1. CANSIM II Multiplicity of Access
CANSIM II: A Multiplicity of Access
CANSIM II Multiplicity of Access
Darlene Fichter, University of Saskatchewan Libraries
COPPUL Data Library Workshop
December 5-6, 2001
University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta
Darlene Fichter, University of Saskatchewan Libraries, December 6, 2001

2. CANSIM II Three Choices What works best when?
Statistics Canada site
E-STAT
CHASS
What works best when?
Converting from CANSIM 1 to 2
Concordance Tables

3. Statistics Canada
4 Ways to Search
Concordance List

4. 1. Subject Display
Windows Explorer Browse

5. Tables Active & Terminated
Also have the word “Terminated” at the end in case you scroll by and miss the subheading!
Each table has a Summary

6. Table Summary Information

7. Selection Screen More Information about the Table (IMDB) Select
Characteristics

8. Table # on Selection Screen links to Integrated Meta Data Base

9. Choose Table or Vectors
Great for students who just need to print off a table
Vector (Series)
Choose individual vectors (series) or submit all
Save the page and resubmit later

10. Asked to Pay!

11. 2. Keyword Search

12. Features
Your Keyword is highlighted.

13. 3 & 4. Search by Table Number / Series Number

14. CANSIM II via E-STAT
Search CANSIM II

15. E-Stat – Currency/Coverage
Same choices as Statistics Canada
Link to Concordance List, only MATRIX to TABLE

16. E-STAT – Same Series E-STAT ends at 1999
Statistics Canada ends at 2000
E-STAT is updated every summer so the number of series may differ from live CANSIM II. Right now the E-STAT site says 700,000 vs. Statistics Canada/CHASS at 1.2 million

17. Output Specification

18. Many Output Formats

19. U of T CHASS
Last Updated
November 30, 2001

20. CANSIM II – CHASS - Currency
Will be updated weekly after January 1, 2002
CANSIM II can currently be accessed for testing purposes at

21. CHASS & CANSIM
In April 2000 Statistics Canada released CANSIM II - an enhanced view of the CANSIM database, containing more series (over 1.2 million)
CANSIM 1 just one view – time, CANSIM II – multidimensional view
CANSIM I - to which updates will be discontinued as of January 1, but retained for historical reasons

22. Concordance Converters
Converts Matrix to Table, or Series to Vector

23. Example CANSIM II Table: 30001 AQUACULTURE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE
CANSIM I Matrix Number(s): 02286    02287    02288    02289    02290    02291    02292    02293    02294    02295    02296    02297

24. Listing Table #30001

25. Two Entries NEWFOUNDLAND; TOTAL AQUACULTURE; DOLLARS [V110744]
BRITISH COLUMBIA; TOTAL AQUACULTURE; DOLLARS [V110745]

26. Search Options Search CANSIM II Catalogues
Series or Table titles, AND OR, case insensitive
Alphabetical Listing / Sequential Listing a
Access a CANSIM II table by number
Access CANSIM II series by label
Retrieve a single CANSIM II series by label
Retrieve multiple CANSIM II series by label

27. Search Screen
Tables or Vector Titles

28. Search Result Set Size Terms E-Stat CHASS Pork 17 tables 153 vectors
GDP / Gross Domestic Product
49 / 56 tables
1185/1264 vectors
45 /45 tables
Migrant
1 table
24,545 vectors
(pattern match as part of word)
50 tables
(Exact word match – need to select)

29. With the Current Defaults (Vector)
CHASS returns very large sets
CHASS’ default to vector searching using “pattern” matching anywhere in the word can be useful for power searchers but may confuse novices by increase set size

30. CHASS Results: Newfoundland
Familiar looking description of the series
Retrieval Form that also looks very similar to CANSIM I

31. Retrieval Form Shows CANSIM 1 number Output formats: Plain text
Spreadsheet
CSV,
SASS, Shazam, SPSS, RATS
TSP, TSPterse

32. Questions? Darlene Fichter Data Library Services U of S Library