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Transportation at State Agency Databases Project
This week’s State Agency Databases Project subject highlight is Transportation, featuring 36 states that project volunteers know to have publicly searchable databases in this subject area. Three examples from this compilation are:
Seat Belt Enforcement Reporting Site – Statistics on current seatbelt use, violations, and fatalities. Customizable by type, date, and location.
Ohio Crash Report – Crash reports on this site are not official documents. They were submitted to the Ohio Department of Public Safety for statistical purposes only. These reports are to be used for statistical use only and are not sufficient to be used in any court proceeding.
Virginia Transportation Marketing Research Database – Contains marketing research studies conducted by various transportation agencies on topics such as HOV lanes, carpooling, telework, and more. Searchable by subject, region, keyword, and year; a complete listing of all studies is also available.
For more, see http://godort.libguides.com/transportationdbs. If you know of state agency produced databases in the this area, either comment here or use the “Email me” link on the guide to report a database, which will be forwarded to the appropriate project volunteer.
State Agency Databases Activity Report 5/25/2014
It was a relatively quiet week for the volunteers at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases.
FEATURED DATABASE
Today’s featured database is from Jenn Zuccaro, who maintains the Hawaii page:
Papakilo Database – www.papakilodatabase.com/main/main.php
“The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA’s) Papakilo Database, is the ongoing development of a cutting edge and comprehensive “Database of Databases” consisting of varied collections of data pertaining to historically and culturally significant places, events, and documents in Hawai’i’s history. This online repository of data will greatly increase OHA’s ability to preserve and perpetuate cultural and historical information and practices, thus providing an invaluable resource to educate other regulatory agencies, OHA’s Native Hawaiian beneficiaries, and the general public.”
DATABASE CHANGES
See the full story of the last week’s changes by visiting http://tinyurl.com/statedbs. Below are some highlights of the week.
LINKS UPDATED
Florida (Wilhelmina Randtke)
Ohio (Kirstin Krumsee)
DATABASES ADDED
FLORIDA
Department of Education Legal Counsel Opinions / General Counsel Opinions (2000 – present) – Searchable by Google Custom Search or browseable by year. No opinions available from 2007-2012.
VIRGINIA (Louise Buckley)
Fish and Wildlife Information Service – View or print Biota of Virginia (BOVA) booklets for native and naturalized species of Virginia. Each booklet contains species-specific information on taxonomy, status, life history, occurrence and distribution, land management practices, food habits, habitat, and environmental associations as well as citations to scientific literature. Searchable by species information and geography.
DATABASES REMOVED
OHIO
Rare Plant Species by County – Plants for each county are coded for threatened or endangered status. Formerly at http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/Rare_Plants/RarePlantSpeciesbyCount/tabid/20404/Default.aspx
State Agency Databases Activity Report 4/27/2014
It was a typical week for the volunteers at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases.
FEATURED DATABASE
Today’s featured database is from Louise Buckley, who maintains the Virginia page:
Historical Highway Marker Database – http://dhr.virginia.gov/HistoricMarkers/Account/Logon – Search by keyword, zip code, county or city, route number or name, or marker number. Results include marker name, text, number, route information, photograph (when available), and a “View in Map” link.
DATABASE CHANGES
See the full story of the last week’s changes by visiting http://tinyurl.com/statedbs. Below are some highlights of the week.
LINKS UPDATED
- SOUTH DAKOTA (Brenda Hemmelman)
- WISCONSIN (Mark Rozmarynowski)
- WYOMING (Karen Kitchens)
DATABASES ADDED
MICHIGAN (Michael McDonnell)
Traffic Monitoring Information System – Michigan collects traffic volume counts on its trunklines. On this page you can click on links to find the definition for the various counts. Click on “Search Traffic Data” to find the data by county and year. You need to spend some time with the definitions to understand the data. You also need to know the official name of the roads and highways.
WYOMING (Karen Kitchens)
Wyoming Newspaper Project – Available through this website are newspapers printed in Wyoming beginning with the 1849 Chugg Water Journal, in an easily searchable format. Browse or search the more than 900,000 newspaper pages converted from microfilm to a digital format. All text is searchable, including news articles, news briefs, obituaries and other items of interest.
State Agency Databases Activity Report 4/6/2014
It was a busy week for the volunteers at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases.
FEATURED DATABASE
Today’s featured database is from Susanne Caro who maintains the Montana page:
Montana Field Guides http://fieldguide.mt.gov/
“These guides and this website are a collaborative effort between the Montana Natural Heritage Program and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The Animal Field Guide provides information on identification, habitat, ecology, reproduction, range, and distribution of Montana’s animals; new features include a hierarchal approach to finding an animal of interest, thumbnail photos of the animals and additional links. The Plant Field Guide offers information on plant species of concern, including references and photographs.” –FWP description
DATABASE CHANGES
See the full story of the last week’s changes by visiting http://tinyurl.com/statedbs. Below are some highlights of the week.
