LL = Langson Library

SL = Science Library

= Available only via UCI network

Hints & Prompts:

• Bookmark this handout (http://course.lib.uci.edu/se/socecol/fa2003/E123U/) for ease of use
• Read the assignment carefully
• Examine map of California for relationships, proximities, size, etc. of two counties:
• http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/statemap.htm
• California Road Atlas: LL Reference Desk
• Establish non-demographic features & social elements and transitions
• http://www.ca.gov
• Find appropriate data to make some projections using a variety of resources such as:
• National Sources: United States Census 2000
• State of California Data
• Sources for Population Projections
• Contextualize findings and data collection in a social snapshot for county comparisons. Use secondary sources to capture issues found in newspapers, academic journals, city/county and industry websites in order to establish some trends.

American FactFinder: Census 2000 Data: Population, housing and economic data. Use "Basic Facts" to retrieve most asked-for data -- can restrict output to the county level. To create customized tables, use "Summary File 3" detailed tables and select both your counties for easy comparisons.
http://factfinder.census.gov

State & County Quick Facts: Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

County and City Data Book: LL Reference Desk C3.134/2: C83/2
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/ccdb.html

USA Counties: Updated through 1998, easy tool to compare counties using multiple variables.
http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml

CenStats Databases: Business and building information
http://censtats.census.gov/

• County Business Patterns: LL REFERENCE HD 2336 U5 A3
• County Business Patterns by NAICS Codes
• NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)

http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

California Government Information Subject Guide
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/govinfo/calgov.html

Orange County Government Information Subject Guide
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/govinfo/ocgov.html

Counting California: Compilation of federal, state and local data about California by subject: (transportation, environment, crime, elections, education, etc.)
http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/

California State Website
http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp

California Statistical Abstract - LL Reference Desk HA 261 C3 2002
http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/FS_DATA/stat-abs/sa_home.htm

California Economic Indicators
http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/FS_DATA/indicatr/ei_home.htm
(Earlier years at LL: F275 E2)

RAND California: Click on "Databases" for data arranged by subject.
http://ca.rand.org/

PRINT ONLY
California Cities, Towns & Counties - LL Reference Desk HA 261 C295
 
 

Sources for Population Projections

State Population Projections
http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/stproj.html

California Population Projections by County
http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/DEMOGRAP/repndat.htm#projections

California Population Projections by County via RAND California
http://ca.rand.org/stats/popdemo/popproj.html
 

Secondary Sources

Reference Books:

Healthy California 2000 - LL Reference Desk H 1150 H423

Health Data Summaries for California Counties - LL Reference Desk H987 H42

Journals (Periodicals):
California Journal  - latest unbound issues in LL CPR JK 8701 C35; bound issues in LL Reference Collection.

American Demographics - latest unbound issues in LL CPR HB 3505 A66; bound issues in LL Bound Periodicals (basement)

Article Databases: Choose a database that indexes journal articles, books and documents for recent content on your topic and geography. Selected databases may include:

ACADEMIC ARTICLES
• Sociological Abstracts:  Sociology, demography, and related disciplines
• PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service):  Political science and public affairs
• ABI/Inform Global:  Business, management, and public policy


NEWSPAPERS

• UCI Libraries News and Newspapers Subject Guide

http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/news.html
• Newsbank:  Full-text newspapers in California
• Lexis/Nexis:  Full-text. Search for California news under "U.S. News -- California"
• Ethnic Newswatch:  Full-text ethnic community newspapers

State & Local Information on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

Official city sites
http://officialcitysites.org/state.php3?st=CA

California Communities
http://www.cacommunities.com/

Orange County Surveys
http://data.lib.uci.edu/ocs/

Search engines:
• Infomine: Database of websites appropriate for academic research: Search under "government information." Remember that most government sources are about federal, not state, government.

http://infomine.ucr.edu/
• Google Uncle Sam: Focused on federal government documents

www.google.com/unclesam

Potential sources of information for this assignment:

• Chamber of Commerce offices or web-sites for local communities
• Unified School Districts
• County Boards of Education
• Realty Boards
• Classified sections of local newspapers - for employment, real estate snapshots
• Major businesses & companies & sources of employment in specific locations
• Local institutions of higher education - community colleges, state universities, private institutions of higher education
• Religious Affiliations - by ethnic and religious specification in location of choice
• Medical care - also consult Hospital Blue Book (SL REF WX 22 AA1 H828-3 2003) for directory of hospitals
• Voting activity

You have many options for getting research assistance from the UCI Libraries.

• Call or visit the Reference Desk at the Langson Library: (949) 824-4976
• Use Ask a Librarian EMAIL or LIVE
• Follow up with Julia Gelfand or Judy Ruttenberg directly (contact info above).