LibGuides: MKT482.1 Marketing Research: Resources

Federal Government Sources

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, provides the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system.
Bureau of Economic Analysis: U.S. Department of Commerce
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The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is your source of accurate and objective data about the nation's economy.
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BEA's economists produce some of the world's most closely watched statistics, including U.S. gross domestic product, better known as GDP. We do state and local numbers, too, plus foreign trade and investment stats and industry data.
Business.com
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Business.com is the premier website for business news and engaging resource content focused on helping business owners and decision-makers launch, build, and expand their businesses.
CDC: 500 Cities Project
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An interactive map that allows researchers to quickly access and analyze health data from the 500 largest cities in the United States. Visitors can browse this information, which is drawn from census and city data, in a number of ways. [MMB]
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Researchers interested in learning more about data by region can select an individual state on the map. From there, select from three categories (Health Outcomes; Prevention; Unhealthy
Behaviors) to view a variety of specific data measurements for cities in that state. Measurements include rates of high blood pressure, smoking, and health insurance coverage, to name just a few. Alternatively, visitors may also chose to simultaneously view all data in the United States for a particular measurement (e.g. prevalence of arthritis). Data is color coded, allowing visitors to compare cities at first glance, or visitors may hover their cursor over any individual city to view available data. In addition to this map feature, researchers can also request a comparison report for two cities, download a PDF copy of 28 data maps, or download all available data. [MMB]
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FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
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FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources.
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It combines data with a powerful mix of tools that help the user understand, interact with, display, and disseminate the data.
IRS Small Business & Self Employed Tax Center
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Resources for taxpayers who file Form 1040, Schedules C, E, F or Form 2106, as well as small businesses with assets under $10 million.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
This guide contains references to important primary sources of statistical information for the United States.
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The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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he Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making.
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As an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), BLS provides statistical guidance to the department and its agencies and works in partnership with those agencies to support their data needs. We support the DOL’s mission "To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights."
U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base The IDB was developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to provide access to accurate and timely demographic measures for populations around the world. The database includes a comprehensive set of indicators, as produced by the U.S. Census Bureau since the 1960s.
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Data included in the IDB consist of indicators developed from censuses, surveys, administrative records, and special measures of HIV/AIDS-related mortality.
The IDB provides estimates and projections for 228 countries and areas which have populations of 5,000 or more and as recognized by the U.S. Department of State. Population size (by single year of age and sex) and components of change (fertility, mortality, and migration) are provided from an initial or base year through 2050, for each calendar year.
U.S. Census QuickFacts Provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more
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Includes Tables, Maps, Charts, and Dashboard
U.S. Census QuickFacts Provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more
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Includes Tables, Maps, Charts, and Dashboard
U.S. Department of the Treasury: Resource Center
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The Treasury Resource Center contains information and documents that are organized by topic area.

Business Databases

Search Encyclopaedia Britannica: Compare Countries

Search EBSCO's Business Source Ultimate

Search EBSCO's Communication & Mass Media Complete

>Search the name of your country with these keywords: country report; economy. Limit the search to 2019-2022 for the most current information.

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Last updated February 2022.

Demographics, Data and Statistics

U.S. Census QuickFacts Provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more
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World Factbook This link opens in a new window
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Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. The Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base The IDB was developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to provide access to accurate and timely demographic measures for populations around the world. The database includes a comprehensive set of indicators, as produced by the U.S. Census Bureau since the 1960s.
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Data included in the IDB consist of indicators developed from censuses, surveys, administrative records, and special measures of HIV/AIDS-related mortality.
The IDB provides estimates and projections for 228 countries and areas which have populations of 5,000 or more and as recognized by the U.S. Department of State. Population size (by single year of age and sex) and components of change (fertility, mortality, and migration) are provided from an initial or base year through 2050, for each calendar year.
Aneki.com Search world rankings, records, top 10 lists, and more. Aneki is dedicated to promoting wider knowledge of the world's countries and regions. The website serves as a comprehensive source of continental and world rankings in an increasing number of categories. The data is derived from numerous sources including United Nations agencies and the United States' Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.
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BBC News Country Profiles Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.
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Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets The Bureau of Public Affairs (PA) engages domestic and international media to communicate timely and accurate information with the goal of furthering U.S. foreign policy and national security interests as well as broadening understanding of American values. In carrying out its mission, PA employs a wide range of media platforms, provides historical perspective, and conducts public outreach.
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Compare Countries (Britannica) This link opens in a new window
Choose two countries and compare their country profile, geography, history, population, area, and other important facts in the form of statistical charts, maps, images, articles and related resources.

