The following is a selective guide of resources available in the Cal State LA Library or through the internet useful for researching the Latino/Chicano community in the United States.
Data and statistics collected from California schools and learning support resources to identify trends and educational needs and to measure performance.
Brought to you by the Los Angeles Times. Includes individual maps and statistics for 158 cities and unincorporated places and 114 neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles.
The Survey of Business Owners (SBO) provides the only comprehensive, regularly collected source of information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.
Since 1972, the GSS has provided politicians, policymakers, and scholars with a clear and unbiased perspective on what Americans think and feel about such issues as national spending priorities, crime and punishment, intergroup relations, and confidence in institutions.
Public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. Topics range from politics, technology, social trends, religion, science, and race and ethnicity.
The SBB enables users to access online information to learn more about juvenile crime and victimization and about youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
Information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
A source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.
Data is accessible by country, indicator, or topic, or via a specific database such as World Development Indicators, Gender Statistics, Education Statistics, the Poverty and Equity Database, or one of many others.
LAPOP uses "gold standard" approaches and innovative methods to carry out targeted national surveys; conduct impact evaluation studies; and produce reports on individual attitudes, evaluations, and experiences. It;s largest project, The AmericasBarometer survey is the only scientifically rigorous comparative survey that covers 34 nations including all of North, Central, and South America, as well as a significant number of countries in the Caribbean. Each year it publishes dozens of high quality academic studies and policy-relevant papers.
