News and Activities
The University Libraries endeavors to stay in touch with faculty, staff, and students involved in secondary data analysis. On this page we share information about services, resources, and activities that may be of interest to researchers. If you have any questions or comments about the information on this page, please contact the Data Services Librarian.
Workshops | Users Forum | ICPSR Summer Program
Workshops
topThe Data Services Librarian occasionally conducts workshops or other instruction sessions to introduce faculty, staff, and students to data resources that can be used for secondary research. Scheduled sessions will be listed on this page. All data workshops are held in 211 Hodges Library.
- Accessing Data from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Data Archive
Learn about the world's largest archive of social science research data. Includes searching the archive for studies, viewing the documentation, and downloading data files.
March 3, 2010, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
- Accessing Public Opinion Survey Questions and Data Files
Learn how to access the data files behind published results from public opinion polls and other opinion/attitude surveys. Resources will include the Roper Center, General Social Survey, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Pew Research Center, and Louis Harris Data Center. Also includes an introduction to the Roper Center's iPOLL database of public opinion questions.
- General Social Survey: Social Indicator Research
The General Social Survey is a rich secondary data resource that provides more than 30 years of data on Americans' opinions, attitudes, and behaviors on a vast array of topics. Learn how to access and review the codebook, download the data, and do simple data analyses online.
- Cross-National Time Series Data
An introduction to cross-national time series databases. Featured databases include the World Bank's World Development Indicators and the United Nations' UNdata. Learn what these databases offer, how to search them, and how to extract data for further analysis.
Data and GIS Users Discussion Forum
topThe University Libraries occasionally hosts a brown bag discussion on the use of social science data and GIS technology in research activities at UT. We invite faculty, staff, and students who are involved in secondary data analysis and/or applications of GIS technology, as researchers, service providers, or interested observers. The meetings are informal; the direction and content of the discussion is determined by the interests of the participants.
Next meeting will be March 17, 2010, Noon-1:00 p.m., in 150 Hodges Library.
Feel free to bring a lunch. We provide soft drinks and something sweet.
To see what has been discussed in past meetings, take a look at the summaries below:
- February 20, 2001
- November 8, 2001
- November 12, 2002
- November 17, 2003
- November 10, 2004
- October 31, 2005
- November 2, 2006
- February 27, 2007
- November 6, 2007
- February 28, 2008
- February 16, 2009
- November 5, 2009
If you are interested in being on the mailing list for future meetings, please contact the Data Services Librarian, Eleanor Read.
ICPSR Summer Program
topEvery year, from June through August, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), conducts its Summer Program in Quantitative Methods. About fifty courses ranging from 3-day workshops to 4-week courses cover topics in research design, statistics, data analysis, and social methodology. All UTK faculty, staff, and students are eligible to attend. Course descriptions, schedules, fees, application procedures, registration deadlines, and an online registration form are posted at www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/. If you have an interest in or questions about the summer program, please contact the Data Services Librarian.
Page last updated March 2, 2010.
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