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COVID-19 Updates

Pullman Libraries buildings remain closed to in-person visits. Please check our Remote Services during COVID-19 for available services.

About this library guide

1/20 - for purposes of a particular class, this guide includes some tabs/info unrelated to government data and statistics. Also, this page is a work in progress...

Spring 2021 Update: New and/or Helpful WSU Libraries Resources and Services

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Temporary Access, Spring 2021

JSTOR - we have access to ALL their journal content (they divide it into specific collections, and we don’t subscribe to all of them), and the ArtStor database through the end of June. We are also getting access to Security Studies through June as well, so – please, take advantage of this!
We will be continuing our Roper Center (survey data iPoll database plus more) access through 3/31/2022. Probably not after, however.
We have access to PolicyMap through the end of March 3/31/2021. (They have a new version with extra functionality but to download data you have to use the legacy (default) version)

What is PolicyMap?

An online (no software installation needed) U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications for college students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate schools use us in their curriculum and research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.
Look for Blog Posts, Customer Stories, and sample Maps, Tables, and Reports.

Our MapChats Blog features stories on Mapping Consumer Spending Habits, Internet Access Disparities, and the Social Drivers of Health and more!
Our Academic Web Page gives insight into how other universities and colleges use our data and mapping tool
Visit PolicyMap Support for tutorials, training videos, the training calendar.
A complete list of our data related to Demographics, Incomes and Spending, Housing, Lending, Quality of Life, Economy, Education and Health can be found here

SAGE Research Methods
Designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method, SAGE Research Methods includes more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research.

APA: The Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style (free)
Just in case, APA Sixth Edition Resources
APA: Style and Grammer Guidelines (7th edition; free)
Just in case, APA Sixth Edition Resources
The Proxy Bookmarklet and LibKey Nomad
Have you ever found something on the Web that you knew was available through the Libraries, but it was too much of a pain to log into the Libraries site and find it? Now we have a bookmarklet that you can add to your browser button bar so that you can log in via the Libraries and get immediate access (most of the time…) find out more about our new proxy bookmarklet. And it works with tablets too...
Note: after you log in, if you don't get access, just click the proxy bookmarklet again and you will (if your browser is idle for too long you may need to log in again). Also provides information on new library service LibKey Nomad which can also be used to provide instant access to PDFs available though the WSU Libraries.
Citation Linker
Use this link when you have a citation and want to get to the book or article. It will link to the item you want. If it is not available at the WSU Libraries, it will generate an automatic interlibrary loan form so you can easily request it.
The Dimensions Lab
COVID-19 update: We’ve added some resources to the Dimensions Lab website that may be of assistance to users of the lab during the Library closure. This includes links to open source software and temporarily free proprietary software being offered during the pandemic.
Big Monitors. Cool software. Large (but not really large) scanner.. And more. #DigitalMaking
The Libraries’ Dimensions Lab is equipped to provide computing resources and tools for computer-based projects in the fields of media, art, music, engineering, computer science, and physics. The lab is located on the first floor of the Holland Library on the WSU Pullman campus, right off the main elevators between Holland and Terrell. There is also a reservable 3D Photogrammetry setup.