NOTE:
This entire webinar will consist of “hands-on” exercises using Census
Bureau online tools and data from the 2010 Census and the American
Community
Survey. We strongly urge you to print the handouts in advance.
American FactFinder Part 1 of 2
Do you need to know:
•How to create a mash-up map of the population and economic data of your city?
•The educational attainment level of Asians in different cities in California?
•The number of people in your county with health insurance coverage?
Linda Clark, data dissemination
specialist for the U. S. Census Bureau, will guide you through the
latest version of the American FactFinder database.
At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will be able to:
•Quickly find the most current population for any city or county in the U.S.
•Obtain basic counts of people in specific categories
•Drill down to find rich topical data for your community at low levels of geography
•Locate tables that cross-tabulate broad subject areas with local race, ethnic, and tribal groups
•Answer most user inquiries in five clicks or fewer!
This webinar will be of interest to
public libraries, medical libraries, law libraries, school and
university libraries, reference desk staff, and all others engaged in
providing customer service to people needing Census
data.
Part 2 of this webinar will
introduce you to even more detailed ways of accessing data in the
American FactFinder and will be presented on Wednesday, August 14, 2013.
For more information and to participate in the Wednesday, July 10, 2013
webinar, go to http://infopeople.org/training/five-clicks-census-data-part-1.
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If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version the day following the webinar. Check our archive listing at:
http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar/archived
