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The Free Library at Your Fingertipsor
How to Access Millions of Resources that Can Help You Find Data, Conduct Policy
Research, and Draft Legislation
A Briefing for City Council Legislative StaffSeptember 10, 2012
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The Free Library at Your Fingertips
WelcomeDarwin R. Beauvais
Free Library TrusteeShareholder, Zarwin Baum Devito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, PC
Donna BullockSpecial Assistant to Council President Clarke
Siobhan A. ReardonPresident and Director
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Government Publications Department
Sometimes you just need the book
The Free Library at Your Fingertips
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Philadelphia CollectionManual of the City Council
1874 - 1983City Code
2nd thru current
Ordinances and City Solicitors opinions
from 1789
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Archive-It
Crawls local government and other institutions’ websites, such as:
• Phila.gov• Police Department• PA Courts• Philadelphia Housing
Development Corp.• Office of Emergency
Management• School District• SEPTA
• State.pa.us• Philadelphia Museum
of Art• Franklin Institute• Kimmel Center• Historical Society of PA• Public Citizens for
Children and Youth
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State Documents – Historic and Current
Laws of PA
Legislative Journal
Maritime Records – Port of Philadelphia from 1793
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U.S. CensusName Census for Philadelphia 1790 -
1930 U.S. Census Data
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Congressional Record
• Online: 1994 to the present, including the Daily Record
• At the Free Library: 1789 (the 1st Congress) to present
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Continental Congress
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Congressional Serial SetReports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
Also available online: 1817-1980
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Supreme Court Decisions
February 1790 To Current
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Statistical Abstracts
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Map Collection
Looking back to move forward
The Free Library at Your Fingertips
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1921
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1931
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1888
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1917
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2006
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More sinking homes?
1910
1894
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1889
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2005
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1950
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Electronic Resources
100+ databases at the click of a mouse
The Free Library at Your Fingertips
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What if you could…• Create a demographic report of your district
to show age, gender, race, home ownership rate, and economic information?
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What if you could…• Create a list of all restaurants in the city or a
specific zip code? All the manufacturers? All the businesses with over 50 employees? All the businesses started in the past 6 months?
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What if you could…• Quickly research newspaper and magazine reporting
on recent trends? Find industry and political news, health info and statistics, and information on a range of issues that impact your constituents?
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legislation
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Historic Images of Philadelphia
A picture is worth 1,000 words
The Free Library at Your Fingertips
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Architectural Gems
Gimbel Brothers, 9th and Market St.
Strawbridge & Clothier, 1862
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Clean City Campaigns
Keep Philadelphia Clean Campaign
It’s the Law: Don’t Litter Campaign, 1960
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Fire Department
Closing the Firehouse, 1952
Detail of Private Fire Department, 1871
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Building the Subways and the Railroad
Construction of elevated subway line
1918
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Broad Street railroad station meeting 1923
Laying track for the Broad Street railroad station
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Baldwin Locomotive, 1870s
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Industry
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Clipper Ships along the Delaware 1870s
On the Waterfront
Pennsylvania Railroad grain wharves, Girard Point
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Streets
1810-1814 Kater Street, 1950s
9th & Tioga Streets, 1948
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Urban Landscape
Construction of TerminalPhiladelphia International Airport , 1952
Refineries on the Schuylkill River
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How to Access Library Resources
Our staff is trained to find answers to your questions and needs, whether in person or online.
The Free Library at Your Fingertips
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Our Staff
• Parkway Central alone has over 60 professionally trained librarians—all with Masters Degrees in Library Science.
• We have decades of experience delivering reference services.
• We have specialists in subjects from A to Z.
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Connect with Us In Person
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Connect with Us Online
Trained staff will reply to your email inquiries.
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Connect with Us 24/7
Librarians across the state, throughout the US and overseas are available to answer questions 24 hours a day.
If your question is not Philadelphia specific, you can connect with an expert from around the globe.
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Connect with Us on Your Cell
Texting is great for asking quick, simple questions that can be answered in short responses.
Add the Free Library to your address book right now!
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Text Us
• Start a new text message to 66746• Type askfree• Now save 66746 to your contacts as askfree
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More Treasures Revealed
• Podcasts: Subscribe via iTunes or RSS feed to hear great author events.
• Digital Collections: We have over 20,000 digitized images.
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Thank you for joining us!
Q&A
The Free Library at Your Fingertips