Sociology 446: The Modern World System

Visualizations of international trade data. Search by country or commodity, product or service. Try it!

"Build custom data visualizations for any country to reveal 50+ years of global trade flows across 6,000+ goods & services, along with new opportunities to drive growth."

A "data portal that gathers facts and statistics from multiple sources and turns them into easy to use visuals." Mostly on raw commodities. You can find production volume information here for agricultural and mineral commodities.

Trade statistics made available through the Statistics Division of the United Nations.

Charts on poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality. Pre-built visualizations on topics; Not interactive.

Data from economic sources. May be hit-or-miss in terms of having information about your commodity.

Production, supply and distribution data. Helpful to get statistics on volume produced (of agricultural commodities).

Primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. The commodities featured have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years.

Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, USA Trade® Online is a dynamic data tool that gives users access to current and cumulative U.S. export and import data. With multiple data sets and capabilities, USA Trade® Online can assist different types of customers from a wide range of industries and fields. Manufacturers and other businesses wishing to expand their business globally can utilize USA Trade® Online to identify new markets, evaluate existing markets, and perform other market research tasks. The data available through this tool can also support economists in interpreting economic news and performing academic research, as well assist governments and federal agencies in analyzing domestic and international trade policies.

Simple information about geography, government, environment, people, transportation, military. Does not include graphs or visualizations

A scholarly business database providing bibliographic and full-text content covering all disciplines of business.

Links to more general sociology-related databases and resources here.

Tips to enhance the flow of your writing.

Provides other elements that may also be included with the Data set

For citing using ASA