Lesley University Library: Design Research: Designing with Data

Infographics

Infographics combine text and images to communicate information. Check out the resources below to find examples of infographics and data/statistical sources:

Information is Beautiful
Come to the library to check out a book with a variety of infographics (or click the link to see the infographics nominated for Best Of awards)
Statista
A database that the library pays for, with access to stats and infographics you can use/cite
ArcGIS
Geo-location data combined with other metrics
Census data
U.S. Government website for publishing census data
Credo (Reference)
Great for background info on a topic/biography info, similar to Wikipedia but with authors/editors.

Keyword ideas (try adding each of these words to your search in Google or @LL Search to see how your results change)

data	chronology / timeline	price	chart or graph or table	report

Designing Infographics

Finding Data

American National Election Studies
CERN Open Data Search Engine
CDC Public Use Data Files and Documentation
Center for Migration and Development
Data.gov
DataHub.io
FBI Crime Data Explorer
Google Dataset Search
Harvard Dataverse
ICPSR
Kaggle
NASA Earth Data
NYC Taxi Trip Data
PEW Research Center
Research Connections
Child Care and Early Education
UC: Irvine, Machine Learning Repository
World Bank Open Data
World Health Organization

Design Research

Infographics

Designing Infographics

Finding Data

Moriarty Library

Sherrill Library

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