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Lauris Olson

Librarian & Coordinator of Social Sciences Collections

Lauris Olson

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries
203 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
University of Pennsylvania
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
U.S.A.

215-898-0119

Africa. General Social Sciences. Communication, Criminology, Economics, Law (social & political aspects), Linguistics, Political Science, Sociology, Urban Studies. Government documents. Numeric & spatial data.

My Guides

Jul 16, 2018 0

20th Century African History and Politics - Research Guide

Sep 7, 2018 21

A quick note on finding historical statistics on African colonies

May 8, 2019 177

African Studies

Jul 16, 2018 2239

ArcGIS: An Introduction

Jan 30, 2019 16

BENF 227: Global Health Justice and Governance

Dec 10, 2018 152

Blue Books for Colonial British Africa in the Penn Libraries

Jun 10, 2016 48

Botswana - General Information

Oct 9, 2018 42

China in Africa : Penn Libraries resources

Dec 10, 2018 497

Christian Missions in Africa

Apr 23, 2018 0

City Directories of the United States - Microform Collection

Jul 26, 2018 306

Community Health Data Base - Penn Libraries data resources

Dec 10, 2018 16

Conflict and Terrorism - Research Guide

Sep 5, 2018 24

CRIM 410: Senior Research Seminar: Experiments in Crime and Justice

Sep 5, 2018 614

Criminology - Research Guide

Sep 5, 2018 902

Criminology Data and Statistics

Jun 20, 2018 10

Critical Writing Program: Legal Rights for Nature

Jul 16, 2018 1533

Oct 1, 2018 212

Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - data files - Penn Libraries data resources

Sep 1, 2018 149

DOTS and ITERATE - Terrorism incidents and terrorist biographies data

May 8, 2019 1576

Elections Data - Research Guide

Jul 16, 2019 61

Esri Data & Maps

Nov 6, 2018 472

Aug 6, 2018 702

Extracting Data from the General Social Survey (SOCI 120)

Apr 23, 2018 235

Federal Population Schedules - Microfilm Collection

May 17, 2019 1085

Gallup public opinion poll resources

Jul 16, 2019 697

Jul 16, 2018 0

Georeferencing Historic Maps

Apr 23, 2018 8

Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature - Microform Collection

Jul 16, 2018 0

Health and Society in Africa

Jun 13, 2016 171

HIST 187: The Making of Modern South Africa - Finding Primary Sources

Sep 6, 2017 2984

Historical Maps

Jul 16, 2018 34

HSOC 10: Health and Societies - Africa

Nov 16, 2018 31

HSOC 59: Medical Missionaries and Partners

Sep 7, 2018 76

ICMA Survey Research Datasets - data files - Penn Libraries data resources

May 14, 2019 372

ICRG Historical Datasets (International Country Risk Guide)

May 14, 2019 1413

ICRG Researcher's Datasets (International Country Risk Guide)

Jul 16, 2018 64

Intensity Maps with Fusion Tables

Dec 1, 2018 9453

International GIS Data

Jun 13, 2016 23

Introduction to ArcGIS: Map Design

Oct 9, 2017 107

LandScan Global

Jul 20, 2019 11

LAPOP

Jul 17, 2018 46

Sep 11, 2018 4

LPS: Economic Development

Sep 13, 2017 47

Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences

Apr 27, 2018 57

Medieval Manuscripts Microform Collection @ Penn Libraries

Jul 24, 2019 3

Mobile Coverage Explorer : GIS data

Jul 16, 2018 915

Online Mapping Tools

Apr 1, 2019 62

Penn Dissertations on Africa

Jul 2, 2019 954

Penn Reading Project 2019-2020 : Weapons of Math Destruction / Cathy O'Neil

Apr 25, 2018 12

People on War datasets, documentation

Dec 11, 2018 787

Philadelphia History

Dec 11, 2018 1266

Philadelphia Maps and Geographic Information

Dec 11, 2018 2002

Philadelphia Neighborhood Research: URBS 210/ URBS 206

Sep 5, 2018 1226

Philadelphia Statistics

Dec 11, 2018 1660

Philadelphia Studies

Dec 10, 2018 145

Preparing Literature Reviews in the Social Sciences

Jul 16, 2018 6

PSCI 136: Urban Politics

Jan 29, 2018 333

PSYC 001 - Introduction to Experimental Psychology

Dec 10, 2018 78

PSYC 470-302: Friendship & Attraction (Fall 2015)

Dec 10, 2018 20

PSYC 480-301: Modern Young Adulthood (Fall 2016)

Sep 25, 2018 118

Public Opinion Polls

Jul 16, 2018 997

Dec 10, 2018 130

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Philadelphia - Microform Collection

Aug 2, 2018 5

SOCI 004: The Family

Sep 11, 2018 25

SOCI 006 - Race & Ethnic Relations

Oct 15, 2018 38

SOCI 007: Population and Society

Jan 29, 2018 122

SOCI 010: Social Stratification

Feb 17, 2018 19

SOCI 041: Poverty and Inequality

Sep 11, 2018 24

SOCI 103 - Asian Americans in Contemporary Society

Oct 17, 2018 32

SOCI 111 / HSOC 111: Health of Populations Course Guide

Feb 7, 2019 358

Social Network Analysis

Jun 20, 2019 531

Sociology Research Guide

Dec 10, 2018 150

South Asia foreign relations

Feb 22, 2019 2971

Statistical Software

Sep 6, 2017 2

SWRK 601 Library Session

Jul 16, 2018 86

SWRK 730: Community Mapping

Jul 16, 2018 1467

U.S. Census Demographic Data

Jul 16, 2018 0

U.S.Elections: Historical and Contemporary - Research Guide

Feb 11, 2019 776

Urban Studies - Research Guide

Dec 11, 2018 54

URBS 103: Industrial Metropolis Course Guide

Feb 4, 2019 68

URBS 210: The Wire and the City

Sep 6, 2017 51

Jul 16, 2018 49

URBS 400: Senior Seminar

Oct 10, 2018 17

URBS 420: Perspectives on Urban Poverty

Jul 16, 2018 18

URBS 428: Research Seminar in 21st Century Urbanism

Sep 7, 2018 5

WER ZIP Code Changes Report dataset

Apr 23, 2018 5

Witchcraft in Europe and America - Microform Collection

My Subject Specialties

African Studies Aging Studies Communication Criminology Data & GIS Economics Food Studies Health & Societies International Relations Law Linguistics Philadelphia Studies Political Science Population Studies & Demography Public Policy & Administration Social Sciences Sociology Urban Studies