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2010 American Library Association / Reference and User Services Association Outstanding Reference Source
NOW AVAILABLE!
Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates fast, intuitive, and appealing maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history.
An invaluable repository of information, the site currently includes the entire US Census history from 1790 to 2000, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000. More than just a data source, Social Explorer offers a high level of functionality and control. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages for further analysis and use in reports and presentations.
The site is updated three times annually with new data and new features will be continually added to the site. A full and complete reference of historical census data, Social Explorer is an end-to-end solution that meets the needs of researchers and scholars without sacrificing ease of use for non-experts.
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Save time:
- Get information specific to your research needs with accurate census data
- Save and automatically export reports to Excel and a variety of statistical packages
- Automatically create slideshows from maps
- Create a report in three easy steps
- Reports automatically calculate aggregates, percentages, and medians
Ease of use:
- Online tutorials guide you through the site
- Simple navigation buttons
- Maps are interactive and easily navigable and incorporate a find tool to instantly locate addresses, cities, zip codes, and towns
- Legend menus are always available
Reviews
"Our Data Archive purchased a subscription at the request of several history and sociology faculty....the number of variables you get access to via the subscription makes this well worth the cost."
Kris Kasianovitz, Government Documents Librarian, UCLA
"Social Explorer is incredibly simple to use and incorporate into other mediums..."
Matt Johnson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Worcester State College
"Social Explorer is a highly appealing website... with versatile maps and reports.... it should be a resource available at any major library."
William Frey, Research Professor, University of Michigan and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institute
"Finding Social Explorer made me so excited I wanted to email my colleagues immediately."
Elisha Marr, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Calvin College
"My students thought Social Explorer was a fantastic resource. It's great to have access to so much historic information -- they really saw how rich census data can be. It's very user-friendly, too; the students learned to navigate effortlessly. Social Explorer inspired the best census explorations I've ever seen."
Anne Knowles, Associate Professor of Geography, Middlebury College
Further information
www.socialexplorer.com
Contact Information
Customers within
North and South America:
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T: 1 800 624 0153
F: 1 919 677 8877
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Customers outside
North and South America:
E: onlineproducts@oup.com
T: +44 (0)1865 353705
F: +44 (0)1865 353308
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