FYS 199L - Hidden Library Gems - Thayer: Hidden Library Gems

Ancestry.com

• Library edition of the popular online genealogical site
• Includes records from North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, etc.
• Provides censuses, vital records, immigration records, military records, etc.

USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer

• Provides access to about 178,000 topographic maps dating from 1884 to 2006
• Overlays historical maps with current maps

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)

• Includes information on hundreds of occupations
• For each occupation, OOH describes the nature of the work, working conditions, training and education, earnings, and job outlook

American Factfinder

• Major of source of population, housing, and economic data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau
• Allows you to find data for areas as small as a neighborhood to as large as the U.S. as a whole