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So Much Data! Spotlighting Statistical Research and Resources from the NIDILRR Community

These #NIDILRR funded projects are helping to make sense of all the data out there on people with disabilities. Continue reading

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The Model Systems Databases – A Wealth of Data at Your Fingertips

What are the leading causes of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and burn injury? How can a person’s age when they were injured impact their recovery? How many people with these injuries return to work? These are the kinds … Continue reading

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Tips from NARIC on Perfecting your Database and Online Search Strategies: Getting to Know REHABDATA

In this edition of “Tips from NARIC” we introduce (or reintroduce) you to our REHABDATA literature database. REHABDATA, produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center, is the leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation. The database describes over 80,000 documents … Continue reading

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Tips from NARIC on Perfecting your Database and Online Search Strategies: The Basics

The information specialists at NARIC field a variety of requests for information by phone, mail, email, and through our virtual reference chat service on a daily basis. In fact, many of our patrons contact us solely for our excellent search … Continue reading

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NIH Database will speed up research of Traumatic Brain Injury

In a press release from August 29th, 2011, NIH will build a database that will help speed research of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to better its prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This database is being built-in conjunction with the Department of Defense. … Continue reading

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