Don ƙarin cikakken bayani game da aikin Blumenstock da abokan aiki, dubi babi na 3 na wannan littafin.
Gleick (2011) ba da labarin tarihin canje-canje na iyawar ɗan adam akan tattara, adana, watsawa, da aiwatar da bayanai.
Don gabatarwa ga shekarun dijital da ke mayar da hankali akan tashe-tashen hankula, irin su cin zarafi, gani Abelson, Ledeen, and Lewis (2008) da Mayer-Schönberger (2009) . Don gabatarwa ga shekarun dijital da ke mayar da hankali kan damar, duba Mayer-Schönberger and Cukier (2013) .
Don ƙarin bayani game da kamfanoni masu haɗuwa da gwaji a cikin aiki na yau da kullum, duba Manzi (2012) , da kuma ƙarin game da halin kirkirar kamfanin a duniya, ga Levy and Baracas (2017) .
Tsarin zamani na zamani yana iya zama kayan aiki da abubuwa na binciken. Alal misali, ƙila ka so ka yi amfani da kafofin watsa labarun don auna ra'ayi na jama'a ko kuma kana so ka fahimci tasirin kafofin watsa labarun akan ra'ayin jama'a. A wani hali, tsarin dijital yana aiki ne don taimakawa wajen yin sabon ƙwarewa. A wasu lokuta, tsarin dijital shine abin binciken. Don ƙarin bayani game da wannan bambanci, duba Sandvig and Hargittai (2015) .
Don ƙarin bayani game da bincike kan binciken kimiyyar zamantakewa, ga King, Keohane, and Verba (1994) , Singleton and Straits (2009) , da Khan and Fisher (2013) .
Donoho (2015) bayyana kimiyyar ilimin kimiyya kamar yadda ayyukan mutane suke koyo daga bayanai, kuma yana ba da tarihin kimiyyar bayanai, yana samo asali na ilimi ga malaman kamar Tukey, Cleveland, Chambers, da Breiman.
Don jerin jerin mutane na farko da suka shafi gudanar da bincike na zamantakewa a cikin shekarun zamani, duba Hargittai and Sandvig (2015) .
Don ƙarin bayani dangane da haɗin shirye-shiryen da aka tsara da kayan aiki, duba Groves (2011) .
Don ƙarin bayani dangane da gazawar "sanarwa," duba babi na 6 na wannan littafin. Hanya ta daya da Blumenstock da abokan aiki suka yi amfani da su wajen ba da dukiya ga mutane ba za a iya amfani dasu ba, har ma da jima'i, kabilanci, addini da siyasa, da kuma yin amfani da abubuwa masu nishaɗi (Kosinski, Stillwell, and Graepel 2013) .