undata Back in February, the UN Statistics Division released their beta system for providing a single entry point for UN data. This new system replaces the UN Common Databse (UNCDB), with which many readers will be familiar. Undata allows you to search for data by keyword as well as browse by category. It is regularly…
ICPSR has announced the beta launch of its Online Learning Center (OLC). The press release is reproduced below. If you would like to learn more about this, contact Paula or me. ————————– ICPSR is pleased to announce the beta launch of the Online Learning Center (OLC). The site is located at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/OLC/ and can be…
statehealthfacts.org from the Kaiser Family Foundation This web site provides a remarkably quick and easy way to find and compare health and health care statistics and data on a U.S. state level. Over 500 topics are represented, many of which are from freely available public sources, but some private sources are included such as original…
International Data Resource Center (IDRC) New from ICPSR, this special archive “acts as a clearinghouse for international data housed at ICPSR.” The site makes it easier to find ICPSR data of interest to internationalists. Browse by subject, data series, or geography. Of special interest on this site is the Instructional Resources section, which links sample…
Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business. Part of UC Berkeley’s new YouTube campus, a web site of lectures uploaded for viewing by the public, is a series of lectures about search engines. The lectures are part of a course taught in the School of Information by Dr. Marti Hearst. Some of the lectures are a…
The CIAO database (Carleton only link), as of fall 2007, contains selected data and information from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a respected and highly cited source in political economy. EUI country information now in CIAO Detailed country maps Basic information and data for 201 countries Political and economic structures and backgrounds (coming in October)…
Did you know that you can use the Social Sciences Citation Index to identify articles that cite a particular article? Whenever you need to find out what has been written on a given topic since the time of an important publication, the SSCI is the tool to use. Contact me or any of the other…
As the 2007-08 school year approaches and you begin to collect readings for your comps, now is a good time to think about how you will organize your research. One possibility is to use EndNote, citation management software that you can use as current Carleton students. EndNote is software installed on all lab computers. If…
Death and Taxes is a fascinating visualization of the path that U.S. taxes take. It is one of many data visualization methods featured on the Visual Complexity web site, and Steve Krause, on his blog, wonders if such data visualizations qualify as art.
Michael F. Goodchild, at the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis and Dept. of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, offers some thoughts about spatial literacy and GIS education from the primary to tertiary levels.