PAGES WITH UPDATED LINKS
- Iowa (Julie A Thomas)
- Maryland (Siu Min Yu)
- Wisconsin (Mark Rozmarynowski)
- Biographical Databases
DATABASES ADDED
MARYLAND (Siu Min Yu)
Security Interest Filings – To search for information on security interest filings made with the State Department of Assessments & Taxation. One can search by the business name, by individual’s name and/or by the file number.
NEW YORK (Michael Tatonetti)
Child Care Facility – Search for child care facilities. Search by license/registration ID, facility name, type, county, or zip code. You can also limit your search by facilities that administer medication and facilities that offer non-traditional hours of care.
VIRGINIA (Louise Buckley)
Virginia Natural Heritage Database Search – Users can generate lists of plants and animal species that occur in specific counties, watersheds, subwatersheds or regions such as the Cumberland Mountains or the Outer Coastal Plain. Searches can be done on individual or groups of resources, by scientific or common name, taxonomic group, federal or state legal status, and global or state rarity rank.
WISCONSIN (Mark Rozmarynowski)
Find Local Crime Victim Resources – from the Office of Victim Services. Resources for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, drunk driving, homicide and other crimes. Resources searchable by county.
Historical Newspaper and Magazine Indexes
Maryland Online Digitized Newspapers – These online digitized newspapers are part of the Special Collections of the Maryland State Archives. These newspapers are from the 18th century to the mid-20th century. The digitized newspapers are listed in alphabetical order along with its time period. Scroll down the page to find if a particular newspaper title that you needed is on the list. Please read the noted information on fair use from the bottom of page.
DATABASES REMOVED
Michigan (Michael McDonnell)
Michigan School Report Card – Search schools by name, school district or zip code. Search results provide a list of schools and links to their scores for student achievement in language and mathematics as well as indicators of school performance (teacher quality, student dropout rate). Former URL: https://baa.state.mi.us/ayp
State Agency Databases Activity Report March 30, 1014
It was a busy week for the volunteers at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases.
NO MORE ORPHANS!
In the past week, Mississippi was adopted by Aimee Slater of Brooklyn College and Virginia was adopted by Louise Buckley of University of New Hampshire.
In the past we have had requests for pages on US Territories and sub-state jurisdictions in the project. If you would like to start a page for such a government, let’s talk.
FEATURED DATABASE
Today’s featured database is from Marilyn Von Seggern who maintains the Washington page:
Washington Information System for Architectural and Archaeological Records Data (WISAARD) http://www.dahp.wa.gov/learn-and-research/find-a-historic-place
WISAARD is a searchable GIS map tool and database of over 1800 registered historical sites and over 300,000 inventoried sites including images, a summary of the significance, and a link to the nomination document. Simple or advanced searches may be initiated via map or by text query for historic name, address, city, county, architectural style, built date, historic use, architect, and listing status. Information on archaeological sites is limited to prevent vandalism.
The database, funded with a grant from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, won the 2010 Intergovernmental Solutions Award from the American Council for Technology.
For example, one can view the Fort Columbia Barracks in Ilwaco, WA, view a photo of the building which was built in Queen Anne style in 1903, and view the Historic Property Inventory Report.
DATABASE CHANGES
See the full story of the last week’s changes by visiting http://tinyurl.com/statedbs. Below are some highlights of the week.
PAGES WITH UPDATED LINKS
- Colorado (Samantha Hager)
- Kansas (Pam Crawford)
- Kentucky (Glen McAninch)
- Massachusetts (Jennifer Robble)
- Vermont (Paul J McDonough)
- Virginia (Louise Buckley)
- Washington (Marilyn Von Seggern)
- Wisconsin (Mark Rozmarynowski)
- Health Practitioners Databases (Lynn McClelland)
DATABASES ADDED
KANSAS (Pam Crawford)
Lesson Plans and Other Resources – This Kansas Educational Resource Center site offers resource-type, topic and/or grade-level searching.
KENTUCKY (Glen McAninch)
KRS search – Keyword search of Kentucky revised statutes.
VIRGINIA (Louise Buckley)
License Lookup & Disciplinary Actions – This resource allows users to check the license status and complaint history of contractors; real estate individuals, businesses, and schools; cosmetologists; home inspectors; geologists; polygraph examiners; and more. The database is searchable by name, zip code, or license/certificate number, with the option to limit by area(s) of practice. There is also a separate keyword search for disciplinary actions occurring on or after April 1, 2002 for those records appearing in License Lookup.
DATABASES REMOVED
WISCONSIN (Mark Rozmarynowski)
Find a State Park, Forest or Trail – interactive map with annotations and links to specific park websites with maps, directions, current conditions and upcoming events. is a table listing parks and their facilities and amenities so that you can easily see which parks best suit your recreational needs. Former URL – http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/findapark.html
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