Facts, Opinions, and Statistics
The following web sites will lead you to quick facts, opinions, statistics, and background information on a variety of topics.
- 2010 Census
- American Factfinder (Population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census. Use their tutorials to learn more.)
- Credo Reference ("Online reference collection providing access to a selection of over 240 reference works, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies and books of quotations.")
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources)
- Legal Research Sources (Links to sources of legislative, judicial, and administrative law, including periodical databases.)
- NewsBank Special Reports (Focus on topics of current interest, including current and background information, statistics, maps, images, websites, and suggested search terms. Updated daily.)
- Minority Links (Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States)
- Public Opinion Polls and Surveys
- Public Records Directory
- RefDesk.com--Reference, Facts, News
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (Archives of public opinion surveys. Search the "iPOLL Databank," which is organized at the question level, from national public opinion surveys, 1935 to present. Search for datasets using "RoperExpress," which allows downloading of about 75% of public opinion studies conducted in the US and many recent studies from outside of the US.)
- SAGE Knowledge (Collection of over 350 electronic encyclopedias and handbooks in the social sciences and education.)
- San Fernando Valley Statistics & Facts