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The proliferation of online access to social science statistical and numeric data sources, such as the U.S. Census Bureau's American Fact Finder, has lead to an increased interest in supporting these sources in academic libraries. Many large libraries have been able to devote staff to data serv...
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Chandos Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chandos information professional series
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843345800 |
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The proliferation of online access to social science statistical and numeric data sources, such as the U.S. Census Bureau's American Fact Finder, has lead to an increased interest in supporting these sources in academic libraries. Many large libraries have been able to devote staff to data services for years, and recently smaller academic libraries have recognized the need to provide numeric data services and support. 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 est |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes annotated bibliography and index. |
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9781780632599 1780632592 1843345803 9781843345800 |
| Index Number: | Z711 |
| CLC: | G252.6 |
| Contents: | Introduction to data services and sources -- Supporting statistical and numeric data services and sources -- Reference and instruction for data sources -- Basic sources for supporting numeric data services / Katharin Peter -- Data librarianship : a day in the life -- The future for numeric data services -- Appendix A: Respondents' institutional profiles and full responses -- Appendix B: Selected annotated bibliography -- Index. |