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Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition now available

Resources — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:30:02 +0000

Sourced by data from the United States Bureau of the Census, and published by Cambridge University Press, the Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition compiles statistics from over 37,000 data series — three times more than its previous 1975 edition. The Millennial Edition reflects thirty years of new data and scholarship across a variety of topics.

Click here to access the Historical Statistics
of the United States: Millennial Edition.

The cross-referenced and indexed online edition allows patrons to create and graph customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their area of interest, download data sets and citations, and explore topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America — each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field.

For help using or accessing this and other research tools, contact a librarian.

Wired: Term “Abortion” removed from U.S.-funded health database

LOCL — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:35:12 +0000

According to the Wired Blog Network, “A U.S. government-funded medical information site that bills itself as the world’s largest database on reproductive health has quietly begun to block searches on the word abortion, concealing nearly 25,000 search results.” There was no notice of the change on the site.

The database, POPLINE, is a product of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At present, “Abortion” does appear in the online index, which suggests the use of alternate term “Fertility Control, Postconception” in keyword searches.

Read the full article from Wired online.

Historical photographs from the Library of Congress

LOCL — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:03:29 +0000

Loyola isn’t the only library putting photographs up on Flickr; the Library of Congress has uploaded over 3,000 photos categorized into two sets, “News in the 1910s” and “1930s-40s in Color.” The latter set will be of special interest to those studying domestic life during World War II; there are fascinating shots of everything from State Fairs to women working in factories during the war. Each photo is also accompanied by source info, format, call number, and other essential information.

Library of Congress also provides access to its photography collection at American Memory; the site contains over 9 million digitized images and sound recordings sorted into over 100 collections that document life in America. Quickly browsing the site, we found everything from a documentary project on 9/11 to a collection of Coca-Cola advertisements. This is a wonderful — and totally free! — resource.

SimplyMap Trial: Marketing and Census mapping

Resources — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:53:02 +0000

SimplyMap is a Web-based mapping application that enables you to quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using in-depth business and marketing datasets relating to consumer habits, income and expenses, as well as with detailed 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census data.

To understand a few concepts related to creating maps in SimplyMap, as well as information on how to access and overlap statistics from the many available datasets, watching the 6-minute introductory video is strongly recommended. The video can be accessed by clicking on the “Tutorial” link in the top right corner of the SimplyMap screen.

To access the trial you must create a user name and password. This trial is accessible on-campus only and will be in effect until March 14th.

If you are interested in providing feedback to the Libraries on SimplyMap, please contact Taya Franklin.

CQ Almanac, 1945 to Present

LOCL — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:25:04 +0000

Since it was first published in 1946, CQ Almanac has been the definitive annual reference for studying the U.S. Congress. The CQ Almanac Online Edition brings together over sixty years of authoritative congressional reporting in one resource. The site pairs all of the content from the print volumes with a number of electronic features and functions that make navigating this immense amount of content fast and easy.

With the online edition users can:

Navigate through 60 years of congressional coverage
Access tables, graphs, and charts that help explain the issues
Browse by subject, decade, or by a particular year’s table of contents
Use Policy Tracker to explore a specific policy topic and see how it has changed over the years
Save documents or frequent searches for future use
Automatically generate citations in four styles with CQ Press’s CiteNow! feature

For more information about this and other library resources, contact your subject librarian.

2007 Tax Forms Available Online

LOCL — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:13:59 +0000

A brief page with links to 2007 tax forms is now available in the Government Information section of the Loyola Libraries Web site.

Included on this page are links to the IRS and the Revenue sites for the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.

If you have any additional questions about tax form availability or Government Information in general, contact Government Documents librarian William Cuthbertson at wcuthbe( @ )luc.edu.