Emerson College Library: IN154: Power & Privilege: Data & Statistics

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Data and Statistics
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Library Database

Statista This link opens in a new window
Provides current data, detailed analysis, consumer attitudes, and infographics on a variety of topics and industries. Examples of coverage include agriculture, advertising (including adspend and ad reach), book and digital publishing, radio, television, public relations, health, hospitality, consumer goods, and much more. Also offers Market Outlooks (market size, forecasts, and indicators for the digital economy), and Country Profiles with key socioeconomic indicators.

News Sources

Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from hundreds of international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. API coverage is both international and interdisciplinary. 1969-present
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Weekly reports on topics of current interest, with pro and con arguments. Limited to 5 users at a time.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
GenderWatch is a repository of scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and NGO, government and special reports on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles.

New York Times Topic Pages
"Each topic page collects all the news, reference and archival information, photos, graphics, audio and video files published on topics ranging from A M Castle & Company to Zyuganov, Gennadi A. "

U.S. Government Sources

Data.gov
Statistics and datasets collected by the federal government. Topics include energy, economics, climate, manufacturing, health care, education, employment, wages, local governments, etc. Includes datasets from:

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Centers for Disease Control
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Food and Drug Administration (OpenFDA)
GlobalChange.gov (includes climate and environment data)
National Center for Education Statistics
National Library of Medicine
U.S. Census
and more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy"
Census Bureau
"The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy"
Equal Employment Opportunity Commisssion
"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee."
National Center for Education Statistics
Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Part of the U.S. Department of Education. Fulfills Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally. Don't miss the NCES Datalab for looking up raw datasets by topic, facet, population, etc.