The Reference Guide to Data Sources

This ALA editions reference guide for data sources is a current look at essential resources for beginner researchers and students. The title is largely broken down into general concepts and also subject-specific chapters, including agriculture, earth science, economics, health care, political science and spatial data. The audience of this book is geared mainly to public librarians and high school librarians, or alternatively academic librarians with no specific data-geared focused position or department.

The sources provided in the book are for the most part freely available online resources, with a negligible number of listings requiring the user to either request access...