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William Cuthbertson

Exploring. American. FactFinder 2. William Cuthbertson. The University of Colorado Boulder. 1) What’s Different About FactFinder 2?. 2) How Do I Use It?. 3) Tips & Tricks. 4) Where to Get Help?. FactFinder 2 Now. What’s Different About FactFinder 2?. ?. ?. FactFinder Circa 2009.

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William Cuthbertson

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  1. Exploring American FactFinder 2 William Cuthbertson The University of Colorado Boulder

  2. 1) What’s Different About FactFinder 2? 2) How Do I Use It? 3) Tips & Tricks 4) Where to Get Help?

  3. FactFinder 2 Now What’s Different About FactFinder 2? ? ?

  4. FactFinder Circa 2009

  5. FactFinder 2 Now

  6. FactFinder FactFinder Circa 2009 Topical Navigation People-Oriented Categories Understandable Language

  7. FactFinder FactFinder Circa 2009 Fact Sheets

  8. FactFinder 2 Now Broader Area Divisions Dynamic Navigation More Complicated Categories Fact Sheets Return! (A very recent development) Non-Static Presentation Site available in Spanish

  9. FactFinder 2 Now Summation More sophisticated search options Assumption of familiarity with site Assumption of Web sophistication New kinds of users

  10. FactFinder 2 Now What Data is in FactFinder 2? Decennial Census 2010 American Community Survey 2006-2010 5, 3 and 1-year Selected Population Tables Puerto Rico Community Survey Published with ACS since 2005 Some related data back to 2000 Economic Census 2002 & 2007 Population Estimates Program 2009

  11. FactFinder 2 Now What Data is in FactFinder 2? Annual Economic Surveys Annual Survey of Manufacturers 2003-2010 County & Zip-Code Business Patterns 2004-2010 Nonemployer Statistics 2004-2009

  12. How Do I Use It? ?

  13. FactFinder 2 Dynamic Searching Users can begin typing terms and, like a search engine, FF2 will suggest matching data sets and terms.

  14. FactFinder 2 Dynamic Searching Users can begin typing terms and, like a search engine, FF2 will suggest matching data sets and terms.

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  21. FactFinder 2 Selecting to “ – “ or collapse the line item activates the checkbox and allows that row or column to be removed from your table.

  22. FactFinder 2 This table has been edited to show only populations by Age, Employment, and lack of Health Insurance Coverage. So of 134 Millionemployed 18-64 year-olds, 23 Million are shown to lack heath insurance.

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  32. Tips & Tricks?

  33. FactFinder 2 An advantage of the dynamic nature of Fact Finder 2 is that features are continually being added. Case in point, the re-appearance of Quick Facts (or Fact Sheets) to the FF platform.

  34. FactFinder 2 The Quick Facts box links directly to quickfacts.census.gov, which was the workaround to the information I was originally going to show you.

  35. FactFinder 2 The Quick Facts box links directly to quickfacts.census.gov, which was the workaround to the information I was originally going to show you. Oops.

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  39. Where to Get Help? ? ?

  40. Within FactFinder 2

  41. Within FactFinder 2

  42. Within FactFinder 2

  43. Within FactFinder 2

  44. On YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/CUBoulderLibraries

  45. On LibGuides http://community.libguides.com

  46. On LibGuides http://community.libguides.com

  47. Thank You William Cuthbertson The University of Colorado Boulder

  48. Questions, Comments, Dialog ?

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