LibGuides: HONORS 499C Bioterrorism: Interdisciplinary Perspective on International, Political & Scientific Challenges: Data

Places to find Public Health Data

Social Explorer
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Maps illustrating Census data from 1790 to 2010, with recent community, religion, and carbon emissions data.

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.
PolicyMap
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Map-creation tool for visualizing many categories of data: income, housing, quality of life, federal guidelines, and more.

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.
Proquest Statistical Insight
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References to statistical reports from federal, state and local governments, private organizations, and intergovernmental agencies, 1973-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.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
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Statistics from U.S. agencies on population, society, trade, the government, and much more, 2013-present. This for-profit version continues Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1878-2012.

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.

Data.gov
"The home of the U.S. Government’s open data

Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more."
Google Dataset Search
From their About page: "Dataset Search enables users to find datasets stored across the Web through a simple keyword search. The tool surfaces information about datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful."