Bookmarks for 2006 Louisiana Reference Workshops
LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE
Legislation
Louisiana Constitution of 1974
http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Documents/Constitution/Default.htm
Louisiana Constitution in pdf format. Search by article number. Not searchable by keyword.
Revised Statutes of Louisiana
http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/tsrssearch.htm
Search Louisiana Revised Statutes, Constitution and Codes by citation or keyword.
Legislative Bills
http://www.legis.state.la.us/
Search for legislative bills by session date, bill number or author.
Louisiana Register
http://www.state.la.us/osr/reg/register.htm
Search agency rules and regulations by keyword or section. Includes executive orders issued by Office of the Governor. Updated monthly. Pagination begins at page one each year and continues cumulatively for particular year. Proposed and final rules published in the Louisiana Register are codified in Louisiana Administrative Code.
Louisiana Administrative Code
http://www.state.la.us/osr/lac/lac.htm
State-certified publication that provides a set of rules that have been formally adopted or amended by Louisiana state agencies. Searchable by subject or title.
Municipal Codes for Cities
http://municode.com/resources/code_list.asp?stateID=18
Online ordinances for various Louisiana cities and towns.
Louisiana Public Notices
http://www.publicnoticeads.com/LA/
Compilation of public notices published anywhere in the state of Louisiana. Includes statewide notices about hearings, advertisements for bids, financial reports, adoption of ordinances, and other government activities legally requiring public notice. Searchable by newspaper, parish, date range or keyword.
Lawhelp.org/La
http://www.lawhelp.org/la/
Basic information about civil and legal rights, courts systems, health, education, and family matters. A joint project of a coalition of Louisiana legal services programs.
Know the Law. Louisiana Laws for Youth
http://www.ag.state.la.us/KnowTheLaw.pdf
Online edition of Know the Law. Louisiana Laws for Youth by Louisiana Office of Attorney General and West Feliciana Sheriff’s Office; explains laws and legal situations that directly affect teenagers. Print versions are also available.
Legislators
U.S. Senators
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Members of U. S. Senate searchable by state. Links provide biographical as well as contact information.
U.S. Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
Can search by name, state delegation or zip code to locate your representative.
Search for Louisiana Legislators
http://www.legis.state.la.us/members.htm
Search for current state senators or representatives by address, city or zip code. Includes listing of legislators from 1880 to present.
Orientation Guide for Louisiana House Members
http://house.louisiana.gov/og03/index.htm
Guide for new legislators issued every four years. Explains background of legislature, legislative duties and functions, Code of Ethics, etc. Good background information.
Boards and Commissions
http://www.legis.state.la.us/boards.htm
Search for state boards or commissions by full or partial name. Membership and contact information only.
PERSONALITIES
Governors of Louisiana
http://www.sec.state.la.us/GOV-1.HTM
List of all Louisiana governors with short biographical sketches, photographs and sound bites.
Jimmie Davis
http://www.peermusic.com/artistpage/Jimmie_Davis.html
Biography of Jimmie Davis, former governor, famous for "You Are My Sunshine". You can listen to the song.
More Famous Louisianians
http://louisianahistory.ourfamily.com/page7.html
More famous Louisiana persons, both living and dead.
Women
http://www.sniksnak.com/sw/women.html
Famous Louisiana women with short biographies, no photographs.
Social Security Death Index
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
Searchable by surname to locate place and date of death.
STATISTICS
Education
Louisiana Department of Education Annual Financial and Statistical Report
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/pair/1607.html
Education statistics for state and parish levels, such as ACT/SAT scores, number of teachers, suspensions, expulsions and dropouts. School profiles by parish include registration figures, graduates by sex and race, number of teachers by race, sex and experience.
District Composite Reports
http://www.state.la.us/lde/pair/1613.html
Statistics on the 66 Louisiana public school districts. Parish information on school characteristics, student participation and achievement, and college readiness.
School and District Summary Report
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/pair/1356.html
Annual school data by district. School Report Cards. Statistical information includes faculty, class size, student participation and achievement.
Colleges and Universities
http://www.regents.state.la.us/Reports/datapub.htm
“Publications and Data" contains statistical information at the college and university level on degree and certificate programs, student profile data, and facilities inventory data.
Post Secondary Schools
http://www.regents.state.la.us/katrina2.htm
Board of Regents provides information for all public and private Louisiana campuses, public and private, with websites for further information. Includes list of degreed and certificate programs.
Louisiana State Literacy Resource Center
http://www.doe.state.la.us/slrc/index.htm
Literacy statistics under "Facts and Stats” include data by state and parish levels, congressional district, and by city and town.
Agriculture/Forestry/Wildlife/Fisheries
Louisiana Summary
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/agsummary/statisticalinfo.aspx
Statistics on agricultural products, animal, forestry, fisheries, plant and wildlife commodities of the state, by both state and parish level.
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/
Forestry statistics on employment, land area, values, costs, productions, weights, and volume of timber, etc.
