Fall 2021: Library services (Part II)

 



So Reading Week has come and gone ... and I actually did some reading, although not as much writing as I would have liked to have done.

Why does that always seem to happen? (Big cosmic question.)

In any case, I did get a bit of rest and hope that others did as well—rest, relaxation and maybe a chance to catch up on research and course work. 

Here are some more specialized resources that may be of interest to graduate students (and faculty) as the term progresses:

  • Archives and Special Collections is comprised of three overarching focus areas: Archives, Rare Books, and Specialized Research Collections.
  • Cartographic and GIS Services will help provide guidance on the creation and use of maps, including help in finding data, spatial analysis, software, and process selection, converting file types, and much more.
  • Data Services can help by providing links to thousands of datasets, both microdata and aggregate data, to use for secondary research.
  • Bloomberg Database service provides access to financial data on current and historical financial data and is widely used in the corporate and government workplace.

If you have any questions on any of these, please don’t hesitate to contact me. You can email me at martha.attridgebufton@carleton.ca.

 

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