Civic Engagement and Political Participation
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Government and Local Links -- General
Religious Life
- Adherents.com
http://www.adherents.com/
"Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here."
- Association of Religion Data Archives (Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University)
http://www.thearda.com/
"Founded as the American Religion Data Archive in 1997 and going online in 1998, the initial archive was targeted at researchers interested in American religion. [...] Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world. Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute at the Pennsylvania State University, the ARDA is funded by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Pennsylvania State University."
Note: The Maps and Reports section will likely be of particular interest.
- Bradley, M.B. (1992). Churches and church membership in the United States, 1990: An enumeration by region, state, and county, based on data reported for 133 church groupings. Atlanta, GA: Glenmary Research Center.
Lafayette College -- Skillman Reference BR526.C48 1992x
Moravian College -- Reference BR526.C48 1992
Lehigh University -- Storage 280 C5621
- Jones, D.E. (2002). Religious congregations and membership in the United States 2000: An enumeration by region, state and county based on data reported for 149 religious bodies. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Lafayette College -- Skillman Reference BL2525.R4689 2002x
Moravian College -- Reference BL2525.R4689 2002
- Quinn, B. (1982). Churches and church membership in the United States, 1980: An enumeration by region, state, and county, based on data reported for 111 church bodies. Atlanta, GA: Glenmary Research Center.
Lafayette College -- Skillman Reference BR526.C48 1982
Moravian College -- Book Stacks BR526.C48 1982
Lehigh University -- Storage 280 C562
Arts
- Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
http://www.philaculture.org/
- Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. (1998- ). Cultural resource directory. Philadelphia, PA.: Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
Serial publication, coming out every year. Check WorldCat for holdings information.
- Coate, C., Birnbaum, M., and Frese, G. (1994). Pennsylvania cultural directory: A comprehensive guide to nonprofit cultural organizations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA.: Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
Copies available at Allentown and Bethlehem Public Libraries, as well as at other non-local libraries. Check WorldCat for holdings information.
- Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.pano.org/
- Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations. (2000- ). Pennsylvania grants guide. Denver, CO : Grant Guides Plus in cooperation with Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations.
Serial publication, coming out every three years. Check WorldCat for holdings information.
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
http://www.pacouncilonthearts.org/
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. (1900- ). Directory of Pennsylvania artists in education: For programs to be conducted from. Harrisburg, PA.: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Serial publication, coming out every year. Check WorldCat for holdings information.
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. (1990- ). Guide to the arts in education program. Harrisburg, PA.: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Serial publication, coming out every two years. Check WorldCat for holdings information.
- Public School Search (National Center for Education Statistics)
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/
- Private School Search (National Center for Education Statistics)
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/
Suburbanization
- American Factfinder (U.S. Census)
http://factfinder.census.gov/
- 2000 Census data, searchable by zip code.
- 1990 Census data, searchable by census tract.
- See also Government and Local Links -- General, above.
Associational Life
- Coate, C., Birnbaum, M., and Frese, G. (1994). Pennsylvania cultural directory: A comprehensive guide to nonprofit cultural organizations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA.: Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
Copies available at Allentown and Bethlehem Public Libraries, as well as at other non-local libraries. Check WorldCat for holdings information.
- Encyclopedia of associations. National organizations of the U.S. (43rd ed.). (2006). Detroit, MI.: Gale Research.
Ready Reference 060 E56o
Note: Other local and non-local libraries have previous editions. Check WorldCat for holdings.
- Encyclopedia of associations. Regional, state, and local organizations (17th ed.). (2007). Detroit, MI.: Gale Research.
Ready Reference 061.3 E56o
Note: Lafayette has 2000 edition. Kutztown has 2006 and 2007 editions. (Call to confirm.) Other non-local libraries have previous editions. Check WorldCat for holdings.
- National directory of nonprofit organizations. (1999). Rockville, MD.: The Taft Group.
Reference 061 N277d
Note: Other non-local libraries have previous editions. Check WorldCat for holdings.
- Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.pano.org/
- See also Government and Local Links -- General, above.
WorldCat
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the library homepage (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/) 
Finding Books WorldCat.
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Citing Your Sources
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Trexler Library handout on using Chicago style: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/chicago_example.pdf
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