Louisiana Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/
Agriculture, forestry, and wildlife statistics and publications. Louisiana Agriculture Magazine online. Includes LSU Cooperative Extensions Service online publications.
Labor and Employment
Louisiana Department of Labor
http://www.ldol.state.la.us/
Labor Market Information provides labor force data by state, MSA and parish levels and includes employment levels, unemployment rate and civilian labor force. Online LOIS (Louisiana Occupational Information System) has sections on population, industry, income and wages, occupations, labor force, education, employers, etc., with much of the information by parish and MSA levels.
County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
The U.S. Census Bureau provides business and industry data at the state and parish levels. Data includes SIC codes, information on establishments, employees, payroll, number of establishments and employees, with further breakdowns of data. No sales information and excludes most government employees, railroad employees and self-employed persons. Available online only. Older data is available in print format.
Demographics
State and County Quick Facts - Louisiana
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22000.html
Quick facts about Louisiana people, business and geography at state, parish and city levels.
2000 Census Data
http://www.louisiana.gov/wps/portal/.cmd/cs/.ce/155/.s/3313/_s.155/1133
Population estimates and projections, income and poverty estimates, social and economic characteristics for many levels.
Elections
Secretary of State - Elections Division
http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/elections/elections-index.htm
Voter registration and voter turnout for recent elections with breakdowns by race and party affiliation, elections returns database.
Traffic/Crime
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, Traffic Statistics
http://lhsc.lsu.edu/
Traffic related statistics to 2005, including detailed statistics on fatal, injury, DWI, where, when, how, by driver, vehicle, speed, youth, seniors, and more.
Louisiana Crime Rates
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/lacrime.htm
Louisiana crime rates from 1960 to 2000 with statistics on type of crime.
Annual Report of the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana
http://lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/default.asp
Annual report of court activities (not crimes committed) including caseload statistics for city and parish courts, appeals by district, cases filed, and juvenile and traffic statistics by district.
Health
Kids Count
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
Information about children in the United States by state. Statistics include population, poverty and income, employment and income, children receiving aid, child health, children in trouble, child abuse and neglect, public education, and child support.
Louisiana Health Topics
http://www.dhh.state.la.us/healthtopics.asp
Publications available from the LA Department of Health and Hospitals. Click on a publication for different health topics. The Health Report Card offers yearly health statistics on Louisiana’s health status, including statistics on births and deaths at the state and parish levels.
PLACES/PLANTATIONS
Louisiana Directory Of Cities, Towns, and Villages
http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/LA%20Cities%20and%20Towns.pdf
Listing of cities, towns and villages in Louisiana. First section has alphabetical listing of towns and indicates parish name, population, and zip codes. Second section is by parish, showing each town with population and zip codes.
Locate Parish by City Name
http://quickfacts.census.gov/cgi-bin/lookup?state=22000US
Census Bureau “lookup” to locate parish by city or zip code.
Find a Parish or City
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&statecode=la
Reverse search for parish with all cities or by city to identify parish. Includes demographic information on both, as well as parish officials. From National Association of Counties (NACO).
Louisiana Register of Historic Places
http://www.louisianahp.org/nhl/searchby.asp
1264 sites in Louisiana listed on National Register of Historic Sites; includes information, photographs, and maps. Searchable by name, parish, city, type of structure.
PHOTOGRAPHS/MAPS
Photographs of Louisiana
http://www.crt.state.la.us/imagebase/complexsearchform.asp
1480+ photographs of Louisiana in .jpeg form. Searchable by keyword, city, season, topic or for multicultural topics.
LOUISiana Digital Library
http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/
3400 photographs from the LSU Digital Library. Includes images of Louisiana cities, people, landscapes, and waterways dating from mid-1800 to early 1900. Materials obtained from libraries, archives and museums.
Historical Maps of Louisiana
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/louisiana/index.html
From University of Alabama, 26 historical maps of Louisiana in color. Can be viewed with Java or a plug-in.
Map showing Ethnic Groups
http://www.louisianafolklife.org/lt/Maps/creole_maps_major_ethnic.html
Indicates where various ethnic groups are concentrated.
Outline Map of Louisiana
http://www.louisianafolklife.org/lt/maps/creole%5Fmaps%5Flg.html
Basic outline map of state showing parish outlines and names.
Maps and More Maps
http://atlas.lsu.edu/explorela.htm
Includes demographic and historic map images. Available from LSU.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Teacher Resources
Swapping Stories
http://www.lpb.org/programs/swappingstories/cultures.html
Folklore in Louisiana. Excellent resource for teachers from Division of the Arts. Includes bibliography and other teaching resources.
Louisiana Archaeology
http://www.crt.state.la.us/archaeology/homepage/index.shtml
E-books on archaeology: Tunica Trace, Belle Helene Plantation, Poverty Point, Caddo Indians, etc. Teacher and student resources from Louisiana Division of Archaeology.
Louisiana Jeopardy Game
http://www.lpsb.org/Technology/Training/jeopardy_files/frame.htm
Louisiana Jeopardy Game provides questions and answers. Available from Livingston Parish School Board.
