You are invited to attend a Scholars' Workshop on:

GIS & Spatial Data Analysis in the Social Sciences

"See how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and new statistical methods can help you visualize and analyze spatial data in your research and instruction."

Learn: "What is GIS and why should social scientists care?"
"What GIS resources are available at Stanford?"

Demonstrations:
"Mapping and Geocoding your data."
"Doing Descriptive spatial data analysis."
"Doing Explanatory spatial data analysis."

For more information, contact:
Ron Nakao
Social Sciences Data Service (SSDS)
ronbo@stanford.edu
725-1062

Presented by Statistical Software Support (SSS), the Social Sciences Data Service (SSDS), and Branner Earth Sciences as part of the Stanford University Libraries Scholar's Workshop Series.

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• Issues and Controversies On File
• Today's Science On File
• Editorials On File
• Reuters On-Line News Service
• The World Almanac and Book of Facts.
• The World Almanac Encyclopedia (Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia)

In addition to searching full text, you can search by date or a range of dates to see what happened. You can also search for maps, photos and news art. Fans of Facts on File should love this new product which is updated weekly.

SUL/AIR has the following new position this week.

For a complete description of open positions within SUL/AIR, visit the recently redesigned Opportunities for Employment page on the Human Resources Web site.