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University of Toronto Data Library Service: introduction

University of Toronto Data Library Service: introduction. By Laine G.M. Ruus (dlsg@chass.utoronto.ca) for IRE1001H, Oct. 21, 1999. Objectives of the UT/DLS. acquire, manage and preserve machine-readable data files to support empirical or statistical research & teaching at UofT

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University of Toronto Data Library Service: introduction

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  1. University of Toronto Data Library Service: introduction By Laine G.M. Ruus (dlsg@chass.utoronto.ca) for IRE1001H, Oct. 21, 1999

  2. Objectives of the UT/DLS • acquire, manage and preserve machine-readable data files to support empirical or statistical research & teaching at UofT • provide access to machine-readable data files • provide support for users of these machine-readable data files

  3. Where do our data come from? • Statistics Canada, via DLI & separate purchase • ICPSR • Roper Center for Public Opinion Research • financial & economic database producers • US government • other data archives • other sources

  4. UT/DLS services: • consultation on appropriate data sources • provide access to data • provide access to computer-readable documentation • acquire data files • clean data files • create SAS/SPSS control commands/export files • create subsets • archive data

  5. Main URLs: • Home page: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/ • Search our catalogue: http://prod.library.utoronto.ca/datalib/pdatan.html

  6. Collections Commonly asked questions Contact us WWW lists of major collection components questions re new data releases, use of interfaces, etc. address, phone numbers, my schedule, etc. Main areas of DLS web site:

  7. Internet data resources Finding Canadian…statistics Links to other data archives, data indices, software documentation, etc. Links to sources of aggregate and time-series statistics DLS web site (cont’d)

  8. CHASS databases Links to web interfaces to major economic and financial databases. DLS web site (cont’d)

  9. Numeric microdata aggregate data time-series data Non-numeric text files vector map files What kinds of data?

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