MICHAEL R. LAVIN is Business Librarian at Lockwood Library, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. He has worked with census data for many years as a reference librarian, college instructor, consultant, and trainer, and he is an active participant in the Census Bureau's State Data Center program. Lavin is the recipient of the 1992 Business Reference Services Section/Gale Research Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship. He is the author of Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It (Oryx Press, 1992), now in its second edition.
.,."a wonderful guide that will enlighten baffled librarians or
researchers about census data."-Journal of Business and Finance
Librarianship
.,."book can be used as a textbook....Novice and experienced users
will find this book very useful. It is clearly written and
incorporates many useful features throghout the text to highlight
points....All census data users should find Understanding the
Census useful. Difficult ideas are made understandable through
organization of text....appendixes bring them together for ready
use....This book should be in libraries of all types."-Business
Information
?...a wonderful guide that will enlighten baffled librarians or
researchers about census data.?-Journal of Business and Finance
Librarianship
?...book can be used as a textbook....Novice and experienced users
will find this book very useful. It is clearly written and
incorporates many useful features throghout the text to highlight
points....All census data users should find Understanding the
Census useful. Difficult ideas are made understandable through
organization of text....appendixes bring them together for ready
use....This book should be in libraries of all types.?-Business
Information
?Designed for use as a textbook and ready-reference tool, it helps
researchers navigate the census. It succeeds on three levels.
First, it explains census subject terminology and concepts in an
understandable manner. Second, it assists census users in locating
census data. Finally, it helps users with the increasingly diverse
array of census products, including CD-ROMs and maps....Reference
librarians will be pleased to see that Lavin covers Internet
resources and other electronic products in this final section....A
series of eye catching and informative sidebars appear throughout
every chapter....Understanding the Census is the most detailed and
accessible of these guides and is highly recommended for
medium-size and large public libraries and for academic libraries
of all sizes.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
..."a wonderful guide that will enlighten baffled librarians or
researchers about census data."-Journal of Business and Finance
Librarianship
..."book can be used as a textbook....Novice and experienced users
will find this book very useful. It is clearly written and
incorporates many useful features throghout the text to highlight
points....All census data users should find Understanding the
Census useful. Difficult ideas are made understandable through
organization of text....appendixes bring them together for ready
use....This book should be in libraries of all types."-Business
Information
"Designed for use as a textbook and ready-reference tool, it helps
researchers navigate the census. It succeeds on three levels.
First, it explains census subject terminology and concepts in an
understandable manner. Second, it assists census users in locating
census data. Finally, it helps users with the increasingly diverse
array of census products, including CD-ROMs and maps....Reference
librarians will be pleased to see that Lavin covers Internet
resources and other electronic products in this final section....A
series of eye catching and informative sidebars appear throughout
every chapter....Understanding the Census is the most detailed and
accessible of these guides and is highly recommended for
medium-size and large public libraries and for academic libraries
of all sizes."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
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