Advanced Planning collects demographics on population, housing, employment and revenue for use in the planning process. Several resources by zip code area.
ZIP Code Business Patterns data is available shortly after the release of County Business Patterns. It provides the number of establishments by employment-size classes by detailed industry in the U.S.
Use this website to see maps of school districts of interest. School district geographic and demographic data useful for describing and analyzing characteristics of school districts, children, and K-12 education is also available.
Accountability reports contain detailed information about schools in the Clark County School District, as well as charter schools. Annual reports are prepared in compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 385. Accountability reports are used by teachers and administrators as they develop academic plans to increase achievement of all students.
CrimeMapping.com (for LV, not NLV or Henderson) helps law enforcement agencies throughout North America provide the public with valuable information about recent crime activity in their neighborhood.
Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.
Update frequency: Updated daily
This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection.
Articles, reviews, product information and news on sustainable building.
This resource integrates product listings from the GreenSpec products directory, project case studies from the High-Performance Buildings Database, and the Environmental Building News.
citations 1861-; abstracts 1980-; full text 1997-
Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
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Index to literature from scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, books, and government publications
Update frequency: monthly
This database is comprised of multiple subfiles. Of these, only Water Resources Abstract covers information earlier than 1981.
An environmental current events database comprised of three pieces: Greenwire, a daily news service reporting on the latest environmental and energy action; Environment and Energy Daily, published every day Congress is in session, tracking environmental and energy issues in Congress; and Land Letter, a weekly in-depth look at regulation, litigation and legislation surrounding natural resources issues. Also included is an archive of key environmental policy documents, and detailed special reports.
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Index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general.
From the Public Affairs Information Service, this database provides access to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. It includes records from journals, books, conference proceedings, research and government reports, and directories.
Bibliography manager saves your citations and formats them into APA, MLA, or other styles.
This web-based bibliography manager lets you save citations to journal articles, books, web sites and more into your personal online database. You'll be able to quickly link to online articles, organize and share your references, and automatically create formatted bibliographies in all the major citation formats, including APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. Off-campus users, see the Using RefWorks at UNLV page for special instructions.
City-Data.com: By collecting and analyzing data from numerous sources, this site has created detailed, informative profiles of all cities in the United States. Includes geographic, employement income, education, crime data, etc.
Brainy Zip: Now you can lookup all zip codes to find information including: State, County, Post Office Name, Latitude, and Longitude. For most populated zip codes we are providing demographic, social, economic, and housing data. Just click on the first two numbers or state of the zip code you are trying to find.
Zip Codes.com: Use it to find information on zip codes, lookup the zip+4 of any address in the U.S., find all the zip codes in any given radius, find the distance between any two zip codes and even get the driving directions between them!
Zip Map: This Google Map mashup will help you find the zip code for anywhere in the United States. Clicking on the map or keying a zip code or address into the search box will zoom the map to the area of that particular zip code.
Zip Skinny: The site provides an interesting "first glance" at a ZIP Code area, but it should only be seen as that -- a first glance. It is not a substitute for the more thorough research you should do prior to making decisions about relocating to or conducting business in a particular location.
USZip: Instant ZIP code search including U.S. census data that can be searched by ZIP code or city name.
Zip and Area Code Lookup: Several resources including: Information About a Single Zip Code; Distance Between Zips; Zips in an Area Code; Zips in a State's Counties; etc.
Zip Code Database: Find ZIP codes and postal information for all U.S. states and territories. Includes ZIP code search by city and by area code.
Bibliography manager saves your citations and formats them into APA, MLA, or other styles.
This web-based bibliography manager lets you save citations to journal articles, books, web sites and more into your personal online database. You'll be able to quickly link to online articles, organize and share your references, and automatically create formatted bibliographies in all the major citation formats, including APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. Off-campus users, see the Using RefWorks at UNLV page for special instructions.
Statista provides statistical data from thousands of institutions and sources. It provides access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government agencies.
Statista includes data on more than 85,000 topics from 18,000 sources. About 20 percent of the total data in Statista comes from sources available free online, such as the World Bank and the U.S. Census, but the data also includes numerous exclusive sources which include industry, marketing, and trade groups. Much of the data is related to marketing, demographic, government and industry information, and is international in scope. Data can be downloaded in JPG, PowerPoint and Excel.
Provides access to the extensive Data-Planet repository of standardized and structured statistical data.
Through a single platform, users can search and browse 25 billion data points in over 4.3 billion datasets sourced from over 75 authoritative government and private sources. The platform’s powerful functionality allows users to manipulate datasets, compare multiple indicators, chart trends over time and spatially represent data without requiring additional software programs. Multiple export options are provided. For more information on specific datasets and how to use Data-Planet, visit the Data-Planet LibGuide