Newspaper Sources
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowDirect links are available to search Kentucky and Appalachian Region newspapers, as well as international papers
- Regional Business News This link opens in a new windowcoverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Scholarly Articles
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowcovering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowall disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
- Education Research Complete This link opens in a new windowall things education, from pre-K to grad school
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windownewspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new windowgender, gender roles & norms, sexuality, sexual identity & expression
A city sampler
- Visit BereaThe website of Berea Tourism
- Facts About BereaA dossier of facts about Berea from Berea's Office of Economic Development
Websites of Specific Cities
This is just a sampling of cities. If your city is not on this list, go look it up on Google.
Just search for the name of your city plus the phrase "official website"!
- Asheville, NCOfficial site of the city of Asheville, NC
- Atlanta, GAOfficial Site of the city of Atlanta, GA
- Berea, KYThe official site of the city of Berea, KY
- Birmingham, ALThe official site of the city of Birmingham, AL
- Cincinnati, OHOfficial site of the city of Cincinnati
- Huntington, WVOfficial site of the city of Huntington, WV
- Knoxville, TNThe official site of the city of Knoxville, TN
- Lexington, KYThe official website of Lexington, KY
- Louisville, KYOfficial site of the city of Louisville, KY
Online State Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Alabama This link opens in a new window"Welcome to your free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama's famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more. For an introduction to EOA's content, please read historian Wayne Flynt's essay on Alabama. "
- Encyclopedia Virginia This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia Virginia is the first and ultimate online reference work about the Commonwealth; it aggregates in a single resource information on Virginia history, business, politics, and geography, plus the state’s proud heritage in the arts, religion, culture, and folklife. As the Encyclopedia grows, it will also explore areas of science, medicine, education, and technology and interpret the state’s significance to the people of Virginia, the nation, and the world. (website)
- eWV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia This link opens in a new windowe-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia is the comprehensive reference resource for the Mountain State of West Virginia. Based on the best-selling West Virginia Encyclopedia, e-WV offers thousands of articles on West Virginia’s people and places, history, arts, science and culture. (website)
- NCpedia (North Carolina Encyclopedia) This link opens in a new windowNCpedia highlights North Carolina's unique resources, people and culture to enrich, educate and inform. (website)
- Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture This link opens in a new windowThe on-line edition of the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture is a joint project of the Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press. This fully searchable version of the print edition, originally published in 1998, contains over 1,500 entries. The online version has updates to existing entries, new entries, more than five hundred additional images, plus audio and video files.
How your city/state ranks among others
County and City Extra 2014 by Call Number: REF 317.3 U58co 2014Publication Date: 2014-10-27
Crime in the United States 2015 by Call Number: REF 317.3 U582uc 2015Publication Date: 2015-07-02
Health Care State Rankings 2010 by Call Number: REF 362.1 H434 2010Publication Date: 2010-03-24
State Rankings by Call Number: REF 310.73 S797 2015Publication Date: 2015-04-01
The Who, What, and Where of America by Call Number: REF 317.3 W628 2014Publication Date: 2014-05-27
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- American Fact FinderGenerate census fact sheets to find demographics by city, state, county, or zip code. Potential info includes: educational attainment, income level, gender, race, and ethnicity.
