Data to Study Racial Inequity: Getting Help

Sources of data for studying racism and racial disparities in wealth, opportunity, and privilege; as well as to explore the Black and African American experience.

Personal Assistance for Using/Wrangling/Analyzing Data

Library Data Services
See details of our staff's areas of expertise on the above-linked page: data acquisition; data analysis; data visualization; GIS mapping; and digital humanities. Individual consultations are available.
Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
Offers advanced expertise in research design, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and more.

Online Resources for Using Data

Libraries' ICPSR Guide
More information about ICPSR, its services, and creating an account.
Libraries' Census Data Resources guide
Introduction to many particulars of Census data, including concepts, tools, and resources.
Libraries' How to Cite Data guide
Don't forget to cite data sources like any other reference. This guide will help you construct those citations.
Conscious Style Guide for Ethnicity, Race + Nationality
A guide with the "mission...to help writers and editors think critically about using language—including words, portrayals, framing, and representation—to empower instead of limit. In one place, you can access style guides covering terminology for various communities and find links to key articles debating usage. We study words so that they can become tools instead of unwitting weapons."

Librarian for Numeric Data Services
& Data Management

Michele Hayslett

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Subjects
Data Management
Numeric Data
Census Data
Locating Data

If you would like to request we acquire data, please carefully read the guidelines at http://library.unc.edu/data/purchase/.

Subjects: Numeric Data, Population, Statistics (Numeric Data)

Bioinformatics and Research Data Librarian

Barrie Hayes, MSLS