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These links can be useful when looking for more information on a variety of topics: citing; the Census; Official Statistics; help using statistics; other data organizations; and many other topics. For help about the Data Centre, different datasets and statistical programs, please see our Online Help.

Data News

• Data Centre News Bytes
• Statistics Canada Media Room

General

• How to Cite Statistics Canada Products - This electronic product shows how to cite all standard products offered by Statistics Canada. In addition to books, articles, analytical studies and periodicals, this work covers non-traditional products.
• Data Interest Group for Reference Services (DIGRS) - This Web Log has been created to document a variety of reference interviews and the types of answers that have been given.  It is under the direction of Chuck Humphrey, the Data Library Coordinator at the University of Alberta.
• "Research Resources for the Social Sciences" by Craig McKie - Internet resources for the Social Sciences. Included are web links related to Sociology/Anthropology, News/Journalism, Psychology, Law/Law Enforcement, Demography, Political Science, Economics, Geography and Women’s Studies. Other useful research links are also available.
• DLI Training Repository (OZone) - Contains training sessions & workshop presentations from DLI & other national & international conferences over the years.
• 2001 Census: A Guide to Finding 2001 Census Data - A MADGIC subject guide.
• Canadian Social Research Links - A virtual resource centre for Canadian social program information.
• Individual Data Archives, Data Libraries and Related Institutions, 
  (National and International) - Compiled by Laine G.M. Ruus, Data Library Service, University of Toronto, 03/07/08.
• OFFSTATS - Official Statistics on the Web - can be searched by country, region or topic.

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Statistics

• Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences - Website that allows users to easily search for articles related to statistical content. The site includes full text as well as updated articles.
• Raynald’s SPSS tools - A very useful site providing information about using SPSS. There are over 675 sample syntax, macros and scripts that can be downloaded and used as well as numerous links to a variety of tutorials for SPSS. Comments and questions are always welcome.
• R for SAS, SPSS and STATA Users - This web page provides information to help SAS and SPSS users learn R.
• SPSS® 16.0 Base User's Guide - This is a "How to" manual for SPSS 16.0, the base system. It uses illustrations of dialog boxes from SPSS for Windows. This 551 page manual is a "must have" reference for students using SPSS.
• Statistics Glossary - Website that gives the definition for the majority of statistical terms and concepts.
• Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE) - Features interactive statistics tutorials, statistics applets, and links to glossaries, journals, and other related statistics sites.
• UCLA Academic Technology Services: Statistical Computing - Gives an overview on statistical computing and describes how you can access web-based tutorials for STATA, SAS and SPSS.

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Data Organizations

• DINO (Data in Ontario)
• CAPDU (Canadian Association of Public Data Users)
• IASSIST (International Association of Social Science Information Service and Technology)
• IFDO (International Federation of Data Organizations)
• CESSDA (Council of European Social Science Data Archives)

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 Additional Links

• This page highlights additional links of interest for: General Interest; People; Economics; the Nation; Land and Resources; and Public Opinion Polls.

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