Research Guides: Media Studies: Data and Statistics

Library databases for statistics and industry information

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
An essential tool for business students that covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more.
Catalogue Link: OneSearch.
EconLit with Full Text This link opens in a new window
EconLit with Full Text is the most reliable full-text database for economic research that offers hundreds of full-text journals, including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo.
Catalogue Link: OneSearch.
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
ICPSR - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
Catalogue Link: OneSearch.
Infoshare Online This link opens in a new window
A sophisticated database program that can be used to view and analyze an array of community and regional data from neighborhoods and other local areas of New York City and New York State; includes population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and more, with data from 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 census, and other sources.
New data is not added to the system. It is relatively inactive.
MERGENT Online This link opens in a new window
Mergent Online offers a wealth of detail on items including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt, and capital stock. The database provides extensive details for both public and private companies that can show you what a given organization truly looks like from every angle.
Catalogue Link: OneSearch.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer provides interactive demographic data. Its mapping tools allow data to be easily visualized, and it also allows users to extract data table reports. Users may generate custom reports and maps, and they may create personal accounts to save their reports and maps.
Catalogue Link: OneSearch.
To use Social Explorer remotely, save, and share projects, please create a personal account.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Catalogue Link: OneSearch.
Urban Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new window
This bibliographic research database is essential to the study of cities and regions. It covers subjects of key relevance to the discipline including urban affairs, community development, and urban history.
Catalogue Link: OneSearch.

External websites with statistical information

Black Demographics
A single resource for information and statistics about African-Americans, and how we work, live, learn, vote, and worship.
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
National Center for Health Statistics
Population surveys, vital records, provider surveys, and historical surveys.
NYCData
A compendium of data, primarily statistical about New York City, drawn from various governmental sources, with links to the sources. Sponsored by the Weissman Center for International Business at Baruch College.
NYC OpenData
Open Data is free public data published by New York City agencies and other partners.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.
U.S. Census Bureau Data
Comprehensive site for current and historical U.S. demographic data.