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Library Guide to Data

What are Data Resources?

Often we use statistics created by organizations or researchers to enhance our essays and research papers. However, there are times when aggregate statistics are not available for a particular topic or we may want to reach different levels of geography, or greater detail than a particular statistical aggregate will supply. Then, we may benefit from using data..the microdata that is collected when the survey occurs. Using data requires a statistical program such as SPSS or SAS which helps to create statistics from data.

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How to Find and Use Data

Codebooks for some Statistics Canada surveys available through DLI can be found on reserve in the library under the course name ?Data Library?.

Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) license.

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Books

Online

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Print
The Sage Dictionary of Statistics REF HA17.C73 2004
The Oxford Dictionary of Statistical Terms REF HA17.O97 2003
Encyclopedia of Social Measurement REF HA29.E52 2005
Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook H62.S46 2005

Search for more books in the library catalogue.

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Databases

Major Indexes
  
Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)
Connect to DLI
The DLI website lists survey data that is available to DC students from Statistics Canada. Survey descriptions, questionnaires and user guides are available to all users. Actual data must be downloaded by the institution’s DLI Contact (currently Helen Labine) or accessed through IDLS Use of data is restricted to DC students, faculty and staff for academic purposes only. Contact Helen.labine@dc-uoit.ca for further information.
  
Equinox
Connect to Equinox
Equinox provides Durham College students, faculty and staff with access to Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) data. Use is restricted to Durham College students, faculty and staff for academic purposes only. Additional data may be available. Contact Helen.Labine@dc-uoit.ca for further information.
Note that licensing restrict the use of this resource to Durham College only
Other Indexes
  
CORA
http://www.queensu.ca/cora/
The Canadian Opinion Research Archive is a collection of hundreds of commercial and independent surveys dating back to the 1970’s. Individuals conducting research for non-commercial purposes may be able to get access to CORA’s electronic holdings by requesting a password from the CORA manager. CORA is generally prohibited from sending raw data extracts from commercially produced datasets (CROP, Decima, Environics). CRIC (Centre for Research and Information on Canada) data are available for download.

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Additional Electronic Resources (e.g. websites)

  
Statistics and Data Website Collection
http://delicious.com/ndoyle/bundle:StatsData
A collection of internet links relating to statistics and data selected by your data librarian. Check the topic listing at the right hand side of the screen for more specific subjects.

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How to Cite

Need to cite statistics?

Statistics Canada's guide for citing statistics

See the sections in the MLA and APA citation style guides for information on citing statistics and data.

Help!

If you have questions, contact Helen.Labine@dc-uoit.ca