Library Guide to Statistical Information Sources

What are Statistical Information Sources?
How to Find and Use Statistical Information Sources
Books
Databases
Additional Electronic Resources (e.g. websites)
How to Cite
Help

What are Statistical Information Sources?

Statistical information sources can enhance your research papers and in many cases may be essential to completing an essay or assignment. This guide contains statistical databases and tools that can be used to quickly locate authoritative statistics on a variety of subjects. Each Library Subject Guide also contains subject-specific links to statistical sources.

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How to Find and Use Statistical Information Sources

Download Beyond 20/20 Browser for use with E-Stat and DLI tables.

Don't pay for Statistics!! Many CANSIM and CENSUS statistical tables are available for free to faculty and students through E-Stat. If you locate a table with an associated cost through Statistics Canada's internet site, be sure to check E-Stat before agreeing to pay for the statistics.

You may also find statistical resources listed in the Library Catalogue. Add the following phrase to the end of your search words: and statistic* (for example, homicide and statistic*).

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Books

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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*
		E-STAT Connect to E-Stat (click on “ACCEPT AND ENTER” on the welcome page) Statistics Canada's educational database including Census data and CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System). The Census provides a statistical portrait of Canada, and CANSIM provides observations at regular intervals on subjects such as labour, health, income, trade, education, manufacturing, and investment. ESTAT also provides access to publications from Statistics Canada which comment upon data retrieved from statistical surveys – i.e. highlighting economic trends, or giving overviews of crime rates across Canada.
*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)

		Canada Year Book Collection http://www.statcan.ca/english/yearbook/index-en.htm The Canada Year Book was an annual publication from its first issue in 1867 (called the "Year-Book and Almanac of British North America") until the 1978/1979 issue. It was a biennial publication from the 1980/81 issue until the 2001 issue. In 2003 the Canada e-Book was released as an electronic version based on the 2001 Canada Year Book. There were no issues from 2002 to 2005. With the 2006 edition, the Canada Year Book returned to an annual frequency.
		FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov/ Gateway to United States statistics.
		GDSourcing http://www.gdsourcing.com/ An Internet based research and retrieval company that specializes in helping researchers access statistics collected by the Canadian Federal government as well as other non-government organizations and agencies.
		OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/ Links to official statistics websites from around the world.
		Statistical Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html This University of Michigan Documents Center website developed by Grace York is a comprehensive portal to statistics including the US Census Bureau
		Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.gc.ca/ Free and priced Canadian statistical information with data on the 1996 and 2001 census as well as daily news. Students can access nearly all fee-based information from Statistics Canada via the ESTAT link above.
		Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profiles http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E These profiles present community-level information from the 2006 Census of Population. New for 2006: Census Tract (CT) Profiles. Census tracts are small, relatively stable geographic areas that usually have a population of 2,500 to 8,000 and are located in census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and larger census agglomerations (CAs).
		Statistics Canada Free Internet Publications Connect to Statistics Canada Free Internet Publications A subject listing of free, downloadable publications with statistics and analysis from Statistics Canada.
		Statistics Canada Online Catalogue Connect to Statistics Canada Online Catalogue Search by keyword for free information available from Statistics Canada.
		UNdata http://data.un.org/ Single interface to search for statistics from a variety of international organizations on topics including energy, health, education, employment, industry, population and refugees.
		World FactBook https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Published annually by the Central Intelligence Agency, this is a reference work for basic statistical data on countries of the world

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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