Resources on Resources

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Lecture 1
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• Resources on Resources

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Resources within UW

• UW Webpage
• MyUW Customizable interface to the UW web-based
  information. Recorded information, often numbers,
  to which meaning is attached
• e.g., register for classes, Student Personal
  Services, email
• Directories and reference materials
• e.g., staff/student directory, dictionaries/thesau
  rus, real-time transportation information and
  schedules
• http//www.washington.edu/tools
• Email an essential workhorse for more than
  letters writing.
• It has many other uses
• e.g., exchange files, minutes of meetings,
  self-memos, filing system
• With a desktop email client (PC-Pine, Outlook
  Express, Netscape Messenger) polished but
  insistent

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Resources within UW

• From a UW Uniform Access account (Pine) robust,
  but clunky
• Through the Web (WebPine) simple and accessible
• Remote access SMTP, POP and IMAP
• http//www.washington.edu/computing/forstudents.ht
  ml

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Resources within UW

• Computing and Networking Webpage
• http//www.washington.edu/computing
• Buying a desktop for home
• Site licenses and academic discounts on software
  are available.
• Remote access to the UW Network
• The UW Internet Connectivity Kit (UWICK) - Email,
  file transfer, virus protection, and more, all
  configured for use from/to the UW
• Dial-in Modem pool
• Advice on cable modem verses DSL
• Browse Frequently Asked Questions From help_at_cac
• http//www.washington.edu/computing/faqs
• Creating and Publishing Web Pages
• On department server, UW student server
• Using HTML Authoring Tools

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Resources within UW

• Center for Social Science Computation and
  Research
• http//julius.csscr.washington.edu/
• Data archives
• http//julius.csscr.washington.edu/data.htm
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and
  Social Research (ICPSR)
• U.S. Census Materials in electronic form.,
• Datastream economic data base service.
• Software and Package guides online
• Electronic guides (PDF) on common packages used
  by social scientists (e.g., Eview and qualitative
  data analysis packages)
• Computers available for use
• Two labs of Windows machines for classes and
  everyday use
• extensive array of statistical and computation
  software
• All services and facilities are free, except for
  printing.

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Resources within UW

• Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
• http//www.csde.washington.edu/
• Computers available for use
• Lab of Windows machines everyday use
• extensive array of statistical and computational
  software
• UNIX network
• Sun Solaris Blade machines
• Extensive software
• Accessible remotely
• Software and Package guides online
• Electronic guides (PDF) on common packages used
  by social scientists (e.g., SAS, STATA)
• Remote access to Windows 2000
• via Terminal Services from any machine
• extensive array of statistical and computational
  software

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Resources within UW

• Math Science Computing Center
• http//www.ms.washington.edu/
• Computers available for use by MS students
• Two labs of Windows machines everyday use
• Most extensive array of statistical and
  computational software
• Software and Package guides online
• http//www.ms.washington.edu/help.html
• Electronic guides (HTML) on UNIX computing,
  packages and programming languages

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Training on Computational Tools

• Computing and Networking
• http//www.washington.edu/computing/catalog/gen/Ca
  talog.html
• Center for Social Science Computation and
  Research
• http//julius.csscr.washington.edu
• Free, non-credit courses on statistical packages,
  MS Office, etc
• Catalyst Learning Workshops
• http//catalyst.washington.edu/learning

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Resources within UW

• Library
• http//www.lib.washington.edu
• Online catalogs and databases
• Online journals
• JSTOR electronic copies of many journals before
  1996.
• Many journals converting to electronic format PDF
• Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF viewer and editor
• Convert files to RTF (e.g, MS Word)
• Cut/Paste text, etc
• Add notes, highlights and annotation to PDF files

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