University of British Columbia - UBC Data Library
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Address:
Main Library - 1956 Main Hall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C. - Canada, V6T 1Z1
Phone: +1 604 822 5587, Fax: +1 604 822 3893
Website:
http://data.library.ubc.ca/ |
Affiliation:
Data Services is part of the Humanities
and Social Sciences/Government Publications Division of the Library
of the University of British Columbia (UBC Library).
Its primary function is to acquire, store, and maintain
machine-readable non-bibliographic data files to support the research
and teaching activities of the University.
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Data collections:
The Data Library collects data in all
disciplines in which teaching and research activities of the
University faculty and students employ quantitative, secondary
analysis. The collection of circa 1,300 data files in circa 6,000
physical files, includes:
- Major Canadian and international
economic databases produced by federal and international government
bodies, (Statistics Canada, International Monetary Fund, etc.) as
well as other major collections of socio-economic time-series data.
- Canadian census of population data
from the quinquennial censuses from 1961 through 1991, including
aggregated and microlevel data, U.S. census of population data, and
Canadian and U.S. vital statistics data. All extant Canadian Gallup
poll files.
- Significant Canadian sample surveys,
both from private and public sectors, dealing with social and
economic behaviour.
- Major financial databases, including
stock market prices and company balance sheet data.
- A major collection of satellite
imagery from polar-orbiting satellites, including LANDSAT and NOAA/TIROS
series satellites.
- Digitized maps, elevation models,
etc.
- A collection of textual data in a
number of languages, modern and ancient.
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