Country Reports Provides over 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world. With unique content from around the world including cultural, historical and statistical information.
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Country Studies Contains the electronic versions of 80 books previously published in hard copy as part of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, books in the series present a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world. Each book was written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists, who sought to adhere to accepted standards of scholarly objectivity. The books represent the analysis of the authors and should not be construed as an expression of an official U.S. government position, policy, or decision.
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Country Watch an information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
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Cultural Profiles Project Provides cultural profiles of the countries of origin of Canadian immigrants to help Canadian hosts welcome immigrants to Canada by helping them understand the immigrants' cultural background. The cultural profiles were developed in association with the AMNI Centre at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, and are arranged alphabetically by country.
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Eldis Eldis provides free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues. You can search for the information you need according to key development topics and the country they relate to.
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Embassy World Directory & Search Engine Of Every Nations Embassies & Consulates. Designed to provide a comprehensive list of contact resources for all of the world's diplomatic offices.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica This link opens in a new window
Access to high-quality, comprehensive information.
Written by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors, and other notable experts, the Encyclopædia Britannica articles are trusted resources with balanced, global perspectives and unique insights that users will not find anywhere else.

Ethnologue Find, read about, and research the world's 7,097 known living languages. Includes profiles for every language on earth, and overall statistics, guides and tools.
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Etnopedia for an international community to translate ethnic people profiles into other languages. Its purpose is to inform Evangelical Protestant Christians taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to unreached people groups. The Etnopedia community has translated over 10,000 ethnic people profiles into languages other than English. Search by People or by Countries
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International Affairs Resources This WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources is an Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in many international and global studies topics. Sites are carefully selected for their long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, authoritative information and analysis online.
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International Monetary Fund Country Information The IMF is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
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International Statistics Contains key international statistics and data sources. The selected data and data sources are produced by the most important and reliable international bodies and organisations.
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LANIC The Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) provides access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America.
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Nation Master A vast compilation of data from hundreds of sources. Using the forms below, you can get maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
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Our World in Data An online publication that shows how living conditions are changing. It covers a wide range of topics across many academic disciplines: Trends in health, food provision, the growth and distribution of incomes, violence, rights, wars, culture, energy use, education, and environmental changes are empirically analyzed and visualized.
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People Groups Info A resource to help you and your church to find and engage unreached diaspora peoples residing among us, no matter whether they are new immigrants, refugees, or international students in North America.
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Public Data by Google Public search engine for finding statistical data and metrics.
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RBA Statistics The Rapid Intelligence Pty Ltd, is an online publishing company based in Sydney, Australia. It repackages and compares data information from many different sources including the CIA World Factbook, World Bank, WHO, and FAO .
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Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web Listing of U.S. and international online sources of all kinds of reliable statistics.
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Sustainable World Concentrates on national data mainly (but not exclusively) for developing countries provided in large part by international organizations. Recently many new sources of data at the sub-national level have become available and a selection these sites will be included in the revised listings. All sites listed will provide free data.
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UK Data Service Its primary aim is to provide users with seamless and flexible access to a wide range of data resources to facilitate high quality social and economic research and education.
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UN Data UN statistical databases can now be searched and download from a variety of statistical resources of the UN system.
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World Bank Open Data Free and open access to global development data. Browse by country or Indicator.
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ZANRAN Zanran helps you to find ‘semi-structured’ data on the web. This is the numerical data that people have presented as graphs and tables and charts. For example, the data could be a graph in a PDF report, or a table in an Excel spreadsheet, or a barchart shown as an image in an HTML page. This huge amount of information can be difficult to find using conventional search engines, which are focused primarily on finding text rather than graphs, tables and bar charts.
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