Description:Online access to social science data sources, such as the U.S. Census Bureau’s American FactFinder, is continually proliferating. With such a wealth of statistical and numeric information available online, interest in supporting these sources in academic libraries has also increased. While many large academic libraries have librarians devoted to data services, other libraries may need to meet the need for such services without dedicated staff.This guidebook serves as a primer to developing and supporting social science statistical and numerical data sources in the academic library. It provides strategies for the establishment of data services and offers short descriptions of the essential sources of free and commercial social science statistical and numeric data. Finally, it discusses the future of numeric data services, including the integration of statistics and data into library instruction and the use of Web 2.0 tools to visualize data.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian (Chandos Information Professional Series). To get started finding Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian (Chandos Information Professional Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian (Chandos Information Professional Series)
Description: Online access to social science data sources, such as the U.S. Census Bureau’s American FactFinder, is continually proliferating. With such a wealth of statistical and numeric information available online, interest in supporting these sources in academic libraries has also increased. While many large academic libraries have librarians devoted to data services, other libraries may need to meet the need for such services without dedicated staff.This guidebook serves as a primer to developing and supporting social science statistical and numerical data sources in the academic library. It provides strategies for the establishment of data services and offers short descriptions of the essential sources of free and commercial social science statistical and numeric data. Finally, it discusses the future of numeric data services, including the integration of statistics and data into library instruction and the use of Web 2.0 tools to visualize data.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian (Chandos Information Professional Series). To get started finding Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian (Chandos Information Professional Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.