CHEM93FCS.01 : Ethics in Science (Prof. Mills)   Tags: courseguidesfall10, focus, gis, government_information, mapping  

Statistical data on agriculture from the USDA.

See especially the link to Ag Statistics.

Access to lots of reports and data on the economics of farming.

Index to sources of statistical data, from national and state governments, trade associations, and non-profit organizations.

Access to data from the US Census Bureau back to 1790.

Access to data from the US Census Bureau as well as marketing research data back to 1980.

The data extraction tool from the US Census Bureau.

Index to sources of statistical data, from national and state governments, trade associations, and non-profit organizations.

From the University of Arkansas. Links to a lot of resources on farm animal welfare, including state laws on farm animal welfare (there are no such laws in NC).

From NCSU, linking to state laws regarding placement of swine operations.

From the National Institute on Money in State Politics.

NC Public Interest Research Group

Check the NC box to search recent years of many NC big city and small town newspapers.

From Joyner Library at ECU.

Indexes legal literature.

Index to legislative information from the US Congress, including hearings, legislation, and reports.

From the Center for Responsive Politics, focuses on money influence in politics, primarily at the US federal level.

Index to agricultural literature from the National Agricultural Library.

Index to literature in not just science, but in all fields. Especially good for following citations to find similar works earlier or later in time.

National Technical Information Service indexes government-sponsored research reports.

From Joyner Library at ECU.

Check the NC box to search recent years of many NC big city and small town newspapers.

Access to lots of reports and data on the economics of farming.

See the many good links in the list of references.

To get employment numbers, statewide or by county. From the “Labor Market Information” link in the left-hand listing, go to “Industry Information." The NAICS code for hog farming is 1122, for all animal production is 112.

Farm animal resources from AWIC, a service of the National Agricultural Library (NAL). Be aware that "farm animals used for food and fiber or for food and fiber research are not regulated under the Animal Welfare Act."

Water resources (groundwater, surface water, water quality, etc.) from the US Geological Survey.

Water information from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Can determine the watershed for a particular place and obtain data on it.

See especially their "Subjects A to Z" index and the American FactFinder data extraction tool.

See especially the link to Ag Statistics.

From NC State University, involved especially with consumer-level agricultural outreach.

Provides local development and training grants for areas affected by the shrinking of the tobacco economy.