The STH Library hosts thirty-minute workshops each Wednesday at 1pm throughout the course of the semester. One of those workshops, "Social Media and Real World Data," assists participants in finding primary source data and organizing datasets in Excel or Google Spreadsheets. From census data released by the government to survey data collected by nonprofit organizations, the participant will discover the millions of bits of information found online, and how it can take your research to the next level.
Included below are the slides from the workshop (a two-part series). Learn more about our workshop series by visiting our Library Workshops page.
"The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides source material, including censuses and surveys, as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of international religious demography. It offers best estimates at multiple dates for each of the world's religions for the period 1900 to 2050. The WRD also contains a feedback mechanism so that users can leave comments on sources or methodology related to any figure reported in the WRD. In addition, the WRD will be constantly updated with new sources of data as they become available, such as estimates of religious affiliation at the province level within countries and religious freedom information for all countries." (Description from the BULS Library Catalog Record)
Includes a link to the World religion database (WRD), a website edited by Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, which "complements the WCD with detailed source material of religious affiliation including censuses, surveys and religious freedom data to the Province level." (Description and title from database title screen page, viewed Feb. 10, 2014)
A section of this database has statistical information within its holdings. The database holds, "OECD iLibrary is OECD's Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD's analysis and data. It replaces SourceOECD, and hosts all content so users can find- and cite- tables and databases as easily as articles or chapters"--OECD iLibrary About page." (Description and Title from the BULS Library Catalog Record)