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SURVEYS-- SELECTED RESOURCES

Keeley  Library   Revised  January 23, 2001
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  • Statistics
  • Social Sciences
  • Business Management
  • Political Science
  • BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT SURVEYS

    World Book EncyclopediaChicago:World Book, 2001         Ref. 031 W927 1990   v. 18,  v.8,  v.15
    Brown, Elizabeth "Statistics"  v. 18                             Cantril, Albert H."Public Opinion Polls"  v.15
    Hertsgaard, Doris F. "Graphs". v 8,

     BROWSING GUIDE
    See our guides ,Finding Your Way in the Library, and  Library Floor Plan to locate books on the shelves.

    519's    Mathematics-Statistics
    330's    Economic Statistics
    300's   Social Statistics
    310's   Almanacs- 

    REFERENCE BOOKS

    Writer's Inc    Pages 328-329 "Conducting Surveys" Ref.  808.02  K32

    BOOKS IN THE CIRCULATING COLLECTION

    Questionnaires, Design and Use 001.4222 B486

    sailscat.gif (2318 bytes)To locate item in our library network, search our New WebCat™using the following subjects.
    Statistics Sampling (Statistics) Mathematical statistics Experimental design
    Standard deviations Statistical decision  Public Opinion Polls Gambling systems
    Statistics of sampling Graphs Census Commercial statistics
    Error analysis (Mathematics)  Statistics--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Statistics--Graphic methods Statistics--Caricatures and cartoons 
    Books from other libraries in the Southeastern Automated Libraries ( SAILS) may also be delivered to the Keeley Library for you.

    PERIODICALS AND NEWS ARTICLES ONLINE

    SIRS NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL REPRINTS: INFOTRAC  WEB ONLINE PERIODICALS DATABASE ELECTRIC LIBRARY
     As members of SAILS, Durfee  students and teachers can access SIRS, INFOTRAC AND ELECTRIC LIBRARY, both  from library workstations, and from home. From home or a school lab computer, go to http://www.sailsinc.org.   Use Site Index or Frame Menu to locate databases. You will need your library barcode when dialing from a home computer or a lab.

    INTERNET RESOURCES

    DemocracyProject: "Read Between the Lines" Poll .Using Statistics

     
    The following are more in-depth Internet resources
    The Gallup Organization The Survey Research Center - Princeton University
    Survey Research Fundamentals Oregon Survey Research Laboratory - University of Oregon
    Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Social Science Data Collection - University of California at San Diego
    Institute for Social and Economic Research - Cornell University The National Opinion Research Center - University of Chicago

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    September, 1978  to  June, 2001