Student Resources
Student Homework Page
http://www.louisiana.gov/wps/portal/.cmd/cs/.ce/155/.s/1118/_s.155/1088/_me/1117/
Basic historical and cultural information about Louisiana. Provides many links to governors, state history timeline, state symbols, Civil War, etc.
Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture
http://cajunculture.com/index.html
Information for preserving and promoting Cajun culture. Includes index. Good articles and links for further information. Extensive.
Encyclopedia Louisiana
http://enlou.com/
Encyclopedia Louisiana provides wide variety of information and links to other sites. Good general Louisiana site.
Know the Law. Louisiana Laws for Youth
http://www.ag.state.la.us/KnowTheLaw.pdf
Louisiana Laws for Youth by Louisiana Office of Attorney General and West Feliciana Sheriff’s Office. Explains the laws and legal situations that directly affect teenagers. Print version is also available.
School Locator
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/
Locate schools by parish or city. Provides school characteristics and enrollment data. Available from National Center for Education Statistics.
College Bound
Student Financial Assistance
http://www.osfa.state.la.us/
TOPS and START information plus grants and scholarships for students.
Colleges and Universities
http://www.regents.state.la.us/school.htm
Provides link to Louisiana colleges and university systems from Board of Regents.
PUBLICATIONS
Bayou State Periodical Index
http://www.libris.ca/bayou/
Online version of BSPI, index to articles in Louisiana journals (1995-2005); keyword searchable.
Louisiana History
http://cls.louisiana.edu/lha/journal/index.shtml
Online index (pdf) to Louisiana History, volumes 40-45 (covering years 1999-2004). Each volume is a separate index. Can be downloaded. Available from Center for Louisiana Studies at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Newspaper Project Printout
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/dbman/newspaper/db.cgi?uid=default
Search for current and historic Louisiana newspapers by city or parish. Online version of LSU Newspaper Project Printout.
Louisiana Newspapers Online
http://www.lapress.com/membersites.asp
List of Louisiana newspapers online, provided by Louisiana Press Association.
Newspapers in Louisiana
http://enlou.com/media/newspaperindex_a.htm
Alphabetical index to Louisiana current and historical newspapers. Includes ethnic affiliation.
BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT
Corporations Database
http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/app1/paygate/crpinq.jsp
From Secretary of State. Database of Louisiana corporations searchable by corporate or personal name. Provides full contact information as well as date of incorporation.
New Businesses
http://www.sec.state.la.us/comm/fss/fss-index.htm
The First Stop Shop gives current and potential business owners a single place to go for licensing information needed to start a business in Louisiana.
Business Resource Guide
http://lded.state.la.us/led/community_outreach_services/resource_guide.asp
Business Resource Guide from Louisiana Department of Economic Development. Available online only. Describes process for starting a new business in Louisiana, includes permits and licensing, taxes, contacts, etc. Can be downloaded for printing. Excellent source of information.
Jobs with the State
http://www.state.la.us/bus_employ.htm
Jobs available with State Police, Wildlife and Fisheries, Natural Resources, Corrections Services, Transportation & Development, Civil Service, Environmental Quality, and library jobs.
Civil Service Test Questions
http://www.dscs.state.la.us/Examining/SampleQuestions/samplequestions.htm
These sample questions provide an idea of what Louisiana Civil Service tests are like. Includes questions for PET test.
Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO)
http://www.lano.org/
Search for over 400 Louisiana nonprofit organizations by name, area or keyword. Full contact information.
DAILY CONCERNS
Louisiana.gov Search Page
http://louisiana.gov/wps/portal/.cmd/cs/.ce/155/.s/3958
Search entire Louisiana.gov database by keyword.
BirthCertificates
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?id=252&detail=6489
The Louisiana Vital Records Registry holds Louisiana birth certificates less than 101 years old and Louisiana Death Certificates less than 51 years old. Includes application forms and local satellite offices. For Louisiana births over 100 years ago or deaths over 50 years ago, submit order to the Office of the Secretary of State.
Tax Forms
http://www.rev.state.la.us/sections/taxforms/default.asp
Most commonly requested tax forms available in electronic format, includes the current year forms as well as for the previous five years.
Unclaimed Property
http://www.treasury.state.la.us/ucpm/index.htm
Database searchable by name for property that has been “lost” or unclaimed in Louisiana and other states. Available in Spanish and Cajun French also.
Food Stamps
http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/ofs/Food_Stamp_Program.html
Use to answer Food Stamp questions, including eligibility.
Soup Kitchens/Homeless Shelters
http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/ocs/homeless.html
Contact information for shelters and soup kitchens by city.
Winning Lottery Numbers
http://www.louisianalottery.com
Winning numbers for last seven Louisiana lottery games.
Nursing Home Comparisons
http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Home.asp?version=alternate&browser=IE%7C6%7CWinXP&language=English&defaultstatus=0&pagelist=Home
Compare detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country. Searchable by state, parish or city. Official Medicare website
