Primary Philadelphia Studies Government Information

Center City Philadelphia.org
Web nexus of information about Center City Philadelphia, including links to current publications regarding plans for the district....   [more]
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Philadelphia Government, phila.gov
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Important Philadelphia Studies Government Information

Ancestry Library Edition
Genealogical collection covering the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. T...   [more]

City of Philadelphia Phone Directory
Also Known as: phila.gov
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Civic Vision for the Central Delaware
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Community Profiles - Philadelphia Fed.
Provides directories of community-development organizations, economic statistics, and other information for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware....   [more]
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eCode360.com - Municipal Code Library
Collection of browseable fulltext municipal and county law codes and ordinance collections. Includes codes for many Philadelphia-area towns, townships, and counties....   [more]
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MuniCode Municipal Code Library
Also Known as: LexisNexis Municipal Codes Web Library
Fulltext (some restricted) for U.S. city and county law codes. Includes Philadelphia and Los Angeles County....   [more]
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PennDOT Maps
Also Known as: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
PDF and DjVU format maps showing Pennsylvania state roads and other transportation routes. Includes Pennsylvania statewide and county traffic count maps....   [more]
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Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) is an independent state agency responsible for addressing the problem of escalating health costs, ensuring the quality of health care, and ...   [more]
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Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
Also Known as: PASDA
The Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system (PASDA) is Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse. Included are Philadelphia municipal, census, and environmental shapefiles, as well ...   [more]
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    Philadelphia City Files

Pennsylvania State Highway Video Inventory
Also Known as: PennDOT iVidLog Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Requres Internet Explorer 5 or higher and high-speed internet connection. Thumbnail-image "motion pictures" of Pennsylvania's 40,000-mile state highway system. Images spaced 20 feet a...   [more]
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Philadelphia Code and Charter
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Philadelphia Courts
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Philadelphia Department of Public Health
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PhillyHistory.org Mobile
Free. Photographic images of Philadelphia from the Philadelphia City Archives, which holds approximately 2 million photos dating from the late 1800s, as well as the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Some int...   [more]
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PhILS
Also Known as: Philadelphia City Archives
Archival record group descriptions for Philadelphia Department of Records's City Archives. Useful for determining the genealogy of current Philadelphia government agencies and for identifying historic...   [more]
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REIS (Regional Economic Information System)
Available in Lippincott Library Only.
The REIS database provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1999. Statistics in the data base...   [more]
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Social Explorer
The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United Sta...   [more]
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U.S. Census - Research Guide
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