Director of the Liaison Program
Research & Engagement
Welcome!
Welcome to the guide to resources for your data project in JOU 4325. In this guide, you'll find
- Sources for finding data about your topic.
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Data Sources
- Data.gov This link opens in a new window
Provides access to publicly available and downloadable datasets, citizen-developed apps, mobile apps, and U.S. government apps.
- Sage Data This link opens in a new window
Provides statistical data from U.S. government publications, state and private sources, and international organizations.
- Statista : the leading statistics portal This link opens in a new window
Provides data on over 80 000 topics from more than 10 000 different sources.
- Historical statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 37 000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations, all from the earliest times to the present.--Vendor
Data Sources + Visualization
- Social explorer This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 220 years of demographic data and 18 000 maps covering census, economic, election, religion data and more.
- PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Provides demographic, education, health, geographic data and more. Offers the user the capability of presenting the data visually through maps, tables, and reports.
- SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
Enables users to create thematic maps, charts and reports using over 90,000 demographic, business, marketing and health data variables.
