UCF Research Guides: Data Sources from the Federal Government: User Training

GODORT Competencies

A selection of previous Depository Library Community Webinars related to data:

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Data Tools
Librarian's Guide to Trade Data
Using OnTheMap for Community Analysis
Mapping Census Data: Unleash your Sociodemographic Knowledge through the Power of GIS
Introducing the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Databases, Tables, & Calculators Search Tool
Using the BEA Interactive Data Tool to get Local Data
CDC American Indian & Alaska Native Health Data Online
Selected Advanced Features of USA Trade Online & DataWeb
Hitting Pay Dirt - Text Mining Government Sources
Census Bureau Statistics in Schools
StatsAmerica - A Portal to Apps & Data Rich Tools for Economic & Community Development

A selection of previous Federal Agency Webinars related to data:

Accessing Public School System Finances Data
Measuring America Series
- Accessing County Business Patterns
- Accessing Fertility Statistics
- Accessing International Data
Federal Government Open Data Update
Introduction to the U.S. Census Bureau's DataFerrett
Using American Community Survey (ACS) Estimates & Margins
Introduction to Veteran Statistics: Decennial Census & American Community Survey

Help! I'm an Accidental Government Information Librarian Webinars
"The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them. These sessions will be recorded and made available after the live sessions."

A selection of previous Webinars related to data:

Saving government data: a conversation with the future
NASA Astrophysics Data System: Linking Publications to Data
Introduction to Research Data Management for Librarians
International Government Survey Data: How to Find & Use It
The APIs of Data.gov
Statistics Canada data for researchers beyond the Canadian borders
Making Peace with United Nations data: Learn to navigate UN data information sources
Accessing Datasets for the Data Curious

Creating Data Literate Students
Books:
Creating Data Literate Students: Introduction to Statistical Literacy -- Statistical Storytelling: The Language of Data -- Using Data in the Research Process -- Real World Data Fluency: How to Use Raw Data -- Manipulating Data in Spreadsheets -- Making Sense of Data Visualization -- Data Presentation: Showcasing Your Data with Charts & Graphs -- Deconstructing Data Visualizations: What Every Teen Should Know -- Designing Your Infographic: Getting to Design -- Using Data Visualizations in the Content Area -- Teaching Data Contexts: An Instructional Lens -- Diving Lessons: Taking the Data Literacy Plunge through Action Research
Data Literacy in the Real World: Conversations & Case Studies Part I. Webinars -- Part II. Case Studies -- Personal Data Managment -- Citizen Science -- Big Data -- Ethical Data Use -- Appendix A: Data Literacy Rules of Thumb

Government Information: A Reference for Librarians in Hawai‘i by Gwen Sinclair
Call Number: UCF ONLINE General Collection -- ZA5055.U6.S56 2024
Government Information: A Reference for Librarians in Hawai‘i draws on a wide range of sources to educate librarians about federal, state, local, and international government information with an emphasis on Hawai‘i. Case studies illustrate specific types of government information. Each chapter features a list of additional resources for further reading.