BA321 Library E-Resources
Lehigh Valley InformationDemographics
Census 2000 Lehigh County Demographics - Includes Lehigh county as well as individual township and borough data.
Census 2000 Northampton County Demographics - Includes Northampton county as well as individual township and borough data.
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation: Demographics
Business & Economic Development
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation offers a wide range of information to encourage businesses to locate in the area.
PA Site Search - Use to identify available sites and buildings by county.
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission provides demographic, economic development, and other information related to the growth of Lehigh Valley, including the annual report, Lehigh Valley Profile and Trends (2006).
Lehigh Valley at Work includes a variety of information related to living and working in the Valley.
Journal & Newspaper Articles
The Morning Call (Allentown) - Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe includes the full text of the last 6 months (how to search). Older issues can be searched via the Morning Call site. Contact the library for online full-text of these articles.
The Express Times (Easton, Phillipsburg, NJ)
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe - Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information, including some as far back as 20 years.
Proquest Newspaper Abstracts - Offers summaries of articles from many U.S. newspapers.
NewsBank offers searchable full text of many newspapers across the country, including the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Company Information
Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
Hoover's Online
about this databaseMergent Online
about this databaseReuters Research on Demand (formerly Multex)
about this databaseSports Business Resource Network
about this databaseStandard & Poor's NetAdvantage
about this databaseLocating Company Information and Locating Industry Information Tutorials - excellent resources from the Shreyer Business Library at Penn State. The short Flash "How to Search" series offers concise guides to most of the resources listed on this website.
Judy Sandt
Reference Librarian
Penn State Lehigh Valley
jsandt@psu.eduupdated September 2006
