The Reference Guide to Data Sources

Bauder, Julia

ISBN 10: 0838912273 / ISBN 13: 9780838912270

Published by ALA Editions, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Reference Guide to Data Sources
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838912273
• ISBN 13: 9780838912270
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

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. Much of the most frequently used data can be found free online, and this book shows readers how to look for it with the assistance of user-friendly tools. This thoroughly annotated guide will be a boon to library staff at public libraries, high school libraries, academic libraries, and other research institutions, with concentrated coverage ofData sources for frequently researched subjects such as agriculture, the earth sciences, economics, energy, political science, transportation, and many moreThe basics of data reference along with an overview of the most useful sources, focusing on free online sources of reliable statistics like government agencies and NGOsStatistical datasets, and how to understand and make use of themHow to use article databases, WorldCat, and subject experts to find dataMethods for citing dataSurvey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) softwareThis guide cuts through the data jargon to help librarians and researchers find exactly what they're looking for.

About the Author

Julia Bauder is the Social Studies and Data Services Librarian at the Grinnell College Libraries in Grinnell, Iowa. Bauder holds a master's degree from the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Before becoming a librarian, she spent several years as a freelance writer and editor of reference books.