[AL-Directors] NCES Releases New Search Tool for Postsecondary Education Data Users

[Ann Reed]

NCES Releases New Search Tool for Postsecondary Education Data Users

To improve postsecondary education data users' access to data, NCES has released the College and Career Tables Library<http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/tableslibrary/home.aspx> as part of DataLab<http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/> - NCES's postsecondary education data tool suite, which includes PowerStats and QuickStats.

The Tables Library lets you
* Browse 5,000+ tables from NCES's postsecondary publications
* Search for tables by keywords; narrow search results by data source and publication year; and browse for tables by topic using explore topics

The tables also include link back to the original publications and you can download the files used to create the tables within PowerStats (for those based on datasets that are within PowerStats).

To access the Tables Library, please visit http://nces.ed.gov/datalab. If you have questions about the Tables Library, please send them to powerstats at ed.gov<mailto:powerstats at ed.gov>.

This Tables Library is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education.



Ann Reed, Federal Programs Coordinator
Oregon State Library
Library Development Services
250 Winter St.
Salem, OR 97301
ann.reed at state.or.us
phone 503-378-5027
fax 503-378-6439
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/

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