tape Files on
Education. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load these
CDs for you. (from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census)
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SSTF 6 - Education in the United States HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD
90 SSTF 06/CD 90
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SSTF 12 - Employment status, work experience, and veteran status
HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 06/CD 90 (on disk SSTF 06)
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SSTF 22 - Earnings by Occupation and Education HON GOV CD-ROM C
3.286:CD 90 SSTF 22 A/CORR (3 disk set)
1991 Survey of Recent College Graduates. HON GOV CD-ROM ED 1.334/2:SU
7/CD. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for
you. (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research
and Improvement) 1991 survey of 1989 to 1990 college graduates which includes
data on race, age, gpa, year began Bachelor degree program, major, minor,
citizenship, etc.
Common Core of Data (CCD). HON GOV CD-ROM ED 1.334/2:C 73/CD
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
(from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics) The primary database on elementary and secondary public education
in the United States. A comprehensive, annual, national statistical database
of all elementary and secondary schools and school districts, which contains
data that are comparable across all states. This CD-ROM contains 6 years
of data, beginning with school year 1987-88 through 1992-93.
Education Statistics on Disc. HON GOV CD-ROM ED 1.334/2:ST 2/CD Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from
the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics)
A computerized search and retrieval system designed to provide an easy
way to locate and display specific information contained in the wealth
of statistical tables produced by the National Center for Education Statistics.
High School & Beyond. HON GOV CD-ROM ED 1.334/2:H 53/2/CD
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
(from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research
and Improvement) Contains data collected from a survey conducted in 1980
of a national representative sample of public and private high school sophomores
and seniors and follow-up surveys conducted in 1982, 1984, and 1986. Contains
all questionnaire and testing data for both cohorts as well as school data
from principals in 1980 and 1982, post-secondary attendance, post-secondary
institution characteristics and student financial aid. Sophomore-only data
include: parent responses, high school friends, language, high school transcripts,
and post-secondary transcripts.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS, 1990-1994).
HON GOV CD-ROM ED 1.334/4: Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. (from the U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics) Data from the core postsecondary education
data collection program. This survey collects data on a wide variety of
topics from the primary providers of postsecondary education themselves.
National Education Goals Report, 1994 & 1995. HON GOV CD-ROM
ED 1.1/3-2:994-95. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load
this CD for you. (from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center
for Education Statistics) Contains the fourth and fifth in a series of
annual reports to measure progress toward the National Education Goals
through the year 2000 as developed by the National Education Goals Panel,
a fully independent executive branch agency charged with a variety of responsibilities
to support system-wide reform.
National Household Education Survey. HON GOV CD-ROM ED 1.334/5:991&993.
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
(from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics) An ongoing project studying important issues on early childhood,
primary and preprimary education.
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. HON GOV CD-ROM ED
1.333: Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD
for you. (annual, from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center
for Education Statistics) Provides data on how students and their parents
pay for postsecondary education. Data is taken from institutional records,
a student survey, and a parent survey.
Schools and Staffing Survey. HON GOV CD-ROM ED 1.332: Ask a
Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual,
from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and
Improvement) Survey conducted to update information on teachers, school
administrators, schools, and local education agencies. Provides information
on student characteristics, staffing patterns, student-teacher ratios,
types of programs and services offered, length of school day and school
year, graduation and college application rates and teacher turnover rates.
Employment Data
1990 Census of Population and Housing, Employment. Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load these CDs for you.
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Equal Employment Opportunity File. HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.282: (2 CD
set)Using data from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, this CD-ROM
provides sample census data to support affirmative action planning for
equal employment opportunity. Contains tabulations showing detailed occupations
and educational attainment by age. The data is cross-referenced by sex,
Hispanic origin, and race. Data is provided for all counties, MSAs, and
places of 50,000 or more inhabitants.
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Subject Summary Tape Files, SSTF 4 - Adults with Work Disabilites HON
GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 04 A (3 CD set)
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Subject Summary Tape Files, SSTF 12 - Employment Status, Work Experience,
and Veteran Status HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 06/CD 90 SSTF
12
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Subject Summary Tape Files, SSTF 14 - Occupation and Industry HON
GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 06/CD 90 SSTF 12
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Subject Summary Tape Files, SSTF 20 - Journey to Work in the United
States HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 06/CD 90 SSTF 12
Occupational Outlook Handbook. HON GOV CD-ROM L 2.3/4-4: Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual, from
the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) This CD is an
electronic version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook which describes
approximately 250 occupations in detail. It also includes summary information
on 80 additional occupations.
Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics. HON GOV CD-ROM
L 2.134:OF 2. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this
CD for you. Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics (from
the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) Data relating
to all aspects of the employment and unemployment characteristics of American
workers.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM C
3.134/7:(yr.) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this
CD for you. (annual, from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census) Provides about 1,400 tables with data from the Census Bureau
and other government agencies and private organizations on social, political,
and economic aspects of life in the United States, with selected data for
regions, divisions, states, metropolitan areas, cities, and foreign countries.
Available in paper format, latest edition shelved at HON GOV REF DESK C
3.134:(yr.), earlier editions are shelved at HON GOV US REF C 3.134:(yr.)
Also available on the Web at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html.
Both the web and the CD-ROM use .pdf files with the Adobe Acrobat Reader,
so data is not downloadable for spreadsheets, etc.
Environmental Data
Air CHIEF. HON GOV CD-ROM EP 1.109: Ask a Reference Librarian or Database
Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual, from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency) A database from the Clearinghouse for Inventories and
Emission Factors that combines air data from several EPA reports and existing
databases.
Energy InfoDisc. HON GOV CD-ROM E 3.60: Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (quarterly, from the
U.S. Department of Energy) A compendium of the Energy Information Administration's
national energy databases, publications, directories, and software applications.
This CD-ROM features the latest Short-Term and International Energy Outlooks
as well as many updated monthly and annual publications such as Monthly
Energy Review, Oil and Gas Information, and Coal, Nuclear, and Electricity.
EPA Doc. HON GOV CD-ROM EP 1.104/2: Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (semi-annual, from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Contains Operations Policies Manuals
of the Data Processing Division, information about EPA's hardware and software
contracts, technical reference guides to EPA's e-mail and records management
policies and standards.
International Station Meteorological Climate Summary. HON GOV
CD-ROM D 201.40:M 56/CD. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. (from the U.S. Department of Defense and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) An international station
summary containing detailed climate summaries for 980 world-wide stations
and 5434 of the world-wide airfield summary stations. Contains up to 40
separate tables with 1 to 108 sub-tables. Includes data on surface air
temperature, humidity, winds, and precipitation. From 10 to 80 years of
hourly and daily summarized data. Most data covers 1947-1990.
Landview II. HON GOV CD-ROM EP 1.104/4: Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (11 CD set, from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Commerce) This
is a multi-disk set, divided by area. A geographic reference, like an atlas,
which displays EPA-regulated sites, demographic and economic information
from the 1990 Census, and key geographic features of the United States.
National Environmental Watch. HON GOV CD-ROM C 55.281/2-2:EN
8/CD/PROMO Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this
CD for you. (from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration) A summarization of some of the NOAA sponsored
research that has relevance to societal issues.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. HON GOV CD-ROM C
3.134/7:(yr.) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this
CD for you. (annual, from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census) Provides about 1,400 tables with data from the Census Bureau
and other government agencies and private organizations on social, political,
and economic aspects of life in the United States, with selected data for
regions, divisions, states, metropolitan areas, cities, and foreign countries.
Available in paper format, latest edition shelved at HON GOV REF DESK C
3.134:(yr.), earlier editions are shelved at HON GOV US REF C 3.134:(yr.)
Available on the Web at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Toxic Release Inventory. HON GOV CD-ROM EP 5.22:T 65/CD/(yr.)
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
(annual, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics) Contains data reported by facilities that manufacture,
process, or use over 300 designated toxic chemicals. Information for each
of the nearly 18,000 facilities includes the location; the amount of certain
toxic chemicals transported to off-site storage facilities or released
directly into the air, water, or land; and waste treatment and disposal
methods. Also contains Hazardous Substance Factsheets providing health,
safety, and ecological toxicity data for specific toxic chemicals.
Government Data
Agency for International Development's Development Information System.
> HON GOV CD-ROM Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load
this CD for you. (from the U.S. Agency for International Development)
Contains bibliographic and textual information about foreign assistance
programs and programs of the U.S. A.I.D.
Barclays Official California Code of Regulations. HON GOV CD-ROM
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
(annual, from Bancroft Whitney) CD-ROM version of California's codified
regulatory law.
Foreign Broadcast Information System (FBIS) Publications. HON
GOV CD-ROM PrEx 7.10/3:(no.) Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. English transcriptions of foreign speeches
by various government dignitaries.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Report Index.
HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load
this CD for you. Readex Index to the Daily Report Series of translations
of foreign news sources from 1991-1994.
U.S. Foreign Affairs on CD-ROM. HON GOV CD-ROM S 1.142/2:(yr.) Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (annual,
from the U.S. Department of State) Provides full-text access to a selection
of official information released electronically since 1990. Includes Dispatch
magazine; transcripts of daily press briefings; country background notes;
economic trade policy; narcotics and terrorism reports; and testimony,
statements, and speeches. Searchable by key words, names, countries, regions,
and various international subjects. Also features a special section on
U.S. treaty actions, the key officer guide, and overviews of the emerging
democracies of Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia.
