http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/G/countries-cultures.html en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:21:18 -0400 webmaster@lib.vt.edu webmaster@lib.vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/G/global-gateway-world-culture-resources.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/G/S_global-gateway-world-culture-resources.jpg" alt="Global Gateway: World Culture &amp; Resources" height="141px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html" title="Global Gateway: World Culture &amp; Resources" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html')" shape="rect">Global Gateway: World Culture &amp; Resources</a> </span></h2><p><i>Global Gateway</i> provides access to bilingual, multimedia digital libraries from around the world, plus a listing of the searchable Library of Congress and other digital collections with a focus on history and culture from around the world. 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It indexes citations, abstracts, and full-text articles, books, conference proceedings, theses, online repositories, patents, legal cases, and more. <i>Google Scholar</i> is particularly good when starting research and canvassing the literature or as a final search on a topic. 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width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/G/S_geodata.jpg" alt="GeoData.gov" height="113px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos" title="Geodata.gov: U.S. maps &amp; data" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos')" shape="rect">Geodata.gov: U.S. maps &amp; data</a> </span></h2><p><i>geodata.gov</i> is a geographic information system (GIS) portal, also known as the Geospatial One-Stop (GOS), that serves as a public gateway for access to geospatial information and data. A catalog of geospatial information containing thousands of metadata records (information about the data) and links to live maps, features, and catalog services, downloadable data sets, images, clearinghouses, map files, and more.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/G/geodata-gov-us-maps-and-data.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/G/geodata-gov-us-maps-and-data.html Countries and cultures Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Statistics and data sets Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/G/general-social-surveys-1972-2008-from-icpsr.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/I/S_icpsr.jpg" alt="ICPSR - InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research" height="154px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/25962" title="General Social Surveys, 1972-2008 from ICPSR" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/25962')" shape="rect">General Social Surveys, 1972-2008 from ICPSR</a> </span></h2><p>Contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions and statistics, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have remained unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings. The latest cumulative file covers 1972-2008 and includes 5364 variables, time-trends for 1,988 variables, and 257 trends having 20+ data points. You must create a MyData account at ICPSR before downloading the data. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000238"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/G/general-social-surveys-1972-2008-from-icpsr.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/G/general-social-surveys-1972-2008-from-icpsr.html Countries and cultures Statistics and data sets Restricted to Virginia Tech users