Ohrstrom Blog » Hispanic Americans http://www.ohrstromblog.com The research outpost for Ohrstrom Library at St. Paul's School Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Reference Set: American Profiles Series http://www.ohrstromblog.com/2009/01/19/new-reference-set-american-profiles-series/ http://www.ohrstromblog.com/2009/01/19/new-reference-set-american-profiles-series/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:15:33 +0000 Lisa Laughy http://www.ohrstromblog.com/?p=1090   Related posts:
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American Profiles Series: Asian Americans, Black Americans and Hispanic Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook 2007. A three volume set from Information Publications, Inc. 2007.

Find them in Ohrstrom at: REF 317 In3A 2007

An excellent source to turn to when looking for quick statistical information. Each of the three volumes include hundreds of data charts such as: Members of Congress, Per Capita income by State, and Marital Status, persons 15 years Old & Older.

A helpful glossary in the back of each volume defines such terms as: poverty status, civilian labor force, and self-employment income.

All data was originally collected by U.S. government agencies & then accessed and compiled by Information Publications.

Helpful for: Humanities, Statistics, History, Precision Searching

 

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