Basic sources for supporting numeric data services
Katharin Peter
Abstract:
This chapter outlines approaches to searching for statistics and data using a variety of common library numeric data products. It also provides annotations of each of the major numeric data products with information about access, scope, and use.
Keywords
numeric data products
data producers
aggregate statistics
datasets
data archives
finding statistics and data
data search strategies
data vendors
This chapter is intended for novice data librarians as well as social science and other reference librarians who hope to expand current library services to support numeric research. The chapter begins with a discussion on producers of statistics and types of sources, ...
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