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|by Phil Ciciora, University of Illinois News Bureau From the Article: The perception that plugging a few keywords into Google will yield a universe of relevant information is somewhat mistaken, say Kathryn LaBarre and Carol L. Tilley, professors of library and information science at Illinois. [Our emphasis] “There’s a lot of excitement about the availability […]
Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? People who turn to the Census Bureau’s latest data release in an effort to answer Sesame Street’s musical query may, in some cases, be puzzled by what they find. The detailed race, ethnicity and population counts make it easy to look up data for any block in America. […]