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Data Services
Data specialists provide support for Stanford's faculty, staff and students
who wish to access local and virtual social science data resources for
research and instruction. In-person consultations take place during scheduled walk-in hours
or by
appointment
in The Velma Denning Room,
located in the Green Library Bing Wing.
Stanford is a member of ICPSR
(Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) and the
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
DEWI
(Data Extraction Web Interface) is a Web-based application for accessing
social science numeric data. It incorporates codebook information, allowing
users to search datasets by keywords and select variables for sub-setting
and extraction. Users can save custom-made datasets on their own computer
desktop in a variety of formats compatible with popular statistical analysis
software. Detailed help with DEWI is available from the 'Help' tab once
you enter the system.
Local resources in The Velma Denning Room include numeric data on CD-ROM,
available on computers or installed on request, and a reference library
of codebooks, CD-ROM user documentation, and selected journals and magazines.
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