If you have shapefile or geodatabse feature class that you want to separate into several shapefiles or feature classes based on a specific attribute, you can do so relatively painlessly via XTools Pro.   XTools is an extension that should be loaded onto any OSU owned computer that also has ArcGIS (at least this is the case for all computers in Digital Earth).

Once you have XTools toolbar added to your map, you can find the ‘Split Layer by Attributes’ tool under ‘Feature Conversions’.  Caution: the tool requires the same input and output file types to work correctly (i.e., shapefile –> shapefiles or geodatabase feature class –> geodatabase feature classes).

There are many other useful tools worth exploring in XTools Pro (www.xtoolspro.com).