Data Visualization for Business

Key resources

Articles, reports and news can be found in the following databases in our library collection.

= Users listed next to this icon have access on campus. (This will often say ALL indicating all users have access on campus. There are a few exceptions.)
= Users listed next to this icon have access off campus.

For a complete list of Business databases for NSU patrons click here.

LinkedIn Learning
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LinkedIn Learning is a great online educational site that includes over 13,000 expert-led, online courses and video tutorials in popular fields like web design, web development, IT, education/instruction, media production, career development, and business. Note: Linkedin Learning requires that user must be at least 16 years of age.
To log in to the LinkedIn Learning App: Click “Sign in” and everyone should just enter “nova.edu” in the Email field. That will take you to a library authentication page which you can use to enter your SharkLink ID and password or Alvin Sherman Library Card and you’ll be redirected back to LinkedIn Learning once that’s done.

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Search for "data visualization". Here are some examples of relevant courses for anyone who wants to improve their data visualization skills: Data Visualization, Data Visualization: Best Practices, Data Visualization Tips and Tricks

PolicyMap
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PolicyMap is a U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications. It is used in research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.

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Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions.

Data OECD
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Find data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member countries. Use this site for large data sets to find, compare and share the latest OECD data: charts, maps, tables and related publications.

Sage Campus
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Use Sage Campus online skills and research methods courses to: equip students with practical skills for study, research, and the workplace; upskill researchers and faculty in the latest skills and research methods; expand face-to-face skills training and make it accessible for off campus students; supplement classes for asynchronous or flipped classroom teaching. Users must create an account to access content in SAGE Campus.

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Browse courses in the Data Science Skills series for courses such as Interactive Visualization with R, Cleaning Messy Data, and more.
Learner pathways - courses mapped onto learner pathways that focus on specific learning outcomes in order to provide more guidance to learners and faculty about how courses fit together. Access from Courses -- learner pathways. Relevant titles include: Learn how to visualize your data, Learn to master R programming for research, Learn to analyze large texts from the web.

Sage Data
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The Data-Planet repository of statistical content currently holds datasets presented in 2+ billion views of data (maps, trends, tables, rankings). The datasets are sourced from reputable public and private organizations and cover topics across 16 broad subject areas, including education, population and income, industry, commerce, trade, housing and construction, and much more.

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550+ source databases - a good source of datasets on various topics, including “Industry, business, and commerce”, “Banking, finance, and insurance”, “International relations and trade”, “Prices, consumption, and cost of living” and more .

SAGE Research Methods Online
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SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO) is a research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. SRMO contains books, journals and videos. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand a particular method or identify a new method, and write up their research. Since SRMO focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.

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Browse by – Topic – Data visualization, then click on Browse all data visualization.