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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 19

A quick note on finding historical statistics on African colonies

May 8, 2019 139

African Studies

Jul 16, 2018 1581

ArcGIS: An Introduction

Jan 30, 2019 12

BENF 227: Global Health Justice and Governance

Dec 10, 2018 109

Blue Books for Colonial British Africa in the Penn Libraries

Jun 10, 2016 30

Botswana - General Information

Oct 9, 2018 39

China in Africa : Penn Libraries resources

Dec 10, 2018 356

Christian Missions in Africa

Apr 23, 2018 0

City Directories of the United States - Microform Collection

Jul 26, 2018 217

Community Health Data Base - Penn Libraries data resources

Dec 10, 2018 12

Conflict and Terrorism - Research Guide

Sep 5, 2018 14

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

Sep 5, 2018 473

Criminology - Research Guide

Sep 5, 2018 684

Criminology Data and Statistics

Jun 20, 2018 9

Critical Writing Program: Legal Rights for Nature

Jul 16, 2018 1160

Oct 1, 2018 120

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

Sep 1, 2018 98

DOTS and ITERATE - Terrorism incidents and terrorist biographies data

May 8, 2019 1162

Elections Data - Research Guide

Apr 25, 2018 36

Esri Data & Maps

Nov 6, 2018 356

Aug 6, 2018 569

Extracting Data from the General Social Survey (SOCI 120)

Apr 23, 2018 169

Federal Population Schedules - Microfilm Collection

May 17, 2019 762

Gallup public opinion poll resources

Jul 16, 2018 468

Jul 16, 2018 0

Georeferencing Historic Maps

Apr 23, 2018 5

Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature - Microform Collection

Jul 16, 2018 0

Health and Society in Africa

Jun 13, 2016 135

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

Sep 6, 2017 2251

Historical Maps

Jul 16, 2018 27

HSOC 10: Health and Societies - Africa

Nov 16, 2018 19

HSOC 59: Medical Missionaries and Partners

Sep 7, 2018 62

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

May 14, 2019 273

ICRG Historical Datasets (International Country Risk Guide)

May 14, 2019 1002

ICRG Researcher's Datasets (International Country Risk Guide)

Jul 16, 2018 42

Intensity Maps with Fusion Tables

Dec 1, 2018 6890

International GIS Data

Jun 13, 2016 9

Introduction to ArcGIS: Map Design

Oct 9, 2017 83

LandScan Global

Jul 17, 2018 33

Sep 11, 2018 4

LPS: Economic Development

Sep 13, 2017 36

Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences

Apr 27, 2018 43

Medieval Manuscripts Microform Collection @ Penn Libraries

Jul 16, 2018 620

Online Mapping Tools

Apr 1, 2019 36

Penn Dissertations on Africa

Apr 25, 2018 6

People on War datasets, documentation

Dec 11, 2018 620

Philadelphia History

Dec 11, 2018 876

Philadelphia Maps and Geographic Information

Dec 11, 2018 1458

Philadelphia Neighborhood Research: URBS 210/ URBS 206

Sep 5, 2018 939

Philadelphia Statistics

Dec 11, 2018 1206

Philadelphia Studies

Dec 10, 2018 103

Preparing Literature Reviews in the Social Sciences

Jul 16, 2018 5

PSCI 136: Urban Politics

Jan 29, 2018 248

PSYC 001 - Introduction to Experimental Psychology

Dec 10, 2018 61

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

Dec 10, 2018 14

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

Sep 25, 2018 88

Public Opinion Polls

Jul 16, 2018 774

Dec 10, 2018 97

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Philadelphia - Microform Collection

Aug 2, 2018 5

SOCI 004: The Family

Sep 11, 2018 15

SOCI 006 - Race & Ethnic Relations

Oct 15, 2018 31

SOCI 007: Population and Society

Jan 29, 2018 82

SOCI 010: Social Stratification

Feb 17, 2018 16

SOCI 041: Poverty and Inequality

Sep 11, 2018 21

SOCI 103 - Asian Americans in Contemporary Society

Oct 17, 2018 24

SOCI 111 / HSOC 111: Health of Populations Course Guide

Feb 7, 2019 249

Social Network Analysis

Oct 10, 2018 412

Sociology Research Guide

Dec 10, 2018 109

South Asia foreign relations

Feb 22, 2019 2034

Statistical Software

Sep 6, 2017 0

SWRK 601 Library Session

Jul 16, 2018 71

SWRK 730: Community Mapping

Jul 16, 2018 1040

U.S. Census Demographic Data

Jul 16, 2018 0

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

Feb 11, 2019 715

Urban Studies - Research Guide

Dec 11, 2018 42

URBS 103: Industrial Metropolis Course Guide

Feb 4, 2019 68

URBS 210: The Wire and the City

Sep 6, 2017 45

Jul 16, 2018 38

URBS 400: Senior Seminar

Oct 10, 2018 14

URBS 420: Perspectives on Urban Poverty

Jul 16, 2018 12

URBS 428: Research Seminar in 21st Century Urbanism

Sep 7, 2018 4

WER ZIP Code Changes Report dataset

Apr 23, 2018 4

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