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Robarts Library 130 St. George St., 5th Floor
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Hours:
Reference: Monday to Friday, 11 am-5 pm
Collection access

Using the library

Major data portals

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CANSIM via CHASS
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CANSIM via Statistics Canada
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CHASS Census Analyzer
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Global Financial Database
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Government of Canada Open Data
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Govt of Canada Geospatial Data
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ICPSR
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IPUMS
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Map & Data Library Dataverse
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Roper Center iPOLL
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Scholars GeoPortal
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SDA
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Statistics Canada website
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Toronto Open Data
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Tutorials and help guides

ArcGIS 10.x installation instructions for students
CANSIM Guide
Citing data
Citing geospatial data resources
Cleaning data in Python
Cleaning data in STATA
Converting GIS data in FME Quick Translator
Converting GIS data to AutoCAD
Creating a point layer of locations
Creating contours using ArcMap/ArcScene
Data analysis examples (UCLA)
Deauthorizing ArcGIS
Downloading census boundary files using Scholars GeoPortal
Downloading STA data into STATA
Exporting map data from OpenStreetMap
Extracting the geographic features you need from a larger dataset
Finding paper maps and atlases
Geocoding tutorial using Google Fusion Tables
Getting Started with Model Builder
How to georeference images in ArcGIS
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From our collections

New datasets

Forum research political polls

New books, maps and more

Mastering QGIS : go beyond the basics and unleash the full power of QGIS with practical, step-by-step examples /
Statistical methods for geography : a student's guide /
Historical map of Oxford from medieval to Victorian times : showing major medieval and later buildings and places of interest with an introduction and explanatory gazetteer /
Mapping the country of regions : the Chorographic Commission of nineteenth-century Colombia /
Indigenous nations of México : traditional names & locations /
Mapping Detroit : land, community, and shaping a city /

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