We just added two new features Data Visualization and Heat Mapping to ReferenceUSA.
Nancy Spidle from ReferenceUSA, will also be at the Small Business Expo May 8th at Sahara West Library. Be sure to stop by the ReferenceUSA booth and talk with Nancy about what ReferenceUSA can do for you in building your business.
Also check out our Hot Topic – Small Business, Starting and Building or the Databases A-Z – Business and Investing page for more information on starting and building a business.
In Nevada, were there more drinking related fatalities or more speeding related fatalities during 2011?
A statistical projection of traffic fatalities in 2011 shows that an estimated 32,310 people in the U.S. died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. This represents a decline of about 1.7 percent as compared to the 32,885 fatalities that occurred in 2010. If these projections are realized, fatalities will be lowest on record (since 1949).
The NCSA Data Resource Website provides information on traffic accidents for the entire United States which can be broken down by state. Isn’t it amazing what the Library has to offer?
Find out in this World Book Explains video presented by Dr. Marc Garnick, Physician at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Faculty Member at Harvard Medical School, explains why people have allergies. World Book Discover has hundreds of World Book Explains videos.
Discover interesting people of the past and present with Important People feature in World Book Online for Kids!
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the types and quantities of raw materials used by U.S. manufacturers and consumers have changed over time. The fact sheet Use of raw materials in the United States from 1900 through 2010 quantifies the amounts of those materials (other than food and fuel) that have been input into the U.S. economy annually for a period of 111 years, from 1900 through 2010. It provides a broad overview of all materials used but highlights the use and importance of raw nonfuel minerals in particular.
