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Library Guide - Tulare County
The address of this page is: http://cos.edu/library/tularecounty.htm Searching for Books in the COS Library A list of Subject Headings to use in the COS Library Online Book Catalog are: Online Magazine and Newspaper Databases Provided by the COS Library The COS Library subscribes to a number of magazine and newspaper databases that are linked on the Electronic Resources Web Page. Two full-text databases that will be especially useful for locating articles about Tulare County are:
The COS Library does not subscribe to a database that provides full-text articles of the Visalia Times Delta or other Tulare County Newspapers. Located in the Periodicals Department on the library's first floor are the following local newspaper in paper format with their retention schedule.
The Visalia Public Library has the Visalia Times Delta on microfilm back to 1880. However there is no indexing to locate articles on a specific topic.
Selected Internet Links on specific topics in Tulare County and San Joaquin Valley are: The Great Valley Center - This organization's mission is to support the economic, social and environmental well-being of California's Great Central Valley. This is a good place to start for on overview as well as specific information on agriculture, arts & culture, civic behavior, education, employment, healthcare, land use, population characteristics, resources & the environment, technology and youth development. There are a couple of ways to obtain information from this web site :
Their publications and many others listed on this page are available in .PDF format only and requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print their documents. You can download the software for free at: http://adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. All COS Library computers already have this software loaded. California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley - The California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley was created by Governor Schwarzenegger when he signed Executive Order S-5-05. The partnership brings state agency secretaries and Central Valley representatives together to make recommendations to the Governor regarding changes that would improve the economic well-being of the Valley and the quality of life of its residents California's San Joaquin Valley: A Region in Transition - (2005) A Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for the U.S. Congress San Joaquin Valley: Land, People and Economy - (2005) A California Research Bureau Report (CRB). The report summarizes statistics for the eight counties of the San Joaquin Valley. Topics include land use, population characteristics, employment, and industry. Statistics are drawn from public sources, primarily federal and state, and displayed in charts for the region as a whole and for each of the regional counties. Additional CRB Reports can be found at http://www.library.ca.gov/html/statseg2a.cfm Public Policy Institute of California Publications (.pdf format) Air Pollution
Arts, Culture and Recreation
Crime
Statistics
Education
Economy/Employment/Labor Force
Cities and County Government
Newspapers Statistics and Census
Transportation Water
Additional Resources can be located on the
San Joaquin Valley History Page at:
http://cos.edu/library/sanjoaquinvalley.htm
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