Category Archives: Data and Statistics
Wait…So the 2000 Census and the 2010 Census Aren’t the Same?
Yes, indeed. The 2000 Census included both the short- and long-form questionnaires. In 2010, only the short-form was delivered (and that is also the plan for 2020 and beyond). All of the information that was asked on the long-form is now being collected … Continue reading
So how many people in the U.S. have/do/are [blank]?
Down here in Government Publications, Maps and Law (GPML) we get a lot of who, what, when and where statistics questions. Some examples include “how many women-owned businesses are there in the United States?” Or, “How many babies were born in the … Continue reading
A Day at Librarian Bootcamp
Actually it was a day-long Medical Library Association continuing education course called e-Science Bootcamp. The course was developed by the librarians at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia and supported by NN/LM-SE/A. (Follow the link to see … Continue reading
Columbia Gazetteer of the World is Now Online
Place-name searching just got easier with the Columbia Gazetteer of the World; now available online to the Johns Hopkins Institutions. Considered the definitive English-language gazetteer (geographical index or dictionary), the Columbia Gazetteer includes countries, states, cities, towns, provinces, counties, villages, hamlets, … Continue reading
Top Hopkins Picks in 2010
Between those giant textbooks and dense journals, you’d think Hopkins students and profs wouldn’t have time for pleasure reading. Not so! Our McNaughton Collection of popular fiction and nonfiction is heavily used throughout the year! So just what do you … Continue reading
And the Winners Are…
The results are in! Thanks to all of you who completed the recent LibQual survey. And congratulations to those of you who won either a Barnes and Noble gift card or a Nook. The winners, who represented all the participating campus libraries, were: Jessica … Continue reading
Getting Acquainted With ArcGIS 10
The Government Publications, Maps and Law Department (GPML for short) is offering a new Thursday workshop series on using ArcGIS 10. The workshops will run every Thursday starting this Thursday (Jan. 6) until late May from 4pm – 6pm. The series has … Continue reading
Numbers, Numbers, Who’s Got the Numbers?
We do! We count the number of people using the library, consulting our databases, and taking our classes; we also count how many books we own, and the number of journals and databases we subscribe to. Now we just need to … Continue reading
Come one, come all to the Fair!
The ICPSR Social Sciences Data Fair, that is. Sponsored by the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), this Virtual Data Fair is free and open to all members of the Johns Hopkins University community and outside social scientists … Continue reading
Want to know what people REALLY think?
Short of mind-reading, there are ways to get an idea of what people think and feel about current events in America and around the world. How, you say? Well through polling data of course! Below are three resources accessible through … Continue reading