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eResources for ResearchGohar Khachatryan | gohar@crrc.am |CRRC-Armenia | February 2010

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Outline RCRC

Scholarly DatabasesGDN Collection

•Jstor•Project Muse•WDI Online

CRRC-Armenia Collection•EbscoHost•WB eLibrary

Survey Reports and DatasetsCRRC Data InitiativeArmenia Corruption Survey of HouseholdsLabor Migration from Armenia in 2002-2007National Statistical Service of RA

Useful Links: Research Methodology

The Global Development Network (GDN)

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www.gdnet.org

The GDN Mission: Better Research, Better Policy, Better 'Developing' World

Access to the following databases:World

Development Indicators

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GDN has granted access to J-Stor Journal Collection to GDNet Registered Eligible Researchers on the Knowledge Base.

Researchers are provided with access to Business I and II and Arts and Science II and VI Collections.

The current Collection brings together titles in Economics, Finance, Education, Social Sciences, Political Science, Archaeology, Marketing, Managements and more.

To access any of the collections, please log into your profile available on the GDNet website using your username and password.

If you are not a member of GDNet researchers’ community, please feel free to register your profile online at www.gdnet.org

Access to JSTOR

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JSTOR is an archive of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.

Started by the Mellon Foundation in 1995Not-for-profit organizationMore than 1,000 journal titlesMore than 4,000 participantsMore than 4 million articlesMore than 21 million pagesStarting from volume 1 of each journalIssues scanned cover to coverFull-text searchableGrowing number of links to full-text of recent issues

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Arts & Sciences IIThe Arts & Sciences II Collection is home to 127 titles. This collection adds depth to many disciplines introduced in Arts & Sciences I, such as economics, history, and Asian studies. Arts & Sciences II also offers core journals in several new disciplines, such as archaeology, classics, and African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies.

Arts & Sciences IVThis collection has a strong focus on the professions of business, education, and law, and also includes titles in psychology and public policy and administration. There are 112 titles in this collection.

BusinessThe 47 titles in the Business Collection are drawn from Arts & Sciences I, II, and IV. The collection brings together core titles in economics and finance, including publications from leading scholarly societies and a range of critical research journals in accounting, labor relations, marketing, management, operations research, and risk assessment.

Business IIBusiness II will feature at least 60 titles, all of which will be drawn from Arts & Sciences IV, VI, and the Complement. The collection broadens the range of international business titles and includes a number of journals that explore the intersections between economics and law, policy, and psychology.

JSTOR Collections

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Subscription based academic journals site with 250 quality titles from over 40 publishers.

MUSE began in 1993 as a pioneering joint project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library.

It is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.

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WDI Online provides direct access to more than 800 development indicators, with time series for 209 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2008, where data are available.

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The World Bank e-library is an online, fully cross-searchable portal of over 5,000 World Bank documents. The collection consists of over 2,000 World Bank publications and over 3,200 Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book and paper as they are published.

Topics in the e-Library include:Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentBanking, Finance, and InvestmentBusiness ProcurementCommodities, Pricing, and TradeCurrent AffairsDevelopment EconomicsEconomics (General)Education and TrainingEnergy, Industry, and MiningEnvironment GenderGlobalizationGovernance, Civil Society, and ParticipationHealth, Nutrition, Population and more…

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EbscoHosthttp://search.epnet.com

EbscoHost databases are premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users.

Access to 17 databases, including Academic Search Elite, America, History & Life, Business Source Elite, Communication & Mass Media Complete, ERIC, Film & Television Literature Index, Historical Abstracts, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, Regional Business News.

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The CRRC Data Initiative (DI) is a cross-border effort initiated by CRRC from 2004 to collect data annually on a wide variety of social, political and economic indicators in the South Caucasus region.

Focused on

Demography, Education, Employment, Migration, Health, Social Institutions, Social Capital, Politics, Crime, and Economic Condition

www.crrccenters.org

1. Survey datasets (in SPSS format)2. Questionnaires and show cards Survey methodology

document3. SPSS online crash course

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CRRC - Armenia under theprogram of USAID MobilizingAction Against CorruptionActivity conducted  corruption household survey in Armenia in 2008.

The full report, dataset,questionnaire are available at

http://www.crrc.am/index.php/en/159

2008 Armenia Corruption Survey of Households

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The survey was commissioned by the OSCE Office in

Yerevan and implemented by NGO Advanced Social

Technologies.

The full report is available athttp://www.osce.org/yerevan/item_11_18193.html

Dataset is available at http://www.crrc.am/index.php/en/41/141

Labor Migration from Armenia in 2002-2005: A Sociological Survey of Households

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Statistical YearbooksPublicationsRegional Stastics by MarzesPopulation Census 2001Statistical data bases * External trade database * National Accounts * Household’s Integrated Living Conditions Survey database

www.armstat.am

National Statistical Service of RA

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Useful Links: Web Center for Social Research Methods

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http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/

Useful Links: BUBL Link Catalogue of Internet Resources

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http://bubl.ac.uk/LINK/r/researchmethods.htm

Useful Links: EduTech Wiki – Research Methodology Resources

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http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Research_methodology_resources

Useful Links: ICAAP ResourcesRCRC

http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/qual.htm

Useful Links: Research and Documentation Online

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http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

Useful Links: SPSS Crash CourseRCRC

http://crrccenters.org/index.php/en/32