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Alex Gallin-Parisi
Contact:
After March 2020, I will primarily work off-campus in support of stopping the spread of COVID-19.
Please contact me via email at agallin@trinity.edu or visit me virtually over Zoom during my office hours Wednesdays and Thursdays 3-5pm.
Please contact me via email at agallin@trinity.edu or visit me virtually over Zoom during my office hours Wednesdays and Thursdays 3-5pm.
Primary Data
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Texas State Data CenterContains a great deal of Census data collected in Texas. It's possible to get this data from the Census yourself, but it's all here for the taking.
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ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)Trinity University is a member institution of ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research), which maintains and provides access to an archive of digital social science data for research and instruction. In addition, ICPSR provides user support to assist researchers in identifying relevant data for analysis and in conducting their research projects. Trinity University participates in ICPSR Direct, which gives Trinity users easy access to more than 6,200 studies.
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Data-PlanetWide ranging collection of raw data on a variety of topics. Most data is available as an image file and as an Excel spreadsheet. Also have a look at the "List of Links" link on the main page to access primary sources of data included in Data-Planet.
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Datapedia of the United StatesA factbook containing data on several hundred indicators of social, economic, political, and cultural developments in United States history
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More Statistical SourcesMore resources to statistical data--census, education stats, local data, etc.
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Sanborn MapsDigitized maps of selected Texas towns and cities from 1867 to 1970.
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NewspapersThis link takes you to the library's newspaper databases; depending on how you use them, news articles can be primary or secondary sources.
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Policy MapPolicyMap is an online data and mapping tool that enables government, commercial, non-profit and academic institutions to access data about communities and markets across the US. You can use it to create maps of specific areas with education data, such as % of students in poverty, graduation rates, etc.
Urban Studies
(Atlanta)
(Courtesy of www.uwsp.edu)