The document provides information about data services available to graduate students at UNCG, including a data portal, assistance acquiring freely available data sets, and access to repositories like ICPSR. It discusses policies around purchasing data and limitations of assistance. Resources mentioned include data from the National Center for Education Statistics, NCES, and tools for working with data like SAS, SPSS, and tutorials. Students are encouraged to find problems they are interested in, establish a literature base, explore datasets fully, and contact the library for questions.

1. DATA SERVICES FOR THE SES GRADUATE STUDENT September 21, 2009