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Government Documents on Local Areas
What is Government Information?
- Government publications vs. government records.
- Knowledge of the agency involved (and where the records are archived if they have been retained) can be critical.
- Detailed information about the history of an agency can be very important.
Start Finding Government Information
- Ways to Search for Government Information
- Other Oviatt Library Government Publications pages
The importance of law for which government agencies provide information about local areas
Examples for statistics:
- U. S. Census Bureau
- American Factfinder (includes census tract data for 2000 and 1990).
- Census of Population and Housing publications, including census tract reports for 1960 and 1970 as PDF documents.
- Historical Census Statistics On Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For Large Cities And Other Urban Places In The United States
- Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000 (see also the book: 200 Years of U.S. Census Taking : Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990 (Reference Room, HA37.U55 B63 1989)
- California Department of Finance
- Examples of other users of Census data (government, nonprofit, and commercial
users abound)
- FFIEC Census Reports provide current income estimates by census tract and several other geographies.
- FreeDemographics.com includes some 1980, 1990, and 2000 census tract data online.
- Examples of useful guides to statistical data
- Finding Census Tract Data on the Internet
- Bureau of the Census Catalog of Publications (Reference Room, Z7554 .U5 U58 1974)
- Bibliography and reel index : a guide to the microfilm edition of United States decennial census publications, 1790-1970 (Reference Room, Z 7554 .U5 R47). This print guide is used to determine which reel of microfilm is needed from United States decennial census publications, 1790-1960 : [microfilm edition] [microform] / Research Publications.
Examples of other types of government information about local areas
- SFGOV, the Official San Francisco City & County Web Site
- San Francisco Area Plans (from the City and County of San Francisco Planning Department)
- Association of Bay Area Governments
- Cleanup Sites in California (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Region 9)
- Index to Current Urban
Documents. Oviatt Library owns volumes 1-20, which cover 1971/72-1991/92,
but only a few of the documents indexed. Use WorldCat
to see what library owns a published document or the microfiche collection
of documents; request via Interlibrary
Loan when necessary.
Created and maintained by Mary M. Finley
Questions or comments: mary.finley@csun.edu
Links checked: 29 January 2008
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