Odesi : An Introduction Susan Mowers, Data Librarian, January 15, 2015
Presentation Objective To become familiar with the benefits of using Odesi for: finding/getting data, and creating simple tables.
PRESENTATION OUTINE, or 5 Fun Things to know about Odesi 1.Odesi is your Destination for Canadian Data! 2.Your Library is here to help you with Odesi! 3.Odesi is like other Library databases in providing access to information 4.Odesi is not like other Library databases. It provides details and tools for “data”, which you will need. 5.The Library takes you further. There are other library stops you can make besides Odesi for accessing data
Your Destination for Canadian Data: ODESI Odesi has data from hundreds of Statistics Canada surveys: all the surveys for this course, one-stop for survey data … from the names of the surveys all the way to the survey questions and answers and includes cool tools you can use to find the answers to your own questions relating to Statistics Canada surveys
Why Canadian data? Data is important for good public policy, research, innovation, and more E.g., lung cancer risks for men and women
Your Library is here to help you to find and access … Data I work at Morisset (309B), please contact me, Susan Mowers, at Videos on how to use Odesi 24/7 when you need them Data page 24/7, customized for your course (demo at end) Link : Help at GSG,3 rd floor, Morisset Library
Like other Library Databases: ODESI delivers … Access from on or off-campus From Library web pages / catalogue Course page for example [LINK]LINK Via web browsers, especially Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox Searchable by keywords, e.g.,
Not like other Library Databases ODESI DELIVERS Customized for data Details & tools Remember our search results (smoke OR smoking) first several
Besides Odesi, the Library takes you further … Some other databases to consider include international data, e.g., World Bank, World Development Indicators Let’s take a look …
COUNTRY comparison and time trends
Course data page Highlights Odesi and videos IMPORTANT: Cross- tabulate it! What are cross tabulations? RAPID Pick list Data sources Quick survey info
Questions? Thank you! Susan Mowers –