Search Strategy #1: Use a Finding Aid
Finding aids include reference sources and library databases.
Reference Sources
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
The standard source for quantitative facts about American History. The database permits users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest. Covers colonial period to 1970.
Demographics of the U. S.: Trends and Projections by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781937737528Publication Date: 2017Details the socioeconomic trends of the 21st century. Includes comprehensive coverage of historical statistics, including single-year data on many topics such as educational attainment, college costs, health status, cigarette smoking, home ownership, household income, earnings, poverty rates, labor force participation, self-employment, living arrangements, marital status, immigration, geographic mobility, and more.
OECD Factbook 2015-2016 by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9789264232563Publication Date: 2016Close to 100 indicators cover a wide range of areas: economy, education, energy, transportation, environment, development, health, industry, information and communications, population, employment and labor, trade and investment, taxation, public expenditure and R&D. Data are provided for all OECD countries, including the OECD aggregate, euro area, European Union, and where data are available, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and South Africa.
Library Databases
- Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistical data on over 80,000 topics, and reports on companies, products, markets, and industries. Statistics and reports are formatted in clear visualizations and include their citation information, as well as links to related sources and topic reports.
- Statistical Abstracts of the United States on ProQuest via NC LIVE This link opens in a new window
The Statistical Abstracts of the United States were compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, and represents a collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. ProQuest offers the most recent editions of the Statistical Abstracts.
- Sports Market Analytics (SMA) from SBRNet This link opens in a new windowA dedicated resource of market research for sport business, SBRNet allows you to locate information by sport, sporting goods, team, market, and more.
