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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786789203321

Autore

Bauder Julia

Titolo

The reference guide to data sources / / Julia Bauder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : ALA Editions, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8389-1963-4

0-8389-1962-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

025.06

Soggetti

Statistics - Computer network resources

Social sciences - Statistics

Internet research

Electronic reference sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Reference Guide to DATA SOURCES; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Data Reference Basics; Chapter 2: General Sources; Chapter 3: Agriculture and Food; Chapter 4: Crime; Chapter 5: Earth Science-General; Chapter 6: Earth Science-Air, Climate, and Weather; Chapter 7: Earth Science-Water; Chapter 8: Economics-General; Chapter 9: Economics-Government Finance; Chapter 10: Economics-Firms and Industries; Chapter 11: Economics-Commodities; Chapter 12: Economics-Labor; Chapter 13: Economics-Macroeconomic Accounts; Chapter 14: Economics-Banks and Lending; Chapter 15: Economics-Real Estate

Chapter 16: Economics-Trade and TariffsChapter 17: Education; Chapter 18: Energy; Chapter 19: Health and Health Care; Chapter 20: People and Households; Chapter 21: Political Science-Elections; Chapter 22: Political Science-War and Peace; Chapter 23: Political Science-Other; Chapter 24: Public Opinion Surveys; Chapter 25: Transportation; Chapter 26: Spatial Data; Chapter 27: When All Else Fails: Using Article Databases, WorldCat, and Real Live People to Find Data; Appendixes; Appendix A: Citing Data; Appendix B: Getting Started with the Survey Documentation and Analysis Software; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This concise sourcebook takes the guesswork out of locating the best sources of data, a process more important than ever as the data landscape grows increasingly cluttered.