Finding Data & GIS Files at the U of S Library Darlene Fichter & Elise Pietroniro

Outline  Finding data and digital maps for your research  Overview of some resources  Meet some of the Data & GIS Library team

Ways to Find Files 1.Data Web Site (browse by topic) 2.Library Catalogue 3.Statistics Canada Catalogue 4.Web front ends to data: IDLS, CANSIM, … Variable level 5. Google and web search engines 6. Talk to the Data Library staff (1,000’s of files available)

1. Data library web site Know the name of the survey Know the topic Browse “Agriculture”

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, futuresCanola oil, meal, corn and soybean monthly prices  Handling and transportation  Livestock: price, numbers on farms by class  Total Farm Cash Receipts

UN comtrade (password)  Export, import, re-export and re-import  By country  By years ( )  By various trade classification systems (STIC, HS )

CANSIM  Current and historical time series data for Canada  30 million time series  Production, sales, trade

3 Ways to Get CANSIM – Only 2 are Free  Yes  No $$$ START at the Data Library Site (especially if you’re off campus)

2. The Catalogue Know the name of the survey Looking 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 files from the pull-down menu  more manageable result list

3. Statistics Canada Catalogue  Keywords:  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 variables  Click “Select Values ”

Select Values  Sask.

Submit Your Request

& Web Page Notification of Files to Download

4. Google and Internet Search engines  Keywords like “tables”, “statistics”, “data files”, “extraction”  Plus your topic  Plus 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 Library  Appointments recommended  us at

Questions?