Making a Difference
Policies and Strategies for Social Change
Data sets
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Data setsUMass subscribes to various resources that include data analysis reports and data sets.
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PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Map-creation tool for visualizing many categories of data: income, housing, quality of life, federal guidelines, and more.
To learn how to use PolicyMap, see their YouTube channel for videos: https://www.youtube.com/@PolicyMap.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
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Data.gov This link opens in a new windowA tool for finding, accessing and using Federal government data sets, newly developed to promote open government.Content is freely available for use by all.
Polls
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iPOLL This link opens in a new windowOver 650,000 public opinion survey questions and answers - from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Survey from 1935 to present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
News, business and legal sources
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
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Pew Research Center for People and the PressAn independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues
- Last Updated: Feb 20, 2025 2:42 PM
- URL: https://guides.library.umass.edu/PubPAdm397
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