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Guide to Finding Data about Racism and Ethnic Bias

Table of Contents

Scope and Purpose

Feedback and Suggestions

A. Ethics and Best Practices

B. Sources and Strategies

• 1. Resource Guides
  • Example Library Guides
  • Example National Archives
  • Example Academic Data Resources
  • Example Books
• 2. Governmental Sources
  • National statistical offices
  • International Sources Covering Multiple Countries
• 3. Data Archives & Repositories
  • Examples
• 4. Commercial Databases
  • Examples
• 5. Think Tanks, Research Centers, and Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Search organization and think tank index and directories
  • Search with think tank search engines and reviews
  • Examples of projects and programs from educational institutions and organizations
  • Examples of Google Search for online projects from organizations and academia
• 6. Funders and grantees
  • Funders Requiring Data Sharing
  • Internet Search for Funders and Grants
  • Search Grants and Grantmaking Directory databases for funders
  • Search Grant database of foundations known to fund equality, social and racial justice
• 7. Scholarly Works
  • Example articles
  • Example search strategies
• 8. Newspapers, Magazines, & Trade Publications
  • Example search
• 9. Social Networks
  • Example Associations and Platforms

C. Concepts and Context

• 1. Full datasets vs quick stats
• 2. Access
• 3. Search terms and language
  • Keywords vs controlled vocabulary
  • Empirical studies - Methodology and other useful filters
  • Library catalogs
  • Examples of database and data archives thesaurus
  • Examples of race and ethnicity variables
  • Resource guide for looking up controlled vocabulary
  • Suggested controlled vocabulary and search terms
  • English (US)
    • Justice, Inequality
    • Race, Ethnicity
    • Law, Policy, Structure
    • Data and Methodology
  • Other languages
• 4. Guidance for collecting data
  • Public Domain
  • Open access data license
  • Subscription required data license
  • Further Resources
• 5. Guidance for analyzing data
  • Further Resources

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