Washington and Lee University
Anthropology And Archaeology (Info)
Connect to: Anthropology and Archaeology
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research in anthropology and archaeology. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources which specialize in regions of the world (Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe) or particular periods of history (medieval, classical). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research in economics. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Connect to: Environmental Studies
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research in environmental studies. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Government -- Foreign And International (Info)
Connect to: Government -- Foreign and International
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research on international/foreign governments and related issues. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Government -- U.S. Federal (Info)
Connect to: Government -- U.S. Federal
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research on U.S. national government and related issues. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Government -- U.S. State And Local (Info)
Connect to: Government -- U.S. State and Local
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research on U.S. sub-national government and related issues. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Connect to: Government -- Virginia
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research on Virginia state and local governments and related issues. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Politics -- American Politics (Info)
Connect to: Politics -- American Politics
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research on U.S. politics. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Politics -- Congressional Research (Info)
Connect to: Politics -- Congressional Research
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research on the U.S. Congress. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Politics -- Elections And Voting (Info)
Connect to: Politics -- Elections and Voting
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research on electoral issues. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Connect to: Politics -- General
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L basic research on politics. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Politics -- Legal And Constitutional (Info)
Connect to: Politics -- Legal and Constitutional
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Collection of links on legal and constitutional issues, collected for W&L researchers. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research in psychology. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research in sociology. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Leyburn Library's collection of resources for W&L research in women's studies. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General | |
Encyclopedia Of Social Measurement (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Social Measurement
| Producer: | Elsevier / ScienceDirect | |
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| Description: | Over 300 signed articles in this database (published 2005) cover the data, techniques, theories, designs, applications, histories, and implications of assigning numerical values to social phenomena. The articles include descriptions of quantitative and qualitative research strategies and techniques, measurement, sampling, and statistical methods, highlighting multidisciplinary options for observing social phenomena. You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | The first screen displays an alphabetical Subject Classification, beginning with "Analytical Techniques." You can open the contents of each section by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+).
Each entry within each of these sections includes: "SummaryPlus" (abstract and outline); "Full Text + Links" (HTML copy of full article); and a PDF copy of the article. Other search/browse options, displayed on tabs near the center of the first screen, include:
Each article can be printed in either HTL or PDF format, or can be delivered by e-mail. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- General Marketing Economics | |
Encyclopedia Of Sociology (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Sociology
| Producer: | Macmillan | |
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| Description: | This five-volume set (2nd edition; 2000) probably is the most comprehensive encyclopedia focusing on sociology ever published, containing nearly 400 substantial signed articles. A PDF copy of the table of contents is available here.
Leyburn Library also has the set in printed form. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- General Poverty Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Survey Research Methods (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods
| Producer: | Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set, published in 2008, contains about 600 signed entries covering "major facets of survey research methodology, from selecting the sample design and the sampling frame, designing and pretesting the questionnaire, data collection, and data coding, to the thorny issues surrounding diminishing response rates, confidentiality, privacy, informed consent and other ethical issues, data weighting, and data analyses." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General Sociology Politics -- General | |
International Encyclopedia Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences (Info)
Connect to: International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
| Producer: | Elsevier / ScienceDirect | |
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| Description: | IESBS (2002) is the largest reference work on the social and behavioral sciences ever published -- over 4,000 signed articles in 26 printed volumes. | |
| Usage Tips: | The first screen displays an alphabetical Subject Classification, beginning with "Adolescence and Youth."
For additional assistance with browsing, search, and article delivery, see this help page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Psychology Social Sciences - General Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Economics Women's and Gender Studies Poverty Studies Bioethics Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies | |
New Dictionary Of The History Of Ideas (Info)
Connect to: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
| Producer: | Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | This six-volume set (2004) is the first revision in 30 years of the classic Dictionary of the History of Ideas, one of the most important reference works ever published on "what we think" -- philosophical and theoretical concepts, historical, scientific, social, and critical issues, etc. A PDF copy of the table of contents is available here. The original edition is available online and in our Reference collection. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Please note that the list is divided into 6 "volumes," beginning with "Abolitionism to Common Sense." You may open any of the article lists by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Humanities - General Philosophy Religion Science - General Social Sciences - General Sociology History -- Outside U.S. Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) (Info)
Connect to: Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
| Producer: | University of Bristol (England) | |
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| Description: | Very high quality, comprehensive index of well-chosen, well-annotated links in various social science fields. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology | |
Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Research (ICPSR) (Info)
Connect to: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
| Producer: | University of Michigan | |
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| Description: | "Search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data." For assistance in acquiring data-sets, contact Carol Hansen Karsch. | |
| Usage Tips: | ICPSR tutorial videos are available.
Videos on using the Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) tool to analyze data on-line are included. Approximately 700 studies can be analyzed on-line using SDA.
To see if a study is formatted for SDA, click the "Analyze data using SDA" link, located half-way down a study's description page. SDA is useful for:
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| Librarian: | Carol Hansen Karsch | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General Sociology Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International | |