Primary Sources - ENGL 230W - Workplace Writing / Golini, Rosemary - James P. Adams Library at James P. Adams Library

Evaluating Primary Data

This page contains a small group of recommended resources for finding primary data on a wide array of topics. To select data resources, the librarian applied the following criteria:

The data must be relevant to the assignment.
The data must be as current as possible.
The data must be collected by a credible agency.
If available, the methodology for collecting the data must be evaluated.

Recommended Data Resources

Statista
Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with statistics, reports, and marketing insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides a variety of information to help you evaluate public policies on healthcare, retirement benefits, the minimum wage, workforce education and training, economic development, workplace safety, monetary policy, consumer spending, and other topics that affect the well-being of American workers, retirees, and their families.
Our World in Data
Our World in Data relies on the work of a global community of scholars to present the best available research and data in an understandable and accessible way. All data produced by Our World in Data is open access.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. Pew does not take policy positions.

Government Documents and Case Law

HeinOnline
HeinOnline contains titles of historical and government documents. In addition to its collection of academic journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.

GovInfo
Access to information from all three branches of the federal government. Developed by the U.S. Government Publishing Office, this discovery tool replaced the FDsys database.