Philadelphia+Project

**__Databases__**
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 * [[image:accessible_archives.JPG width="90" height="42" link="http://www.accessible.com/"]] || ====Accessible Archives contains collections of 18th and 19th century Philadelphia newspapers, including abolitionist and African American papers, as well as the Scharf & Westcott //History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884.//==== ||
 * ====[[image:newsbank.JPG width="100" height="30"]]==== || ====NewsBank offers full-text digital access to the //Philadelphia Inquirer// from January 1, 1981 to the current issue.==== ||
 * [[image:image_proquest.JPG width="92" height="63" link="http://proquest.com/pqdauto"]] || ====Proquest provides coverage of more than 2,000 newspapers, magazines, scholarly and peer-reviewed journals including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.==== ||

[|Camden Resources] - interactive maps charting both community resources by location and homicides by location and method of death.
====[|City of Philadelphia] - central information source for city, including the Mayor's initiatives,the Philadelphia Youth Commission, the Office of Sustainability, and GreenPlan Philadelphia.====

====[|EconData.Net] - regional economic data, including access to information on demographics, employment, income, transportation, and quality of life from a variety of sound statistical sources.====

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - special reports on economic subjects, including a recent report on the affordability and availability of rental housing for low income groups.

[|School District of Philadelphia] - includes reports on the activities of the School Reform Commission.
====Urban Institute - non-partisan research in economics and social policy. Subject areas include Cities and Neighborhoods, Poverty and Safety Net, Education, Crime and Justice, and more.====