Finding Latino/as: Library Tools to Discover and Mine Social Data and Statistics for Latino/Hispanic Populations in the United States

Authors

Marisol Ramos, University of Connecticut - StorrsFollow
Shikha Sharma, University of Connecticut - StorrsFollow

Document Type

presentation

Disciplines

Anthropology | Business | Economics | Geography | Latin American Studies | Sociology

Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to clarify the difference between Data Mining from Mining for Data when searching for information about the United States Latino/Hispanic American population and what tools are available at the Homer Babbidge Libraries for our faculty and students doing this type of research.

This presentation was part of the Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Institute's Terturlia series, March 31, 2010.

Comments

Latina/o Studies; Economics

Recommended Citation

Ramos, Marisol and Sharma, Shikha, "Finding Latino/as: Library Tools to Discover and Mine Social Data and Statistics for Latino/Hispanic Populations in the United States" (2010). UConn Library Presentations. 40.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/libr_pres/40