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Scheuerell, Scott – Social Studies, 2021
The author describes how high school students can use Google Tour Builder to track the impact of local Civil War veterans by conducting research with primary and secondary sources. In the article, there is a description of an example from Larned, Kansas where more than one hundred Civil War veterans settled a community on the plains. Digitized…
Descriptors: Social Studies, History Instruction, War, Veterans
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Bacak, Valerio; Kennedy, Edward H. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
A rapidly growing number of algorithms are available to researchers who apply statistical or machine learning methods to answer social science research questions. The unique advantages and limitations of each algorithm are relatively well known, but it is not possible to know in advance which algorithm is best suited for the particular research…
Descriptors: Violence, Census Figures, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
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Freeman, D.; Tagg, W. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1985
Summarizes development of QUEST, a family of general purpose data handling computer programs which support existing curricula; demonstrates their usefulness for administrative recordkeeping and in elementary school history and geography courses for managing large amounts of data from varied sources (i.e., census materials); and compares QUEST with…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Computer Software, Databases, Educational Administration
Lang, Laura – American Libraries, 1992
Discussion of electronic versions of maps focuses on TIGER files (i.e., electronic maps distributed by the U.S. Bureau of the Census) and their manipulation using geographic information system (GIS) technology. Topics addressed include applications of GIS software, projects to improve access to TIGER files, and the role of GIS in libraries. (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Census Figures, Computer Software, Demography
Burke, David; And Others – Computers in Libraries, 1994
This special section on CD-ROM and multimedia includes three articles: "What You Need to Know before Networking CD-ROMs" (David Burke); "Multimedia in a Traditional Library Setting" (Norman K. Peterson and Laurn Wilhelm); and "SilverPlatter Embraces the Future" (Pat Ensor). Reviews of two CD-ROM products are also…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases
Miller, David W.; Lekander, Brian – 1992
This report describes a project intended to overcome certain obstacles to the dissemination to other postsecondary institutions of a new technique for teaching U.S. History developed at Carnegie Mellon University. This technique utilizes a software system, The Great American History Machine (GAHM), which enables undergraduates to explore a huge…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Census Figures, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education