State Agency Databases

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In every US State and the District of Columbia, agencies are creating databases of useful information - information on businesses, licensed professionals, plots of land, even dates of fish stocking. Some of this content is available on search engines, but much of it is part of the invisible web.

Since July 2007, librarians and other government information specialists have been working on identifying and annotating these databases in one place. We've chased across fifty state web sites so you don't have to! ALA RUSA named this site one of its Best Free Reference Web Sites of 2012!!

Information here changes from time to time. Check out our last seven days' or 14 days' worth of activity. Another parallel project of note is the State Blue Books project.

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Contents

  • 1 State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States
  • 2 Databases by Selected Subjects
  • 3 Other Project Resources

State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States

SADATFS Volunteer Guide for prospective and current volunteers.

Click on a state name below to find a list of databases by agency. The individuals listed below have agreed to serve as a documents specialist for that particular state, periodically checking the page for broken links, looking for new databases and accepting changes from people not comfortable with editing wikis.

If you are a registered user and you don't see something on a list that should be, feel free to add it as long as the resource is meant to be available to the public and is produced by a government entity in the listed state.

  • Alabama - Paula L. Webb, pwebb at southalabama DOT edu
  • Alaska - Daniel Cornwall, e-mail
  • Arizona - Daniel Cornwall, e-mail
  • Arkansas - Marlena Crenshaw, marlena AT library DOT arkansas DOT gov, Arkansas State Library
  • California - Joel J. Rane, jrane AT cityofinglewood DOT org
  • Colorado - Samantha Hager, hager_s@cde.state.co.us, Colorado State Library
  • Connecticut - Janice Wilson, Wilsonj AT easternct DOT edu Eastern Connecticut State University
  • Delaware - John A. Stevenson, varken AT udel DOT edu, University of Delaware Library
  • District of Columbia - Shirl Kennedy, webdoyenne AT gmail DOT com
  • Florida - Rich Gause rgause@mail.ucf.edu
  • Georgia - Chris Sharpe, csharpe AT kennesaw DOT edu
  • Hawaii - Gwen Sinclair, gsinclai AT hawaii DOT edu
  • Idaho - Beth Downing, downmary AT isu DOT edu
  • Illinois - Blaine Redemer, bredemer AT ilsos DOT net
  • Indiana - Kimberly Brown-Harden, kbrown-harden AT library DOT in DOT gov, Indiana State Library
  • Iowa - Julie A. Thomas, julie DOT thomas AT drake DOT edu, Drake University Law Library
  • Kansas - Bill Sowers, kansasgovdocs AT gmail DOT com, Kansas Documents & Cataloging Librarian, State Library of Kansas
  • Kentucky - Glen McAnnich Glen DOT Mcaninch AT ky DOT gov
  • Louisiana - Rita Franks, rfranks AT latech DOT edu
  • Maine - Alex Burnett, e-mail
  • Maryland - Sabrina I. Pacifici, spacific AT earthlink.net
  • Massachusetts - Laurie MacPherson, macpherson DOT lj AT gmail DOT com
  • Michigan - Michael McDonnell, Michael DOT McDonnell AT wmich DOT edu, Western Michigan University
  • Minnesota - Richard Wojtowicz, richw AT montana DOT edu.
  • Mississippi - Carlos A. Diaz, diazca AT cwu DOT edu
  • Missouri - Annie Moots, Annie dot Moots at sos dot mo dot gov.
  • Montana - Montana State Library staff, StatePublications AT mt DOT gov
  • Nebraska - Beth Goble, beth.goble AT nebraska DOT gov
  • Nevada - Kathy Edwards
  • New Hampshire Linda Johnson, U. of New Hampshire. linda DOT johnson AT unh DOT edu
  • New Jersey - Qraig de Groot, Rutgers University, qdegroot AT eden DOT rutgers DOT edu
  • New Mexico - Adrienne Walker, Mt. San Jacinto College, adwalker AT msjc DOT edu;
  • New York - Michael Tatonetti, Touro Law College, mtatonetti AT tourolaw DOT edu
  • North Carolina - Jennifer Davison, State Library of North Carolina, jennifer.davison at ncdcr.gov
  • North Dakota - Kathryn Thomas, North Dakota State University Library, kathryn.thomas@ndsu.edu
  • Ohio - Audrey Hall, State Library of Ohio, ahall@library.ohio.gov
  • Oklahoma - Robbie Sittel, rsittel AT tulsalibrary DOT org
  • Oregon - Liz Paulus, e-mail
  • Pennsylvania - Michelle Donlin, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, mdonlin AT wcupa DOT edu
  • Rhode Island - Beth L. Rowe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, blr AT email DOT unc DOT edu
  • South Carolina - Elaine Sandberg, Government Documents Librarian, South Carolina State Library. esandberg@statelibrary.sc.gov
  • South Dakota - Brenda Hemmelman, Government Documents Librarian, South Dakota State Library. brenda.hemmelman AT state.sd.us
  • Tennessee - Julie Huskey, Catalog and Government Information Librarian, Mercer University. huskey_je AT mercer DOT edu
  • Texas - - Ann Ellis, Metadata Librarian, Stephen F. Austin State University Library. aellis AT sfasu DOT edu
  • Utah - Susanne Caro, Government Documents Librarian, University of Montana, susanne.caro AT umontana DOT edu
  • Vermont - Paul J McDonough, University of Florida, George A Smathers Libraries, paulmcd@uflib.ufl.edu
  • Virginia - Nathan Verilla, State Publications Librarian, The Library of Virginia, nathan.verilla@lva.virginia.gov
  • Washington - Marilyn Von Seggern, Washington State University, m_vonseggern@wsu.edu
  • West Virginia - Jenn Zuccaro, West Virginia State University, jzuccaro@wvstateu.edu
  • Wisconsin - Barbara Bren, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, brenb AT uww DOT edu
  • Wyoming - Karen Kitchens, karen DOT kitchens AT wyo DOT gov, Wyoming State Library

