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Irving, Richard – RQ, 1983
The nature of criminal justice as a discipline and types of statistics it requires are discussed. Also included are descriptions of bibliographic sources of criminal justice statistics literature (criticizing methods used in gathering and presenting data and reporting statistics) and reference sources to primary sources of statistics. Sixteen…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Indexes, Information Sources
Goldhor, Herbert, Comp. – 1981
This fact book, compiled to fill the need of practicing librarians and researchers for recent data on public libraries, contains statistics concerning or relevant to the U.S. public library system. Data on all aspects of American public libraries are summarized from such sources as annual reports, journal articles, surveys, books, doctoral theses,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
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Adams, Margaret O'Neill – Library Trends, 1982
Analysis of one component of library reference service--online numeric database systems for time-series data--reviews tradition of reference service and ways in which computer technology has enhanced provision of library services. Experiences with Kentucky Economic Information System (KEIS) are described. Examples of KEIS and 30 references are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Economics, Higher Education