Resources on Resources Slide 1-1 Lecture 1 Resources on Resources CSSS 506 Winter 2002 1 1

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/thesaurus, 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 CSSS 506 Winter 2002 2 2

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.html CSSS 506 Winter 2002 2 2

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@cac’ http://www.washington.edu/computing/faqs Creating and Publishing Web Pages On department server, UW student server Using HTML Authoring Tools CSSS 506 Winter 2002 2 2

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. CSSS 506 Winter 2002 2 2

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 CSSS 506 Winter 2002 2 2

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 CSSS 506 Winter 2002 2 2

Training on Computational Tools Computing and Networking: http://www.washington.edu/computing/catalog/gen/Catalog.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 CSSS 506 Winter 2002 2 2

Resources within UW Library: Online catalogs and databases 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 CSSS 506 Winter 2002 2 2