N.Y.C. : Federal Art Project. [between 1936 and 1941] http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05316

CEP 303: Social Structures and Processes Prepared by: Alan Michelson, Head Architecture & Urban Planning Library alanmich@u.washington.edu Office: 334 Gould Hall and Anne Zald, Head Map Collection & Cartographic Information Services zald@u.washington.edu Office: B060 Suzzallo Library (basement)

Local Community Organizations

Seattle Community Links

Compiled by Alan Michelson, AUP Librarian, this includes organizations in the following categories: churches, cultural information, environment, government, historic preservation, libraries, neighborhoods, local papers, parks, public health, transit, urban economics.

Census Data for Neighborhoods

King County Census Viewer

"...allows you to view maps and tables of more than 100 community census data indicators for 77 defined places throughout all of King County. Data is displayed at the tract or block group level within each place."

My Neighborhood website from City of Seattle

Neighborhood boundaries are not firmly established but the mapping feature of this website will guide you. Compare these neighborhood maps with the Census maps to identify the census geography (tract & block group numbers) for your area of interest. If you are looking at data tables, knowing the tract and block group numbers will make finding data much quicker.

American FactFinder

The U.S. Census Bureau's website for distributing data. 2000 Census of Population & Housing provides data for geographic areas from the nation as a whole to cities, neighborhoods within cities, and individual city blocks. For assistance extracting data, see 4 Easy Steps to Census 2000 Data [pdf]. To create thematic maps of census data use this Step-by-Step Guide.

Census Geography - for areas smaller than County

All data from the 2000 Census of Population & Housing is presented using Census Bureau defined geographic areas. In addition to the image above, here are Census Glossary definitions for Place, Census Tract, and Block Group and Block.

Statistical Data Links for Seattle

An extensive listing of data resources provided by city, county, state, and federal agencies.

News Articles - Local, Ethnic, Historic Newspapers

Neighborhood Newspapers in Seattle

Current issues may be online, but older issues are available on microfilm in the Microform/Newspapers section on ground floor of the Suzzallo Library. There are no indexes to these publications so you'll need to browse or search the Washington State Newsstand to identify dates events were covered in the Seattle Times or P-I and then skim those dates in the microfilm of the neighborhood paper.

Washington State Newsstand UW restricted

Indexing and full-text of major Washington newspapers, including the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Puget Sound Business Journal, Spokane Spokesman Review, Tacoma News Tribune, and Vancouver Columbian, plus selected coverage of other regional sources.

Ethnic Newswatch UW restricted

Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America. The following Seattle publications are included: International Examiner, North American Post, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Nikkei, The Skanner.

Pacific Northwest Regional Newspapers & Periodicals Index

Contains citations from newspapers, periodicals, monographs, scrapbooks, dissertations, pamphlets, and other ephemera dealing with all aspects of life in Seattle, Washington State, and the Pacific Northwest from the 1850s to the present. Article text is not included in the database but can be viewed on microfilm in the Microforms/Newspapers section on the ground floor, Suzzallo Library.

Scholarly Articles

Expanded Academic ASAP UW restricted

Provides indexing, abstracting, full-text articles and images from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. Spans all academic disciplines from arts and humanities to social sciences, science, and technology.

ABI Inform Dateline UW restricted

Local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news

America: History & Life UW restricted

Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes articles about local history (for example the keyword search "seattle and neighborhood" yielded 11 articles).

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals UW restricted

Indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture; covers 1934 to the present. Use to identify articles on theoretical, rather than local, aspects of your topic.

EconLit UW restricted

Access to research literature in Economics.

GeoBASE UW restricted

Contains bibliographic citations and abstracts for human geography (including urban, political and economic geography), physical geography (ecology, geology, geomechanics), oceanogeography and international and development studies. Use to identify articles on theoretical aspects, rather than local aspects, of your topic.

PAIS International UW restricted

Covers social and public policy literature from thousands of periodicals, government documents, books, and other sources.

Sociological Abstracts UW restricted

Contains abstracts of serial literature in sociology and related disciplines from approximately 2,500 journals.

Local Images, Environmental Investigations, History Links

Images

UW Libraries Digital Collections

Selections from the extensive Pacific Northwest Collections of the UW Libraries. For access to additional materials and staff expertise, visit Special Collections, located in the Allen Library, South, Basement.

King County Snapshots

A collaboration among ten smaller historical organizations in King County this site provides a timeline history of King County in addition to photographic images.

Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

MOHAI has a searchable database of photographs selected from their collection of 1.5 million images.

mapSeattle

Base maps produced by DPD presents thematic information such as topography & drainage, critical areas, parcel base maps, sewer & drainage, present land use, etc. View online or download and print using a large-format printer. Paper copies are available for checkout in the Map Collection.

UW Libraries Map Collection Resources

Matthew Parsons's excellent resource page on maps and aerial photographs. See also these Tips for Searching the UW Libraries Catalog for Maps & Cartographic Materials. There are many useful maps that are not available online. Here's one example of Seattle maps NOT available on the web

HistoryLink.org

The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History

Pacific Northwest History

A collection of web resources on Pacific Northwest History. Photo collections, documents, maps, etc. provided by a number of libraries, historical societies, and museums.

Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)

EIS's are reports that document information required to evaluate the environmental impact of a project. It informs decisionmakers and the public of the reasonable alternatives that would avoid or minimize adverse impacts or enhance the quality of the environment. Required of federal agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act and often required of state and local agencies as well. The UW Libraries has a strong collection of these for the PNW dating from 1970s to present as well as EIS's for projects nationwide. Often issued first in draft form for public comment and then revised as a Final EIS. BOTH editions will be important to use since not all information from the Draft EIS is repeated in a Final EIS. Search the UW Libraries Catalog combining 'environmental impact statement' with a geographic or topical keyword.

EPA Region 10 Library Webpage

Search the catalog, contact the librarian, browse Region 10 information resources or visit them downtown!