This guide is designed for use during the Firefox Workshop.

Look through the guide and try to really update it in PennPage. So, copy the things that look like they might still be useful, and then update books that have newer editions, and websites that don't work. Just make sure that you make a note of the things that you should check with Nick. Also, are there things about Philadelphia that should be added? Things you know about? Just amke sure someone can tell the difference between what you added and what you copied.

Shapefiles and data at the census tract, county, state, and other geographic levels going back to 1790 for counties, and 1910 for tracts. Also includes some data for downloading.

These are slides from the 4 day "Understanding Federal Statistics" workshop held in May 2008. They are a good starting point for learning about Federal Data Sources.

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Data Science Journal, Volume 6, Open Data Issue, 17 June 2007

This site lists the publications of the DISc-UK DataShare project, whichis one of the best sources I know of to learn about the issues around data repositories.

Translates units into examples. Very useful for adding some reality to measurements.

A nice google maps mashup about election results.

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Gastronomica - 8(2):31

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J Appl Ccorporate Finance, Volume 20 Issue 1 Page 47-58, Winter 2008

I am adding value by describing this article in depth with brilliance. 

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Education for Chemical Engineers vol 2. iss 1. 2007, Pages 56-67

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Vasudevan, Ramaa^1,2

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Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine; Apr2008, Vol. 59 Issue 11, p35-50, 16p, 1 chart, 1 graph

The article focuses on the partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), local shareholders and the University of Washington in Seattle for the school-based nutrition intervention program Eat Better, Feel Better. One of its goals is to increase community awareness of the benefits of healthy eating. It was built on resources from the university, community and schools to address the problems of program evaluation. Students at the intervention school chose vegetables during lunch.

24 cds record hourly surface readings internationally from 1995-2002.

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Documents the street name changes within Philadelphia Streets.  Try multiple variations of the street name to find it.

History of manufactures in the United States : 1607-1860

by Victor S Clark

The Library of Congress announces a partnership with flickr to collect metadata.

Available Topics Include:
*Economic
-- Industry wages
-- Top industries
-- Top occupation groups
-- Labor force by age
-- Education Levels

*Demographic
-- Income
-- Population Pyramid
-- School Enrollment
*Economic
-- Industry wages
-- Top industries
-- Top occupation groups
-- Labor force by age
-- Education Levels

*Demographic
-- Income
-- Population Pyramid
-- School Enrollment

*Housing
-- Mortgage Averages
-- Occupancy Status
-- Ownership Rates
-- Housing Costs

*Transportation
-- Commute Times
-- Means of Transportation

*Community Assets
-- Public Schools
-- Colleges and Universities

New Yorker; 10/22/2007, Vol. 83 Issue 32, p150-163, 13p

The article profiles author and television producer David Simon. Simon, a former reporter for the newspaper "The Baltimore Sun," created the television program "The Wire" about drug crimes in Baltimore. Convicted drug dealer Melvin Williams plays a role on the program. Simon comments how the program depicts the devaluation of people and how much of the program's content is inspired by real events. He describes his struggle to get the program aired on the cable network Home Box Office (HBO).

Busy time of the day

The Constitution of the United States. 

"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

Local organizations and information. Don't let the clunkiness of the site deter you. There is a lot of great information about philadlephia here.

The Penn Library Toolbar:

Search: 

# The Penn website using Google
# Penn Libraries databases, e-journals, FAQs, web pages, and more using FindIt
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# VCat, the Library Video Catalog, for videos and DVD collections in the Penn Library
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# Google and Google Scholar

This site is a non-profit, freely browsable database of crimes reported in Chicago.

It is not affiliated with the Chicago Police Department or with Google Maps. It is not an official source of crime information for the city of Chicago. Rather, it is an alternative view of public record that is available elsewhere.

Same sex and unmarried partner household data are collected for those households where the householder and his or her partner are not married, but are living in a close personal relationship. An unmarried partner can be of the same sex or opposite sex of the householder.

An unmarried partner, in an unmarried partner household, is an adult who is unrelated to the householder, but shares living quarters and has a close personal relationship with the householder. This relationship is based on the self-identification of respondents.

Here are some sources for your use:

• The American FactFinder contains two sources:
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  • American Community Survey   Table B11009, shows "Unmarried Partner Households by Sex of Partner."
  • Census 2000, Summary File (SF) 1 Table PCT14, "Unmarried Partner Households by Sex of Partner" is available for the nation, state, metropolitan statistical area, city/place, county, and various other geographies.
  • Additionally, same-sex unmarried partner household data were collected in the 1990 Census. The Technical Note on Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Data From the 1990 and 2000 Censuses provides guidance on comparing these data.
• The Census 2000 special reports include:
  • Married-Couple and Unmarried Partner Households: 2000 and
  • Population and Housing Table, PHC-T-19, Hispanic Origin and Race of Coupled Households provides race and gender for unmarried partner households for the U.S.
• The Census Bureau also collects data for same sex and unmarried partner households in ongoing survey programs, but does not regularly produce tabulations on this topic. For more information and special studies on the subjects of same gender couples and unmarried partner households based on the Census Bureau's survey programs, visit the Population Division Working Papers:
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  • No. 34, Unbinding the Ties: Edit Effects of Marital Status on Same Gender Couples.
  • No. 35, Racial-Ethnic and Gender Differences in Returns to Cohabitation and Marriage: Evidence for the Current Population Survey.
  • No. 36, How Does POSSLQ Measure Up? Historical Estimates of Cohabitation.

