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Title: Data resources of the University of Toronto Libraries: the Data Library Service UTDLS


1
Data resources of the University of Toronto
Libraries the Data Library Service (UT/DLS)
  • For the Martin Prosperity Institute
  • By Laine G.M. Ruus ltlaine.ruus_at_utoronto.cagt
  • Data Library Services
  • University of Toronto Libraries
  • 2008-09-11

2
Overview
  • Introduction to the UT/DLS
  • Licenses and legalities
  • Census of Canada
  • Time-series resources
  • Microdata resources

3
Introduction to the UT/DLS
  • Home page
  • lthttp//www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/gt
  • 3 major functions
  • Acquire data to support research and teaching at
    University of Toronto (ie avoid duplicate
    acquisitions and loss of expensive resources)
  • Facilitate access to and usability of data
    resources
  • Archive original research for the University of
    Toronto (until we have a national data archive in
    Canada)

4
Introduction to the UT/DLS (contd)
  • gt100,000 files of (primarily) quantitative
    research data and statistics in ca 5,000 titles
  • Almost none are listed in the UTL catalogue (use
    our Google custom search instead)
  • lt20 of our data/statistics are available on-line
  • UT/DLS maintains subscriptions for the University
    to
  • Consortia DLI (Statistics Canada), ICPSR, Roper,
    etc
  • Macro-economic databases CANSIM, WB, OECD, IMF,
    DRI Basic Economics, Datastream, etc
  • Financial databases CRSP, COMPUSTAT, CCM, FPCD,
    FPMF, TSX CFMRC, etc

5
Licenses and legalities
  • DLS acquires data on behalf of the University of
    Toronto community
  • Free resources (eg PISA) - unrestricted
  • Subscriptions CRSP, COMPUSTAT, FPCD, CFMRC, etc.
  • Licensed to University of Toronto faculty,
    students, and staff for academic research and
    teaching purposes only.
  • Consortial acquisitions DLI (Statistics Canada),
    ICPSR, Roper, spatial resources, etc.
  • Licensed to University of Toronto faculty,
    students, and staff for academic research and
    teaching purposes only.

6
Statistics Canada disseminates data under 4
license classes
  • Unrestricted files accessible on STC web site
  • DSP (Depository Services Program) anyone can
    use, but not freely accessible on the web
    accessible from STC, DSP, and UT/DLS web sites
    with a UT IP address
  • DLI (Data Liberation Initiative) University of
    Toronto faculty, students, and staff for academic
    research and teaching purposes only -
    accessible from UT/DLS web site only with a UT IP
    address
  • Custom products () licensed only to payee

7
How Statistics Canada determines use appropriate
under the DLI license (in brief)
  • Who is the user Does your paycheque come from
    or tuition cheque go to the University of
    Toronto payroll office/registrar?
  • What is the purpose Does the funding for your
    research come through the University of Toronto
    Research office?
  • Answered no to either/both of the above?
  • Then your research budget should include funding
    to purchase a copy of the required data.
  • See DLI license, and past licensing decisions at
  • http//www4.statcan.ca/english/dli/boundary/pages/
    displaycases.asp

8
Census of Canada
  • Major products documentation, aggregate
    statistics, microdata files, geospatial and
    geographic reference files
  • Statistics Canadas
  • census web page (with links to 2001 1996
    census)
  • lthttp//www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/gt
  • UT/DLS
  • 1961-2006 census web pages
  • lthttp//www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/gt
  • earlier census products (1666-2006)
  • lthttp//www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/major/gt

9
Time-series resources
  • Socio-economic and financial time-series
    databases
  • lthttp//www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/major/ecofin
    .htmgt
  • Includes links to subscription resources
  • Macro-economic CANSIM, WDI, IFS, SourceOECD,
    Citibase /Basic Economics, Datastream, etc
  • Financial databases TSX CFMRC, FPCD, FPMF, CRSP,
    COMPUSTAT etc

10
Microdata resources
  • Subject-based lists
  • Major research data collections
  • lthttp//www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/major/major.
    htmgt
  • On-line access
  • SDA interface basic analyses download with
    SAS, SPSS, or Stata syntax
  • lthttp//www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/major/sda.ht
    mgt
  • same interface used by ICPSR, Roper, IPUMS,
    etc
  • Nesstar interface via ltodesigt download SAS,
    SPSS, Stata system files
  • http//odesi.scholarsportal.info/
  • Resources that are not available on-line need to
    be requested

11
To recap
  • UT/DLS acquires, manages, and preserves data for
    research and teaching on behalf of the University
    of Toronto
  • UT/DLS manages access to licensed resources
    please help us respect them
  • UT/DLS helps users of data resources in its
    collection
  • UT/DLS will happily help you by preserving your
    original research data for use by future
    researchers
  • finis
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