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October 11, 2016 by Gary Price

Collection Development Roundup: New Full Text Research Reports, Data Files, and Reference Resources (39 Items)

October 11, 2016 by Gary Price

Our latest resource roundup features a number of recently published full text reports, data files, and other reference materials from governments, think tanks, and other sources. All of the items below are free to access and download. At the bottom of this post you’ll also find links to other resource roundups.
Brexit
Brexit: Implications for the Housing Market And Construction Industry (UK House of Commons Library)
6 pages; PDF.
Brexit Reading List: Legal and Constitutional Issues (via UK House of Commons Library)
14 pages; PDF.
The UK Trade Landscape After Brexit (via UK Trade Policy Observatory/Chatham House)
16 pages; PDF.
Business, Economics and Finance
Five States Account for Half of U.S. Business R&D in 2013; New Data for Metropolitan Areas Available
Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017 (via World Economic Forum)
Additional Resources: Interactive Heatmap ||| Top 10 Most Competitive Economies
Global Financial Stability Report (October 2016; via IMF)
Includes access to charts and data files (.xls).
Offshore Shell Games 2016: The Use of Offshore Tax Havens by Fortune 500 Companies (via Public Interest Research Group)
58 pages; PDF.

Survey of Consumer Expectations — October (via Federal Reserve Board)
Report and downloadable data files.

The World Economic and Social Survey 2016 – Climate Change Resilience: an opportunity for reducing inequalities (via United Nations)
177 pages; PDF.
China
Chinese Public Sees More Powerful Role in World, Names U.S. as Top Threat (via Pew Research Center)
29 pages; PDF.
Climate Change
Research Briefing: Paris Climate Agreement Ratified (via UK House of Commons Library)
7 pages; PDF.
Demographics
Nearly 27 Million People Aged 80 or Over In The European Union (via Eurostat)
6 pages; PDF.
Education
The Global Education Monitoring Report 2016 (via UNESCO)
The title of this year’s report is: Gender Review: Creating Sustainable Futures for All
55 pages; PDF.
The Heart of Great Teaching: Pearson Global Survey of Educator Effectiveness (via Pearson)
45 pages; PDF.
Revenues and Expenditures Increase in Public K-12 Schools (2013-14) (via NCES)
Selected Statistics From the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014-15 (via NCES)
Elections
Hacking Elections is Easy! Part 1: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (via ICIT)
24 pages; PDF.
Hacking Elections is Easy! Part 2: Psst! Wanna Buy a National Voter Database? Hacking E-Voting Systems Was Just the Beginning (via ICIT)
55 pages; PDF.
Health
Chartbook on Effective Treatment (via AHRQ)
HIV Official Statistics Overview: 2016 (UK, via Public Health England)
Report and data files.
Identifying Future Disease Hot Spots: Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index (via Rand Corporation)
96 pages; PDF ||| Key Findings
Public Health Emergencies & the Media: How Non-Scientists Can Spot the Hype in Media Coverage on Public Health Emergencies via The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues)
1 page; PDF.
Infographic: : Vsualizing Health Policy: Intersection of State Abortion Policy and Clinical Practice (via Kaiser Family Foundation and JAMA)
Internet
Broadband Coverage in Europe 2015 (via European Commission)
213 pages; PDF.
Also Available: Executive Summary ||| Dataset
Iraq and Syria
What Has Been Happening on the Ground in Iraq and Syria? (October 2016; via UK House of Commons Library)
14 pages; PDF.
Labor
Employment Outlook for Engineering Occupations To 2024 (via BLS)

Insurance Industry Employment Trends: 1990-2016 (via Insurance Information Institute)
Intro/Summary

Spotlight on Employer Costs for Workers’ Compensation (via BLS)
10 pages; PDF.
Spotlight on Labor Force Projections to 2060 (via BLS)
12 pages; PDF.
Mental Health
Briefing: Spotlight on Mental Health In Europe (via European Parliament Research Service)
2 pages; PDF.
North Korea
North Korea’s Propaganda Strategy (via European Parliament Research Service)
4 pages; PDF
Poverty
Briefing: Ending Extreme Poverty: a Focus on Children (via UNICEF)
8 pages; PDF.
Publishing
Top Ten Magazine Brands in U.S. (by Average Monthly Audience, August 2016 (via Assoc. of Magazine Publishers) ||| Additional Data
Refugees
U.S. Admits Record Number Of Muslim Refugees in 2016 (via Pew Research Center)
Fact Sheet: Fiscal Year 2016 Refugee Admissions, U.S. (via U.S. Dept. of State)
Religion

How Income Varies Among U.S. Religious Groups (via Pew Research)

Traffic Safety
Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for the First Half (Jan–Jun) of 2016 (NHTSA)
2 pages; PDF.
Transportation 
European Union: More Than 900 Million Air Passengers in 2015 (via Eurostat)
4 pages; PDF.
More New Reports and Reference Resources

  • September 29, 2016 New Resources Roundup (5 Items)
  • Includes UN Statistical Yearbook 2016
  • September 25, 2016 Roundup (13 Items)
  • September 22, 2016 Roundup (5 Items)
  • September 19, 2016 Roundup (27 Items)

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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