Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan) publications, 1946-2013 (majority within 1950-1990)

Summary

Creator:

University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research.

Abstract:

The ISR Publications contains publications of the Institute for Social Research and several sub-units, especially the Survey Research Center. The publications include annual reports, histories, bibliographies, newsletters, brochures and research reports.

Extent:

6.5 linear feet
477.9 KB (online)

Language:

English

Call Number:

9767 Bimu C6 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Marilyn M. McNitt, May 1997 Adriane Hanson, August 2005

Background

Scope and Content:

The ISR Publications include annual reports, bibliographies and book catalogs, brochures, histories, lectures, newsletters, such as FYI and Open Channel, and reports such as Perceptions of safety and security at the University of Michigan. Contains annual reports, bibliographies, brochures, bulletins and course catalogs, manuals, newsletters, and reports from the Center for Political Studies, Center for Research on Utilization of Scientific Knowledge, CIEL Project: Computers in Early Literacy, Inter-university Consortium for Political Research, National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Survey Research Center, and the Population Studies Center.

The Publications series (6.5 linear feet, 477.9 KB) consists of three subseries: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Topical Publications.

Biographical / Historical:

For a historical sketch see the finding aid for Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan), records.

Acquisition Information:

Publications are received periodically from the unit (donor # 3563 )

Accruals:

Periodic additions to the records expected.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Related Materials

For other related collections, see the Bentley Historical Library's Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan) records and the Institute for Social Research Oral History Videotapes and Transcripts.

In addition to the collections described above, the Bentley Historical Library holds a set of 327 bound volumes of the "Publications of the Institute for Social Research." These volumes contain the collected scholarly output from surveys and studies conducted by ISR, including reports, monographs, reprints, and offprints. The publications were collected and bound by the ISR Library and each study has an ISR index number. This library was transferred to the Bentley Historical Library upon the closing of the ISR Library due to cost considerations in June 1998.

There are 327 numbered volumes and additional bound monographs in the library, ca. 1950-1995. The materials are arranged by ISR number, which is roughly chronological. The items in the library are described in the bibliographies located in Box 1 of the ISR Publications collection. The range of the collection is covered by five bibliographies: List of Publications 1946-60, 1961-1965 and 1966-1970, ISR Bibliography 1970-1990 and ISR Bibliography Author Index 1970-1994. For publications prior to 1965, the only access to the materials is by author. Beginning in 1965, the bibliographies also include a keyword index. The bibliographies include the ISR number as part of the citation for most studies.

The ISR Library Collection is shelved separately. Requests for publications should include the ISR number.

Subjects

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Formats:

Annual reports.
Pamphlets.
Bibliographies.
Brochures.
Histories.
Lectures.
Manuals.
Newsletters.
Reports.
Digital file formats.

Names:

University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research.
University of Michigan. Center for Political Studies.
University of Michigan. Center for Research on Utilization of Scientific Knowledge.
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (U.S.)
University of Michigan. Research Center for Group Dynamics.
University of Michigan. Survey Research Center.
University of Michigan. Computers in Early Learning Project.