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Data for the
Non-Data
Librarian
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Jen Darragh
Data Services and Sociology Librarian,
Johns Hopkins University
Hailey Mooney
Data Services Coordinator and
Social Sciences Librarian,
Michigan State University Libraries
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Agenda
• Data vs. Statistics
• Search Strategies
• Local Area Resources
• Reference Question
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Data vs. Statistics
• What’s the difference anyway?
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Data

Data or Statistics?
• I am trying to locate data on new vehicle sale prices over
the past 10 years. If it was broken down by month, that
would be even better. I want to see how sales prices
vary.
• Poll Question: Data or Statistics?
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Data or Statistics?
• I’m determining the feasibility of developing a senior
apartment/housing community in Easton, Md. I would
really like to find information that breaks down household
income by age for either Easton, MD or Talbot County,
MD
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Data or Statistics?
• I want to find out how many people with alcohol
dependency also have been diagnosed with a
psychiatric disorder. I want to determine the most
common disorders and investigate the relationship
between amount of alcohol imbibed and severity and
length of symptoms.
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Reference Interview Tips
• Statistics or data?
• Who or What?
• Topic
• Unit of Analysis
• When?
• Most current available, a single year, time series
• Where?
• Geographic unit(s)
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• Examples
• The number of mentally
ill people who drive cars
in Sanilac County
• The number of Korean
older adults who get
services from community
centers and live in
Michigan
• Reality
• Never collected
• Never published
• $$$
• Unwieldy format
• Be flexible
Expectation Management
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Search Strategies
• Statistics
1. Use a Finding Aid
2. Identify Potential
Producers
3. Turn to the Literature
4. Targeted Online Searches
5. Ask for Help
• Data
1. Search in a Data Archive
2. Identify Potential
Producers
3. Turn to the Literature
4. Statistics Lead to Data
5. Ask for Help
How to Find Data & Statistics LibGuide:
http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/datastats
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Search Strategies for Statistics
#1: Use a Finding Aid
Research Guides
Reference Sources
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Historical Statistics of the United States
Statistical Databases
• Data-Planet
• PolicyMap
• ProQuest Statistical Insight
• SAGE Stats
• SimplyMap
• Statista
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#2: Identify Potential Producers
• Who might collect or publish this type of information?
Government Agencies
Non-Government Organizations
Academic Institutions
Private Sector
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#3 Turn to the Literature
• Look for statistics reported in journal, news, and magazine articles.
If they report a source, be sure to follow it up!
Lemons, J. (2015, July 17). Fighting urban poverty. CQ Researcher, 25, 601-624.
Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/
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#4 Targeted Online Searches
• Think about where to search and which keywords to use.
Search Engines
• Site:.gov
Library Catalog
• Health insurance -- Michigan – Statistics
Statistical Indexes
• You’ve looped back to strategy #1
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#5: Ask for Help
• Knowing when to call in reinforcements is important.
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Search Strategies for Data
#1: Search in a Data Archive
Inter-university Consortium for
Political and Social Research
Re3data.org
Data Citation Index
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#2: Identify Potential Producers
• Who might collect or publish this type of information?
Government Agencies
Non-Government Organizations
Academic Institutions
Private Sector
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#3 Turn to the Literature
• Search for research studies based on secondary analysis
of publicly available data sets.
Data Archive Bibliographies
• ICPSR Bibliography of Data-Related
Literature
Library Indexes
Books on Research Methods
• Secondary data analysis: An
introduction for psychologists
• Unobtrusive measures
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#4 Statistics Lead to Data
• Track it down to the original source.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Health, United States, 2014. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/healthrisk.htm
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#5: Ask for Help
• Knowing when to call in reinforcements is important.
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Local Resources
• American Community Survey (ACS)
• City/County/State government
• City/County/State organizations
• Local university/college research groups
• Subscription/paid resources
Tip: It can be easier to find multiple organizations in larger
cities. However, state organizations sometimes have data
for smaller areas within the state.
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The American Community Survey
(ACS)
• De facto replacement of the Census Long-Form
(discontinued after 2000 Census).
• Provides current demographic estimates for a sample of
the population every year.
• Sample size is around 3.5 million households (per year)
which is roughly 3% of total households.
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Using the ACS
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/guidance/estimates.html
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City/County/State Government
https://www.data.gov/open-gov/
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• Local government agencies (.gov or .org)
domain)
Look for sections of the
website that say
research, data, reports,
or statistics.
Don’t be afraid to ask
someone at the agency for
more information.
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https://www.census.gov/sdc/network.html
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City/County/State Organizations
You can search for your
city (county or state)
name and non-profit and
directory. Many areas do
provide a list. (.org
domain)
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City/County/State Organizations
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Local Colleges and Universities
Tip: Look for Centers
and Research Institutes
or community
partnerships on the
school’s website.
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Paid/Subscription Resources
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Reference Question
• I would like to create a chart showing the
following ethnic groups in relation to the total
population of Michigan: Arab, Chinese, and
Nepali.
• Poll Question: Who is a likely producer?
• Poll Question: Which databases are likely to
have this information?
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Considerations
• Classifications: Ancestry vs. Race
• Terminology: Nepali vs. Nepalese
• Classifications: Chinese and Nepalese are
subdivisions of Asian. Arab is reported under
Ancestry
• Classifications: Race alone or in combination
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Answer (Part 1)
• American FactFinder
Advanced Search
selections
– Race & Ethnic Groups:
Asian
– Geography: State:
Michigan
• B02018. Asian alone or in
any combination by
selected groups (2011-
2013 ACS 3-year
estimates)
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Answer (Part 2)
Advanced Search
selections
Ancestry
Michigan
• B04003. Total ancestry
reported (2011-2013
ACS 3-year estimates)
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Answer (Part 3)
Advanced Search
selections
Race/Ethnicity of
Individual
Michigan
• B02001. Race (2011-
2013 ACS 3-year
estimates)
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Webinar recording, slides, and follow-up Q&A will be emailed to you and available at
connection.sagepub.com
Thank you!
Jen Darragh
and
Hailey Mooney
Be sure to check SAGE Connection for updates on our webinar series!
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