OTA Legacy. HON GOV CD-ROM Y 3.T 22/2:2 L 52/V.1-5/CD. Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from
the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment) Contains all the formally issued
reports, as well as many background papers and contractor papers, produced
during the 23-year history of the Office of Technology Assessment now defunct).
Over 100,000 pages of the best available analyses of the scientific and
technical policy issues of the past two decades.
Politics in America. HON GOV CD-ROM Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (biannual, from the
Congressional Information Service) An electronic version of everything
in the latest edition of Politics in America plus congressional district
demographic information from the Congressional Quarterly book Congressional
Districts in the 1990's and a congressional photo album. A valuable resource
for assessments of the members of Congress.
United Nations Indexes:
(NOTE: See also AccessUN
- a Readex United Nations Index on the Web)
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UNBIS. HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. United Nations Index Chadwyck-Healey Index
to United Nations Documents and Publications from 1975 to 1992.
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UN Documents & Publications Index. HON GOV CD-ROM Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (monthly)
Readex Index to U.N. Documents and Publications since 1990. Also includes
a full-text database of U.N. Resolutions and Decisions as well as voting
records.
U.S. Government Periodicals Index. HON GOV CD-ROM Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (quarterly, from the
Congressional Information Service (CIS) ) This database contains bibliographic
records for articles from periodicals published by agencies of the U.S.
Government. Use it to search for artices in government publications that
are periodicals.
U.S. Government Printing Office Catalog. HON GOV CD-ROM Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (monthly)
Marcive Index to publications produced by the various agencies of the Federal
Government and published by the U.S. Government Printing Office from July
1976 to the present.
World Data 1995. HON GOV CD-ROM Ask a Reference Librarian or
Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from the World Bank) Includes
descriptive country text and 700 timeseries from the World Bank database
including all the indicators from Social Indicators of Development, World
Tables, and World Debt Tables. Valuable historical data from 1960 to 1994.
World Development
Indicators 1997. LAN Database. See List of Databases. (from the
World Bank) Presents downloadable data providing a comprehensive statistical
survey of indicators on world view, people, environment, economy, states
and markets, and globla links. The database covers the years 1970 to 1995
in most cases.
World Development Report 1978-1997. HON GOV CD-ROM. Ask a Reference
Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from the
World Bank) presents information on the economic and social state of the
world. It presents all previous issues, from 1978 through 1997, fully indexed
and searchable, but the data is not downloadable.
Medicine and Health Data
Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1984-90. HON GOV CD-ROM HE 20.7041:1. Ask
a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (from
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service)
Presents the results of a study that measured and tracked over times the
changes in functional abilities and living arrangements of a group of older
people.
National Health Interview Survey. HON GOV CD-ROM HE 20.6209/4-3:10/(yr).
Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load this CD for you.
(from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center
for Health Statistics) Data from the annual surveys including more than
300,000 records from core and supplemental files.
Publications from the National Center for Health Statistics.
HON GOV CD-ROM HE 20.7042/7: Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant
to load this CD for you. (annual, from the U.S. Dept. of Health and
Human Services) Contains full text of Health, United States and other recent
publications of the National Center for Health Statistics. Part of a planned
series of annual products that contains the most recent edition of Health,
United States along with other NCHS reports published during the preceding
12 months. Other publications included are catalogs of NCHS publications
and electronic products; Where-to-Write for Vital Records; reports from
the NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series; and recent issues of Advance
Data and Monthly Vital Statistics Report periodicals. Some of the information
on this cd-rom is also available on the Web at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/.
1990 Census of Population and Housing: Subject Summary Tape
Files on Health. Ask a Reference Librarian or Database Assistant to load
these CDs for you. (from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census)
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SSTF 4 - Characteristics of Adults with Work Disabilities, Mobility
Limitations, Or Self-Care Limitations HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90
SSTF 04 A-C (3 CD set)
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SSTF 16 - Fertility HON GOV CD-ROM C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 16
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SSTF 19 - The Older Population of the United States HON GOV CD-ROM
C 3.286:CD 90 SSTF 19
Trade Data
National Trade Data Bank. HON GOV CD-ROM C 1.88: Ask a Reference Librarian
or Database Assistant to load this CD for you. (monthly, from the U.S.
Department of Commerce.) Contains the most current and reliable information
about industries and countries worldwide as well as international trade
and export promotion information. Included are foreign trade statistics
by commodity and country; international market research reports; how-to-guides;
international investment data; foreign exchange rates; and exports by states.
A help sheet for using the CD-Roms is available at the University
of Memphis. Much of the same information is available via STAT-USA,
available only in the Honnold/Mudd Government Publications Dept, with the
assistance of a librarian.
