LS63D—Information Resources in the Social Sciences

(3 credits)
This course is intended to acquaint students with the nature of social science literature. It describes communication in the social sciences and examines the literature and bibliography of the major disciplines: , economics, political science, law and sociology. It seeks to acquaint students with the characteristics of the users of this literature, the nature of social science research and the multi-disciplinary problems associated with social science information. It also familiarizes them with manual resources and electronic services.