Items listed under State Documents have been received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and are usually available from public libraries in the state through inter-library loan. Issuing agencies may have copies available. For items listed under Other Reports, write to the publisher as listed.

State Documents

■ Siting the Superconducting Super Collider in Northeastern Illinois: Environmental Screening Atlas, Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, Room 300 325 W. Adams St., Springfield 62706 (1986), 96 pp.

In late 1987 the U.S. Department of Energy is expected to conduct a national competitor for a site for the superconducting super collider (SSC). This 20-trillion electron volt accelerator will collide beams of subatomic particles; the reactions will provide physicists with new data for exploring the nature of matter and the origin of the universe. The SSC Task Force established in 1984 by Gov. James R. Thompson, is providing the organization and data needed to bring the project to Illinois. This atlas is part of the initial environmental investigation. It describes the physical setting of the proposed site in northeastern Illinois and provides maps of the numerous wells and borings done so far. A number of conservation and preservation issues connected with the project are discussed as are the area's cultural features.

■ Taking Charge of Your Career: The AFSCME Career Handbook for RC14 Employees, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, 534 S. Second St., Springfield 62701 (ApriI 1987), 36 pp.

This booklet is part of an ongoing campaign by AFSCME to gain increased job mobility for state office workers. It discusses transfers and promotions, tuition reimbursement, trained programs, job audits, tests and the AFSCM negotiated inequity fund.

■ Illinois Tax Climate, Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois, 201 E. Adams St.. Springfield 62701 (1987), 85 pp.; $8.00.

Like its 12 predecessors, this edition of Illinois Tax Climate compares this state's tax laws with those of a number of other states. For this edition they are: California, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. Because utility gross receipts taxes become a major source of revenue in many states, a new section on utility taxes has been added. As is usual with federation publications, the format for this report and the information it contains are clear, concise and extremely well presented. Anna J. Merritt