Use the catalog to find items at UIUC in print or online. Some suggested subject terms:
Chicago Ill. politics and government; Chicago Ill. race relations; African Americans politics and
government; Washington, Harold 1922-1987.
This catalog searches for federal government information exclusively. Many of the sources
you find here are available in print at UIUC (search the UIUC Library Online Catalog to locate
them), or you can access them online directly from this catalog. The same subject terms that
work in the UIUC Catalog will work here.
This is an index of regional, national, and international news sources. Coverage dates
are different for each source, so it is important to check the source list before doing a search of
a specific publication. The Chicago Sun-Times is included here; the Chicago Tribune and the
Chicago Defender must be searched through
Newsbank.
Use the Search Abstracts screen to find LexisNexis subject terms; you can also limit your
search for statistics to statistics that are compiled for various geographies, economic
characteristics, and demographic characteristics (like race).
This index can be searched by keyword or topic and municipality or state. For best
results, do a fairly broad geographical search. Many documents are available in PDF
format.
This site from the U.S. Census Bureau compiles some of the information collected about African
Americans during the 1990 and 2000 censuses.
American Factfinder contains
more detailed statistics on race: go to
Data
Sets, then choose Summary File 1 for population data by race or Summary File 3 for social and
economic data by race. For statistics on the racial composition of each Congressional district,
choose
These statistics are compiled by the Census Bureau as part of the Economic Census. Most
data is from the
1997 Economic Census, although 2002 data
is beginning to be released.
This site from the University of Virginia has made an important Census Bureau publication
containing city-level statistics available online in an easily searchable and downloadable
format. The print version of this publication is available in the Government Documents
Library (call no. DOC.C3.134/2), and a
PDF version is available on the Census web
site.
This site from the Harold Washington Library (Chicago Public Libraries) describes its
collection of city publications, including records of City Council meetings and statistical
reports.
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