The document provides information about data services available to graduate students at UNCG, including a data portal, assistance acquiring freely available data sets, and access to repositories like ICPSR. It discusses policies around purchasing data and limitations of assistance. Resources mentioned include data from the National Center for Education Statistics, NCES, and tools for working with data like SAS, SPSS, and tutorials. Students are encouraged to find problems they are interested in, establish a literature base, explore datasets fully, and contact the library for questions.

1. DATA SERVICES FOR THE SES GRADUATE STUDENT September 21, 2009

2. Services Access to Data Sources and Services Data Portal: http://library.uncg.edu/data_services/ Dataland Blog: http://uncgdataland.blogspot.com/ Data Acquisitions Identifying general use data sets to acquire Data Consultations Assistance choosing data sources for research projects

3. Policies Assist users in acquiring freely available data in conjunction with the library liaison. Attempt to purchase data sets for UNCG researchers dependent upon funding and the Library’s ability to comply with license and use restrictions. Methodological questions or data analysis and interpretation are beyond the scope of the Library's Data Services. The Library does not currently support GIS

4. ICPSR The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR’s mission is to: Collect and preserve research data. Disseminate data for further analysis and instruction by researchers, scholars and instructors. Serve as a leading quantitative analysis training resource. Access ICPSR from the Database list .

5. Archives for Education International Archive of Education Data Primarily includes data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Includes data sources like Common Core of Data and National Household Education Survey (NHES) Child Care & Early Education, Research Connections 132 datasets and over 11,000 resources on child care and early education

6. Other Sources National Center for Education Statistics Data Analysis System Includes Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS) from the National Center for Special Education Research National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study

7. Additional Tools Data Use Tutorial : http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/help/newuser.jsp Bibliography of Data Related Literature http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/citations/index.jsp ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/ NCES Workshops http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/ SAS and SPSS tutorials http://library.uncg.edu/depts/ref/data_services/docs.aspx

8. Final Tips Find a problem that truly interests you! Establish a strong base in the literature during coursework. Read for theory AND for data sources. Take advantage of workshops (some are funded!). Explore the dataset fully and find literature on its use. Contact IRB and find out if you need a determination or exemption. Take advantage of the benefits of secondary data. Contact Lynda ( [email_address] ) if you have any questions!