Pathfinders for Nickel and Dimed

 Print Materials:

Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America /  Barbara Ehrenreich.  305.5 EHR   
The missing class : portraits of the near poor in America /  Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen.  305.5 NEW   
The economics of life /  Gary S. Becker.  306.3 BEC 
Making our way : America at the turn of the century in the words of the poor and powerless /  309.173 KAT
Creating a world without poverty : social business and the future of capitalism  /  Yunus, Muhammad.  338.7 YUN
World poverty / Whitman, Sylvia.   339.4 WHI
The visible poor : Homelessness in the United States /   Joel Blau.  362.5 BLA                                                    
From cradle to grave : the human face of poverty in America /  Jonathan Freedman. 362.5 FRE         
Poverty : changing attitudes 1900-2000 /  Teresa Garlake. 362.5 GAR           
American homelessness /  Mary Ellen Hombs. 362.5 HOM             
Poverty : opposing viewpoints /  Laura K. Egendorf, book editor.  362.5 POV  
Poverty in American  /  Reef, Cathering.  362.5 REE     
This land is their land : reports from a divided nation  /  Ehrenreich, Barbara.  973.93 EHR
The ultimate resource : pennies a day.  /  DVD 332.2 ULT
Occupational outlook handbook /   REF 331.7 OCC

Online Resources:

Basic Family Budget Calculator

http://www.epi.org/content/budget_calculator

Career Zone California

http://www.californiarealitycheck.com/start.htm

Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2009

http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2009.htm

Characteristics of workers affected by minimum wage increase to $7.25

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/table1.pdf

Economic Snapshots

http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/mwig_fact_sheet/

Jobs, Wages and Living Standards

http://www.epi.org/issues/category/wages_and_living_standards/

List of U.S. state minimum wages

www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm

Minimum wage

 http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage

Minimum wage/Statistics

http://www.epionline.org/mw_statistics_annual.cfm

State and County Quick Facts : California and United States

http://www.bls.gov/OCO/

Occupational Information Network

http://online.onetcenter.org/find/

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2010-11 Edition

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Real minimum and average wages, 1950-2008

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/figure5.pdf

State of Working America

http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/tabfig.html

Tables, figures, and data download—Minimum Wage Issue Guide

http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/tables_figures_data/

 

See also:

JFK Library Databases

      American social reform movements reference library. Detroit, Mich : UXL, c2007.

and:

Sacramento Public Library Databases

http://www.saclibrary.org/

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    "The Poor in Developed Countries,"     World Poverty. Sandra M. Alters. Gale, 2009. p75-90.

  • Student Resource Center Gold

     keyword search terms:  minimum wage AND poverty

 

Writing Resources:

  

Citation Style Guides

http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/Research_Help/Citation_Style_Guides/default.asp

 

 

3/8/2010