Download Importing-Exporting Data Topics

Finding Data & GIS Files at the
U of S Library
Darlene Fichter
&
Elise Pietroniro
https://library.usask.ca/data/
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
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Data Web Site (browse by topic)
Library Catalogue
Statistics Canada Catalogue
Web front ends to data: IDLS, CANSIM, …
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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”
https://library.usask.ca/
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
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Grain industry overview
Area, supply, yield
Exports and trade
Prices ie. Canola oil, meal, corn and soybean monthly prices , futures
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 (1962 - )
 By various trade classification systems (STIC, HS 1992 ..)
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
START at the Data Library Site (especially if you’re off campus)
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No $$$
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:
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License
Select Variables
User Guide
File Description
Choose Select Variables
Select Variables
Check off variables
Click “Select Values”
Select Values
 Sask.
Submit Your Request
Email & 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 /
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RECID (F5.0)
WGHT_PER (F11.4)
5. Ask the Data Library Staff
Office: 2nd Floor, Main Library
Appointments recommended
Email us at [email protected]
Questions?