Databases by Selected Subjects

One of our project goals is to assist in the preparation of subject-specific lists of state agency databases. Here are the ones we've compiled so far:

  • Healthcare practitioners databases: States A-M States N-Z - A number of states maintain online directories of doctors and other health care professionals. Some contain disciplinary actions.
  • History
    • Biographical Databases - Databases that provide biographical sketches of authors, state officials, famous state residents, etc.
    • Historical Media Databases - Databases that provide online access to photographs, video, or audio.
    • Historical Newspaper and Magazine Indexes - Databases that index articles in older newspapers, journals and magazine that contain historical information. These databases will usually lead one to microfilmed items that may be obtainable through Interlibrary Loan.
    • Museum Collection Databases - Catalogs of state museum holdings which often have historical notes. Museums listed here are either run by a state or by one of the state's political subdivisions
    • Official Records Databases - vital records, (birth, death, etc), war pensions, etc.
  • Prisoner Locater Tools - Find prisoners for a number of states, some information on released inmates available in some states.

Future Subject Lists - Below is a listing of topics people have expressed interest in seeing multi-state compilations on. Feel free to start one of these topics or start your own state-database related topic.

  • Campaign Finance / Lobbyist Information
  • Curriculum Guides and materials - Produced by many state education departments.
  • Environmental Databases - Perhaps broken down by type (spills, tanks, habitat, etc)
  • Road Conditions - Many states have databases that track road conditions and construction activities. Some come with webcams.
  • School Directories - Many states produce extensive information on schools.
  • Tourism databases - Some states have databases of tourist activity, top attractions, economic impact, etc.

If you have used our project to build a subject listing, we'd love to hear from you. Please e-mail the project coordinator at the address at the bottom of this page.

Other Project Resources

  • Facebook Fan Page - Please like us!
  • Four ways to help
  • Locating state databases
  • Not Databases and/or not government, but still useful
  • Project statistics
  • State Blue Books
  • Wiki Editing Help


If you have questions about this project, please contact:

Daniel Cornwall, SADATFS Project Coordinator Head of Technical and Imaging Services Division of Libraries, Archives & Museums PO Box 110571 Juneau AK 99811-0571 e-mail

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