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Researching Kentucky, 1900-present: Government Documents
A guide to researching topics in Kentucky history 1900-present
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Scholarly Articles & Books
Primary Source Databases
Government Documents
Special Collections @ UK
Citation Style
Federal & State Resources
ProQuest Congressional
Full-text documents of congressional publications.
Statistical Abstracts of the United States
These publications are a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Federal Register
The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) provides access to the official text of: Federal Laws, Presidential Documents, Administrative Regulations and Notices
African Americans -- Statistics
Kentucky -- HathiTrust Digital Library
Historic Kentucky Weather Events
East Kentucky Tornado Database (NOAA - National Weather Service)
Searchable database of all documented tornadoes that have touched down in the NWS Jackson, KY forecast and warning area since 1845.
Past Weather Event Summaries (NOAA - National Weather Service, Jackson, KY)
Click on the "Flooding" tab - scroll down to see historic flooding events:
The East Kentucky Flood of April 1977
Remembering the Flood of '57
The Flash Flood Disaster of 1939
Click on the "Winter" tab - scroll down to see historic winter events:
Paralyzing Winter Storm of January 1994
Blizzard of 1993
Spring Snowstorm of April 2-5, 1987
The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950
Past Weather Event Summaries (NOAA - National Weather Service, Louisville, KY)
Under each tab (Thunderstorms/Tornadoes, Flooding, Winter, etc.) scroll down to see links to historic weather event summaries.
The Great Flood of 1937
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