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Peer reviewedSkinner, Ewart; Bracken, James K. – Research Strategies, 1988
Describes the use of several familiar reference resources by students in a graduate-level course on comparative international telecommunications at Purdue University to obtain recent statistics on international telecommunications systems. (14 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Reference Materials, Statistical Data
Peer reviewedShearer, Benjamin – RQ, 1980
Describes the urban statistical abstract published by the reference department of St. Louis University's library since 1971. Significant by-products of this venture are noted, including the development of bibliographic control of local documents and the identification of sources for local information. (Author/JD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Government Publications, Municipalities, Reference Materials
Haas, Stephanie W.; Pattuelli, Maria Cristina; Brown, Ron T. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Describes the Statistical Interactive Glossary (SIG), an enhanced glossary of statistical terms supported by the GovStat ontology of statistical concepts. Presents a conceptual framework whose components articulate different aspects of a term's basic explanation that can be manipulated to produce a variety of presentations. The overarching…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Glossaries, Information Sources, Information Systems
Peer reviewedGraham, John W. – RQ, 1989
Examines information sources and acquisition methods for building a college sports collection to handle queries on all statistical areas of college athletics. Sources discussed include monographs, NCAA and conference publications, serials, full text online databases, and networking with sports information directors. A directory of publishers is…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Full Text Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
Peer reviewedWhite, Marilyn Domas – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1998
Describes the development of three editions (1949, 1960, 1976) and two supplements (1954, 1965) of "Historical Statistics of the United States," analyzing the role of the federal government and professional organizations. The official history presented in the introduction to each edition is expanded, with new sources reflecting…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consultants, Federal Government, Government Role
Peer reviewedHollis, Deborah R.; Jobe, Margaret M. – Library Hi Tech, 1999
Discusses the role of librarians in not only providing but also creating resources to fit users' information needs and describes the development of a Web-based statistical abstract called "Colorado by the Numbers" that was developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder library to provide state socioeconomic data. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Higher Education, Information Needs
Peer reviewedFryman, James F.; Wilkinson, Patrick J. – Journal of Geography, 1985
A teaching strategy used by geography teachers and librarians at the University of Northern Iowa to teach geography students how to locate statistical data collected and published by the U.S. government is described. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Federal Government, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
