Missouri Research Guide

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.  |  Find Books  |  Find Articles
Web Sites  |  Statistics

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

Official Manual, State of Missouri.  Library has 1989+ in Missouriana Collection.  Latest year only in Reference JK 5430 M5.  Latest year also available online.

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Indexes/Abstracts

Ozark Periodical Index.  Print only.  1979-1999.  Reference AI 3 O9
America: History & Life*  --- Index to articles on American history and culture from pre-history to present.

Periodicals

Gateway Heritage.  1980+  Periodicals F461 M6227
        Former titles:  Glimpses of the Past.  1933-43.  Missouriana Periodicals F461 M6225
                                 Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society.  1944-80.  Periodicals F461 M6226
Missouri Archaeologist.  1935+  Periodicals F 468 M55
Missouri Conservationist.  1938+  Missouriana Periodical SK 351 M55
        1995+  also available online.
Missouri Historical Review.  Library has 1906+  Periodicals F 461 M59
Missouri Life.  1973+  Periodicals F 461 M8
        Former title:  Missouri Magazine
Missouri Resources.  1994+  Periodicals TD 171.3 M8 M572
        1999+ also available online.
        Former Title:  Missouri Resource Review.  1982-1994. 
                                Missouriana Periodical TD 171.3 M8 M57
Rural Missouri.  1985+  Missouriana Periodical HD 9688 R9

Newspapers

Kansas City Star
            1901+  Microfilm
            1991+  Online through NewsBank*
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
            1980+  Microfilm
            1988+  Online through NewsBank*
News-Leader (Springfield, MO)
            1999+  Online through NewsBank*
Kirksville newspapers
NewsVoyager - Links to newspapers in Missouri
 

Web Sites  (see also Statistics below)

Show-Me Missouri: State of Missouri's Official Web Site--State government home page with links to all agencies.
Local History and Genealogy Resources---Compiled by Pickler Memorial Library.
Missouri History Museum - St. Louis, MO.
State Historical Society of Missouri - Columbia, MO.
Lawmakers of Northeast Missouri---Compiled by Pickler Memorial Library staff.
Missouri Digital Heritage---jointly administered by the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri State Library, divisions of the Secretary of State's office.  Collecting the history of Missouri.

Statistics

OSEDA (Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis)
Missouri Census Data Center
Statistical abstract for Missouri.  Print 1976-2001 (incomplete) available in Missouriana Collection. 
        Some portions are available online.

Agriculture
Annual crop summary.  1977-2003.  Missouri Documents AG.St 26:
Missouri farm facts.  1976-2002 in Missouri Documents AG.St 8: 
         Former title: Missouri farm census by counties.  Library has 1922-1962 (Incomplete)
                     Missouriana Collection HD 1775 M8 A3
         2003 in Reference  HD 1775 M8 A32.  Latest year also online.

Business and Economics
County business patterns: Missouri 1992+
        Available online 1993+
Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations 

Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime in Missouri.
Missouri crime and arrest digest.  1983+
         1983-2000 in Missouri Documents PS 9.
Missouri crime summary: state, county, city.
         1977-2002    Missouri Documents PS.Hp 8:  (incomplete)         
Missouri uniform crime reporting program 
Missouri juvenile justice court statistics (published under several titles) 
         1946-1985  Missouri Documents  SOC.Fa 9
         1986-2002  Missouri Documents  SOC.Yo 9
Nature and extent of the illicit drug problem in Missouri

Education
Report of the Public Schools of Missouri.  1867+
        Latest edition in Reference TD 171.3 M8 M57
        All earlier years in Missouriana Collection TD 171.3 M8 M57
        2003+ available online
Statistical summary of Missouri higher education. 
        1987/88 -2000/01  Missouriana Collection LA 316.5 S7
        Also available online        

Health
Child fatality review program annual report.  
        1993-2003  Missouri Documents SOC.Fa/Crd 1:
        1998+         Available online
HIV/AIDS newsletter.  Missouri Dept. of Health. 
         1992-1996  Missouri Documents HEA.Ai 7:
Missouri vital statistics. 
         1973-2002 Missouriana Collection HA 471 M582
         1999+        Available online  
Missouri monthly vital statistics. 
Status report on Missouri's alcohol and drug abuse problems.
        1995-2002  Missouri Documents MH.Alc 2:St 1
        2002+         Available online

Population
Census 2000 data for the state of Missouri.  U.S. Census Bureau.
         Print:  Reference HA 471.5 2000
Missouri, 2000. Summary social, economic, and housing characteristics : 2000 census of population and housing. 
         U.S. Documents C 3.223/23:2000 PHC-2-27/ 

Social
Child abuse and neglect in Missouri: report.  Missouri Dept. of Social Services. 
         1988-2003    Missouri Documents SOC.Fa/Ch 11  
         2001+             Available online
Children's services annual report.
         1993-2003  Missouri Documents SOC.Fa/Ch 1
         2001+          Available online
Division of Family Services Annual data report. 
         1991-2002   Missouri Documents SOC:Fa 1
         1999+          Available online.

Weather
Climatological data.*  Get daily and annual temperatures and precipitation totals for most cities 1896+. 
Storm event database.  Use this database to find various types of storms recorded in a particular county or use other selection criteria as desired (type of storm, damage, number of fatalities, etc.)
 

*Access restricted to the Truman network.
 

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