SOWO 490: Economic Justice: Data & Design

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Library Data Services cater to researchers interested in working with data, mapping, texts, visualization, and technology. Many of these services are available online. Davis Library Data Services, located on the second floor of Davis Library, offers:

A computing lab with specialized software for GIS and data visualization & analysis.
Walk-in assistance provided by knowledgeable student consultants during set hours.
Consultations with specialists for more in-depth inquiries (by appointment).
Spaces for collaboration and presentation, complete with white boards and external displays.
Technology short courses and programs that promote digital scholarship. .

Data Visualization & Poster Design

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Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce
City Data
Graphs of the latest real estate prices and sales trends, recent home sales, a home value estimator, hundreds of thousands of maps, satellite photos...
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... demographic data (race, income, ancestries, education, employment), geographic data, state profiles, crime data, registered sex offenders, cost of living, housing, religions, businesses, political contributions, city government finances, employment, weather, natural disasters, hospitals, schools and libraries.
Civil Rights Data Collection - Dept. of Education
HUD User Data
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides interested researchers with access to the original data sets generated by PD&R-sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, median family incomes and income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
LINC (Log into North Carolina)
NC demographic, health, education, and a variety of other data.
Kids Count Data Center
The premier source for data on child and family well-being in the United States. Access hundreds of indicators, download data and create reports and graphics on the KIDS COUNT Data Center that support smart decisions about children and families.
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC)
The MRLC provides many data products related to land cover, land cover change, land development, and tree canopy. Data are available for multiple points in time: 2001, 2006, and 2011.
Municode
Municipal Code Corporation - Consists of local government codes of ordinances from around United States. Also includes links to related organizations.
NC School Report Cards
Find data for NC public schools (and some charter schools) including performance, personnel, digital access, crime, suspensions and expulsions, plus school/district profiles.

GIS Data From Local Municipalities and NC Government

These are links to municipal data including: Parcels, Subdivisions, Economic Development Zones, Land Use (current & future), EMS, Law, Greenways, Schools, and Zoning.

Durham County GIS Access

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SOWO 490: Economic Justice: Data & Design

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