Tools & training
Member resources
- A searchable database
of resource guides for common data services & subscriptions
- A jobs repository of
postings to IASST-L for data-related jobs
- Toolbox - programs,
scripts, and tools for online data retrieval and analysis
Useful sites
- A set of links to relevant data sites including
member organisations, data portals & blogs
- A list of websites belonging to organisations where IASSIST members work.
Training & user education
- DLI Training Repository /
Dépôt des documents de formation d'IDD (Data Liberation Initiative &
University of Toronto)
Members of Canada's innovative Data Liberation Initiative contribute to this store of articles & resources about data support
- How
to use a codebook (DSS at Princeton University)
Introduction to datafiles and codebooks including help with reading the data into SAS, SPSS and Stata. - Introduction
to using data (DPLS at University of Wisconsin-Madison)
A detailed look at DPLS holdings with general information on data collection and use. - Social Science Glossary (SSHL
at UCSD)
Searchable glossary of social science computer and data terms.
- The Data
Archives' Tutorial (ISSR Data Archives at UCLA)
A number of topics including 'all about social science data', 'refining research topics', 'searching for data' etc.