title: Providing access to the 1990 U.S. census maps.
abstract: "The U.S. Bureau of the Census has published on CD-ROM format data for the smallest geographic reporting levels.... Providing access to the maps that define the reporting areas used by the Bureau within a county is one aspect of service that is unique to census files STF1A, STF1B, and STF3A. The paper illustrates the way these reporting levels are defined in the Tract/BNA Maps and Block Maps. The steps taken by one library to develop a link between a geographic area of interest to a patron and the areas defined on these maps are described. These steps include preserving and housing the maps in a way that makes them easy to use and preparing an index to the information contained on the maps using dBASE registered trademark software and information taken from STF1A using Extract software."
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weintrop
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D019352:Censuses; D019049:Developed Countries; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D008377:Maps as Topic; D009656:North America; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012984:Software; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Census; Computer Programs And Programming; Developed Countries; Information; Information Processing; Maps; North America; Northern America; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; United States