We hope you find DataPlace by KnowledgePlex to be useful and encourage you to incorporate DataPlace content in your work. Should you do so, we ask that you please acknowledge DataPlace as your source by using the following citation formats.

Format: DATA SET NAME, DATA SOURCE ORGANIZATION, provided by DataPlace™ (http://www.dataplace.org), ACCESS DATE.
[Note: If the source data set name and organization are not provided on the data display page, use the blue metadata icon to obtain this information.]

Example: “Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, provided by DataPlace™ (http://www.dataplace.org), November 20, 2006.”

For citing guides, analytic briefs, and other PDF documents posted on the site:

Format: AUTHOR(S). YEAR. DOCUMENT TITLE. DataPlace™. World Wide Web (URL), ACCESS DATE.

Example: Bajaj, Beata, and Kathryn L.S. Pettit. 2006. Business Patterns Data Set: Technical Documentation. DataPlace™. World Wide Web (http://www.dataplace.org/guides.html), December 5, 2006.

For citing HTML text on DataPlace Web pages:

Format: DataPlace™. YEAR ACCESSED. WEB PAGE TITLE. World Wide Web (URL), ACCESS DATE.

Example: DataPlace™. 2007. DataPlace Technology. World Wide Web (http://blog.dataplace.org/?page_id=9), January 7, 2007.

Format: DATA SET NAME(S), DATA SOURCE ORGANIZATION(S). Data and graphic provided by DataPlace™ (http://www.dataplace.org), ACCESS DATE.

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