The Reference Guide to Data Sources - Couverture souple

Bauder, Julia

 
9780838912270: The Reference Guide to Data Sources
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0838912273 ISBN 13 : 9780838912270
Editeur : ALA Editions, 2014

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 incresingly 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. It offers concentrated coverage of data sources for frequently researched subjects such as agriculture, the earth sciences, econiomics, energy, political science, and transportation; the basics of data reference along with an overview of the most useful sources; Statistical datasets, and how to understand and make use of them; and much more

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À propos de l?auteur

Julia Bauder is the Social Studies and Data Services Librarian at the Grinnell College Libraries in Grinnell, Iowa, USA. 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.

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Éditeur
ALA Editions
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0838912273
ISBN 13 
9780838912270
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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Personne responsable
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