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Data Sources for Social Studies Investigations

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United Nations Data Sets - health, demographics, socioeconomics

International statistics: Compare countries on just about anything! NationMaster.com. NBER- Nat'l Bureau of Economic Research. The Globalization Website - Site Index. Maps & Data - Geography. Maps Census Data Mapper The Census Data Mapper is a web mapping application intended to provide users with a simple interface to view, save and print county-based demographic maps of the United States. Reference Maps Reference maps are designed to show the geographic locations of features and boundaries. These maps usually contain features, such as roads and rivers, and boundaries, such as county, place, census tracts, or many more. These maps do not contain demographic data and are used solely to show the location of and relationship between boundaries and features. For interactive reference maps see TIGERweb.

Thematic Maps Thematic maps are designed to show demographic, economic, business, or socioeconomic data about or characteristics of an area. Maps Available for Purchase A list of maps for purchase. Demographic, Socioeconomic, Economic, and other Statistical Data Statistical Data Tools Statistical data can be found by using one of our many data tools. Geographic Data TIGER Products Tallies. Government. Oregon QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau. Google Public Data Explorer. 13 Of The Best Tools To Create Infographics. For better or for worse, visual information is the new internet, and infographics are pioneers in mashing information and images together in a way that hopefully tells a story, provides utility, or both.

You need 3 basic “things” to create infographics. 1. A tool that works (below, we have 3) 2. Reliable data sources (we have 10 below to get you started) 3. Now, to create quality infographics is a bit more involved, but itself can be reduced to practice and observation. 3 Infographic Creation Tools 1. Piktochart is by far the best infographic creation tool we’ve found. 2. easelly 3. visual.ly 10 Data Sources 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 13 Of The Best Tools To Create Infographics.

World Bank Data Resources