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SI 547: Engaging with Communities
Research guide for School of Information 547 Engaging with Communities taught by Prof. Edras Rodriguez-Torres Fall 2025
Learn about your community
Find Census data
Data about Schools and Libraries
Other sources for data on local communities
Data on local businesses and services
US state and local government information
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Local policy research
Learn about research methods
Education Data
MI School Data - Data and Insights for Policymakers
Get data by school or district. Data on test scores, enrollment, percentage of economically disadvantaged students and students with disabilities
Data about Universities and Academic Libraries
National Center for Education Statistics
Provides national education statistical data. Includes information on elementary and secondary school education, college, advanced degree programs and libraries.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive
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Archive of data covering politics, economics, health care, social behavior and education. Includes data sets about academic libraries
Data about Public Libraries
National Data About Public Libraries
Public Library Association's clearinghouse for datasets about public libraries.
Data.gov
U.S. Federal Government portal for data. Includes datasets on public libraries
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (PLS)
Data about public libraries, collections and services going back to 1992.
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