This book is great.

So interesting and useful 

• The Penn website using Google
• Penn Library databases, e-journals, FAQs, Library web pages and more using FindIt!
• Franklin Library Catalog by Title, Keywords, Author and Journal Title
• VCat, the Library Video Catalog, for Videos and DVD Collections in the Penn Library
• Databases such as EBSCO Megafile, JSTOR, ABI/Inform, PubMed and WorldCat
• Google and Google Scholar

Google maps mashup includes data on population, housing cost, housing market, schools, safety, health, climate, income/work, and age ethnicity for the continental US.

annoyingly, their "explains" don't say where the data comes from, so it's hard to know how up to date it is. However, it's neat.

• Mapping studies of criminal justice population concentrations, including adults and juveniles going in and out of prison and jail; people on probation and parole; and, juveniles in detention.
• Graphics and other charts of administrative, political, social, educational, and other boundary aggregations, such as school districts, city council jurisdictions, neighborhoods, or police precincts.
• Supportive contextual maps of socio-demographics, such as single parent households, disconnected youth, home ownership rates, poverty, income, and many other census bureau statistics.
• Maps of other government health and human services, child welfare, and labor populations, such as TANF, Food Stamps, Medicaid, and Unemployment Insurance recipients, as well as Foster Care clients and reports of Abuse and Neglect.
• Mapping studies of prison and jail expenditures.
• Spider mapping analyses of probation and parole caseload distributions.
• Maps of geographic and neighborhood overlaps between criminal justice and other government client populations.
• Prisoner reentry mapping studies.
• Maps of community institutional networks, such as the location, capacity, and performance of schools, or government institutional networks, such as federally qualified health centers.

Derik Badman has links to some Search Plugins that we don't have. And some that we do. I'm not sure how he did these

Public assistance programs provide benefits only to those with too few resources to support themselves. Generally, such programs consider both assets and income in determining eligibility for benefits and payment amounts. The rationale for this approach is that the government should not have to support people who can take care of themselves by converting bank accounts, stock holdings, vehicles, or retirement accounts into cash or collateral. As such, assets are considered "means" that should allow families to avoid destitution. Assistance programs typically do not count assets below some low threshold, allowing families some savings or a car that may be necessary for work. However, families with assets above the threshold may be ineligible if they fail the so-called "asset tests" designed to target payments to those most in need.

Asset tests can create a disincentive to save among families who might subsequently qualify for benefits. Sometimes one additional dollar of assets can result in the loss of thousands of dollars per year in public assistance benefits. This raises the question: Do asset tests actually discourage savings and reduce asset accumulation among families who might qualify for public assistance benefits? At least one influential paper says yes. Hubbard, Skinner, and Zeldes, in their 1995 article, interpret the low levels of wealth accumulation among low-income households as a rational, utility-maximizing response to asset-based, means-tested welfare programs.

This brief describes current asset tests and discusses their role in reducing asset building by low-income families. We identify the target population subject to asset tests, describe the various asset tests, review background data and previous research, consider strategies for meeting a mix of objectives, and point to the need for additional research and policy analysis.

Requires free registration. 

Neighborhood Facts provides detailed and the most current information about Denver's 77 neighborhoods. It includes data, maps and graphs about each neighborhood's population, housing, economic and education characteristics, and the health and safety of its residents. It is designed for use by neighborhood residents, policy makers and others who care about Denver's neighborhoods.

Requires free registration.
The Franklin County DataSource is a web-based geographic data application designed to assist human services and community development organizations, funders, government agencies, researchers and concerned individuals in their efforts to understand community conditions and improve the quality of life in central Ohio. The online mapping, reporting and data analysis tools can be used to focus in on a specific zip code, census tract or planning area. Users can also draw comparisons between individual geographies or compare local conditions to the city as a whole. Drawing upon a wealth of social, demographic and real property data, DataSource users have a powerful tool that greatly enhances their ability to identify community needs, plan new programs, allocate and manage resources and target improvements.

A great Harper's article on the relationship of authorship to creation.  Highlights:

"Any text that has infiltrated the common mind to the extent of Gone With the Wind or Lolita or Ulysses inexorably joins the language of culture. A map-turned-to-landscape, it has moved to a place beyond enclosure or control. The authors and their heirs should consider the subsequent parodies, refractions, quotations, and revisions an honor, or at least the price of a rare success." 

I've long thought that a reasonable plan. 

Article in Harpers from 2004 describing the lack of reconstruction in Baghdad and describing Baghdad year Zero.