Quick Reference: Cities & States

States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com
Has basic information for each state, including state symbols, geographic features, national forest and parks, songs, populations, federal representatives, nicknames, and much more.

Historic Cities
http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html
"The site is intended to contain maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning the past, present and future of historic cities."

Money: Best Places to Live
http://pathfinder.com/money/bestplaces/
Money magazine's survey of the 300 cities in the US. its rankings, and an interactive search tool to find the best places for you.

Search Systems: Public Record Databases
http://www.searchsystems.net/
Searchable databases from all 50 states. North Carolina's include Corporations, Inmate Releases, Lobbyists, Nurse Practitioners, Osteopaths, Physicians, and more.

Sperling's Best Places
http://www.bestplaces.net/
Compare cities in housing, costs of living, crime, education, economy, health and climate.

State and Local Governments on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Directory of links to government sponsored and controlled resources on the Internet, including homepages of statewide offices, boards and commissions, and cities and counties.

Stateline.org
http://www.stateline.org/
Includes comparative data from state to state, information on how specific states are dealing with current issues, and news items on new policy initiatives.

Content editor: John Boyd, boydjd@appstate.edu, Electronic Resources Librarian