Title Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian / Lynda M. Kellam ; with contribution from Katharin Peter. [O'Reilly electronic resource]

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Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource
Series	Chandos information professional series
	Chandos information professional series.
Bibliography	Includes annotated bibliography and index.
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.
Summary	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 establishment of data services and offers short descriptions of the essential sources of free and commercial social science statistical and numeric data. Finally, it discusses the future of numeric data services, including the integration of statistics and data into library instruction and the use of Web 2.0 tools to visualize data.
Subject	Reference services (Libraries)
	Statistical services.
	Information services.
	Information resources.
	Electronic information resources.
	Statistics -- Databases.
	Reference services (Libraries) -- Marketing.
	Library science.
	Information services -- User education.
	Libraries -- United States -- Electronic information resources.
	Information resources -- Libraries.
	Bibliothèques -- Services de référence.
	Services statistiques.
	Services d'information.
	Sources d'information.
	Sources d'information électroniques.
	Bibliothéconomie.
	Services d'information -- Formation des utilisateurs.
	Sources d'information -- Bibliothèques.
	library science.
	Electronic information resources
	Information resources
	Information services
	Information services -- User education
	Library science
	Reference services (Libraries)
	Statistical services
	Statistics
	United States
Genre	databases.
	Statistics
	Databases
	Statistics.
	Databases.
	Statistiques.
	Bases de données.
Added Author	Peter, Katharin, contributor.
Other Form:	Print version: Kellam, Lynda M. Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian. Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2011 1843345803 (OCoLC)503046636
ISBN	9781780632599 (electronic bk.)
	1780632592 (electronic bk.)
	1843345803
	9781843345800

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