Research Guides: Food Studies: Data, News & Other Primary Sources

Datasets

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Maps and reports based on U.S. Census and other data sources, 1790 to present.
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Collection of computer-readable social science data.
Data can be used for both research and instructional activities. Studies are comprised of documentation, data (may include versions ready formatted for SPSS or Stata), and program code. You will need to register from a UO IP address to download data.
Sociometrics. Data. This link opens in a new window
Social science data archives with more than600 premier datasets and over 275,000 variables.

FedStats
Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the United States Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. Convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more.
UO Data Services Lab & Social Science Instruction Lab
Part of the Social Sciences Instruction Lab, they provide access to datasets as well as helping researchers with their own data management and analysis.

Finding Data & Statistics
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Newspapers - Current

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Articles, editorials, and reviews published in approximately 200 ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines and journals published in the U.S, dating back to the mid-1990s.
Searchable in both English and Spanish.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Limited to four simultaneous users. Please logout when you have finished. Text or data mining is prohibited in the Factiva database.

International business and general publications including the Wall Street Journal from 1979 to the present, financial profiles for companies worldwide and historical stock prices, as well as current data and market indexes.

Newspapers & Magazines - Historical

American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and historically significant periodicals, covering 1740-1900.
Historic Oregon Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Historic Oregon Newspapers provides digitized versions of selected Oregon newspapers published between 1846 and 2017. Approximately 200 newspapers are included in this collection. Dates of coverage vary from newspaper to newspaper.
Los Angeles Times (1881-1997) This link opens in a new window
Historical analysis of the development of California and the Pacific Rim with a focus on immigration issues, coverage of the early days of the film industry, and coverage of Native American culture and society.
New York times (digital reproduction, 1851-2015) This link opens in a new window
Digital reproduction of the NY Times, with full page and article images as well as searchable full text back to the first issue.

Please note: We also have hundreds of local Oregon Newspapers and other collections on Microfilm in Knight Library. So if you are looking for information about Oregon, please visit the Microfilm and Aerial Photography sections of Knight Library.

Other Primary Sources

Food and drink in history This link opens in a new window
Explore a wide range of primary source material including printed and manuscript cookbooks, advertising ephemera, government reports, films and illustrated content – revealing the evolution of food and drink within everyday life and the public sphere. The unique material in this collection has been sourced from across the globe to reflect a wide range of food cultures and traditions, creating an unparalleled research resource.
UO has access to Module 1.

UO Special Collections and University Archives
Special Collections and University Archives, on the 2nd floor of Knight Library (front of the building) has millions of primary sources for you to explore! The collections are especially strong on Oregon-based topics, but there are items from around the world. Visit them whenever they are open and they will help you find what you need.
Additional Digital Collections at the UO
Provides links to our many digital collections at the UO Libraries & Special Collections.
The Internet Archive
A non-profit digital library offering free universal access to films, images, archived websites, and more.

Final Note:
Many universities and organizations have digitized many items from their local Special Collections & Archives, and searching the open internet will often find these high quality collections. Try adding keywords to your search like "digital archive," or "university," to your searches to narrow your results down to these academic collections (and to get rid of some of the wacky results that the rest of the internet might give you.)

And don't forget - you can always ask for help! rigby@uoregon.edu - Miriam

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Subjects: Anthropology, Archaeology, Dissertations, Ethnic Studies, Food Studies, Museum Studies, Open Access, Sociology