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Peer reviewedMyers, David E.; Rockwell, Richard C. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1984
Large-scale databases are an underutilized source of data for secondary analysis by researchers. Major government and private databases available to the public, the types of agencies developing them, and how to obtain and utilize them are described. A catalogue of 20 databases, their characteristics and sources is included. (BS)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Computers, Data Collection, Databases
Peer reviewedFalk, Joyce Duncan; And Others – RQ, 1982
Includes articles on the use of online databases for historical research, machine readable data sources for historical research, the librarian-historian interface in reference service, and a sampler of databases for searches in history as well as a selected list of guides to history databases and data archives. (JL)
Descriptors: Archives, Bibliographies, College Libraries, Databases
