Finding Data & GIS Files at the

U of S Library

Darlene Fichter&

Elise Pietroniro

https://library.usask.ca/data/

Outline

Finding data and digital maps for your research

Overview of some resourcesMeet some of the Data & GIS Library team

Ways to Find Files

1. Data Web Site (browse by topic)2. Library Catalogue3. Statistics Canada Catalogue4. Web front ends to data: IDLS, CANSIM, …

• Variable level5. Google and web search engines6. Talk to the Data Library staff (1,000’s of files available)

1. Data library web site

Know the name of the surveyKnow the topic

Browse “Agriculture”

https://library.usask.ca/

Canada Food Stats (CD-ROM) information on Canadian

food consumption, nutrition, supply and demand, trade, prices …

data on the Canadian food industry, processing, economic indicators, labour, productivity, ..

40 years +

Census of Agriculture (various)

Farm and farm operator data

Small area data at Census Agricultural Regions (CARs)

Tables from 1961 to date

Extraction system of agricultural statistics (CD-ROM)

extract data by census agricultural region, farm type and revenue class

i.e. dairy production in Quebec or off-farm income in Saskatchewan current and historical

FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (special password)

Special license for bulk downloading

3 million time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture

FAOSTAT contains data for 200 countries and more than 200 primary products and inputs, just in its core.

Canada Grains Council: Statistical Handbook

Grain industry overview Area, supply, yield Exports and trade Prices ie. Canola oil, meal, corn and soybean monthly prices , futures Handling and transportation Livestock: price, numbers on farms by class Total Farm Cash Receipts

UN comtrade (password)

Export, import, re-export and re-importBy countryBy years (1962 - )By various trade classification systems (STIC, HS 1992 ..)

CANSIM

Current and historical time series data for Canada30 million time seriesProduction, sales, trade

3 Ways to Get CANSIM – Only 2 are Free

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No $$$

START at the Data Library Site (especially if you’re off campus)

2. The Catalogue

Know the name of the surveyLooking for a print copy of a codebook

Locate a survey by entering the survey name

Keyword Search: Population Health & electronic resource

topic: health & codebook

3. The Catalogue

Limit your search by “scoping”

select Data & GIS filesfrom the pull-down menu

more manageable result list

3. Statistics Canada CatalogueKeywords:

internet use diabetes

4. Variable or Name of File

Library has access to several web extractors

Best choice IDLS from Western

Ontario

Downloading Data

1. Using IDLS, select a survey.2. Choose variables.3. Choose values.4. Submit our extraction request.5. Download and unzip the SPSS and data files.6. Edit the syntax files.

IDLS – Locate Your File

Browse/Search by Subject or Name or Variable Canada – Social Surveys General Social Survey number of children

& internet use

General Social Survey, Cycle 14

Computer Use & Access 4 links:

– License– Select Variables– User Guide– File Description

Choose Select Variables

Select Variables

Check off variablesClick “Select Values”

Select Values

Sask.

Submit Your Request

Email & Web Page Notification of Files to Download

4. Google and Internet Search engines

Keywords like “tables”, “statistics”, “data files”, “extraction”

Plus your topicPlus the country or region

TIP: Focus on “who” would collect this data.

Download and Unzip Files* SPSS Code generated by the Internet Data Library System, version 2.0

* Note - Please check this syntax file to ensure that commands (e.g., value labels, variable labels) are not split across lines. * On the "Data List" line below, replace the

"?:\?" characters with the exact location of the file (e.g., C:\data).

Data list list(tab) file='d:\My Documents\junk2\internet\ftp07566.dat' skip=1 / 1

RECID (F5.0) WGHT_PER (F11.4)

5. Ask the Data Library Staff

Office: 2nd Floor, Main LibraryAppointments recommendedEmail us at refdata@library.usask.ca

Questions?