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Workshop: Finding Social Science Datasets with ICPSR

Are you a social science researcher desperately seeking data? Come to this workshop!

ICPSR logoIn this workshop Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh, Sociology, Gerontology and Data Services Librarian, will give an overview of using ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) to find social sciences datasets for use in original data analysis. We will cover different searching and browsing techniques for identifying relevant datasets, understanding a dataset record and other documentation describing datasets, and the processes for downloading datasets and obtaining restricted-use datasets.

Date:

  • Monday, November 28, 2016, 1:00pm – 2:30pm in Library North Classroom 2 (Atlanta campus library) – REGISTER HERE

Questions? Ask Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh.

Learn more about upcoming data-related workshops and the Library’s other data services & support offerings here!

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