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Abacus Abacus holds the Library's collection of research datasets from around the world, mostly public use microdata or pumfs from censuses, other social and health surveys, public opinion polls, and spatial data for GIS. Access to most data is restricted but reference materials such as user guides and codebooks are open to all users. Important sources of data in Abacus: Statistics Canada's Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) Spatial data from DMTISpatial, Statistics Canada, ESRI Health Canada Canadian Centre for Public Opinion (CIPO) Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), Vanderbilt University Abacus is maintained by Data Services, Humanities and Social Sciences, Koerner Library. Basic Economics (previously Citibase) The database contains over 9,000 monthly, quarterly, or annual time series ending with the latest available observation and going back to 1946, if available. The data are on a national level, taken from over one hundred U.S. Government and private publications. All revisions (of data, concepts, and coverage) made by source agencies are incorporated into the databank. BCStats BCStats provides free access to current reports and statistics from British Columbia's central statistical agency: Census of Canada and aboriginal population tables, regional statistics and maps, exports and imports, business, industry and environmental statistics, and lots more British Columbia social and economic data, as well as the following full text journals: Current Statistics Business Indicators Consumer Price Index Exports (BC Origin) Tourism Sector Monitor Earnings & Employment Trends Labour Force Statistics Migration & Immigration Highlights Small Business Quarterly Quarterly Regional Statistics Bloomberg Bloomberg financial service provides quotes and analysis of securities, company and industry financial data, market news, stock exchange data, and economic data. New to Bloomberg? Please read the Getting started handout Canadian Census Analyser Canadian Census Analyser allows straightforward access to profile census variables for most levels of geography, online analysis of public use microdata files, and postal code conversion files. Canadian Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios (INKBR) This database provides users with a set of business ratios, measured as relationships between companies' balance sheet and income statement categories, across industries classified as per Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes. CANSIM (CANadian Socioeconomic Information Management) Database (Statistics Canada) CANSIM is a comprehensive database from Statistics Canada containing more than 42 million numeric time series. CHASS/University of Toronto hosts CANSIM for Canadian postsecondary institutions. Capital IQ Census Analyser, Canadian Census of Canada 1996: Profile Series. Profiles of all geographic locations in Canada: province/territory, census division, census subdivision, census tract, enumeration area, forward sortation area, federal electoral district. Census of Canada 1996: The Nation Series. Detailed subject tables for the 1996 census, for Canada, provinces and territories, and large census metropolitan areas. Census of Canada 1996: Dimensions Series The Dimensions Series has extensive specialized tables on the following: Disc 1: Portrait of Official Language Communities in Canada. Disc 2: Labour Force and Unpaid Work of Canadians. Disc 3: Canadian Demographic Characteristics (including language and mobility). Disc 4: Ethnocultural and Social Characteristics of the Canadian Population. Disc 5: Canadian Income and Earnings for 1990 and 1995. Disc 6: Place of Work of the Canadian Population. Disc 7: Portrait of the Aboriginal Population in Canada. Census of Canada 2001: Profiles Use these tables to find information about places. Detailed profile tables provide a statistical overview of all places in Canada by level of census geography. Electronic Profiles on the Statistics Canada website cover Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, census tracts, and federal electoral districts. Tables are in html and Beyond 20/20 Beyond 20/20 is a statistical software program that allows you to manipulate, customize, save and print data. All library workstations are loaded with Beyond 20/20. To download it to your computer, click here For help using Beyond 20/20, see our quick and easy flash tutorial here. To go beyond the basics check out Census of Canada's detailed pdf guide here. Electronic Profiles on the Data Services website cover all levels of geography listed above, plus dissemination areas (the smallest geographical units) and forward sortation areas. Tables are in Beyond 20/20 and ascii. Confused about census terminology? Here's an illustrated Glossary of geographical terms. Census of Canada 2001: Topic-based Tabulations Use these complex, multi-dimensional tables to find information by related subjects for varying levels of census geography including Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, and census tracts; Population and Dwelling Counts and Age and Sex tabulations, cover every level of geography down to dissemination areas, the smallest census areas. Topic-based Tabulations on the Data Services website have all levels of geography including dissemination areas and forward sortation areas. Tables are in html and Beyond 20/20 and include the following: Basic Cross-Tabulations Topic-based Tabulations. Canadian Overview Tables Topic-based Tabulations. Special Interest Tables Beyond 20/20 is a statistical software program that allows you to manipulate, customize, save and print data. All library workstations are loaded with Beyond 20/20. To download it to your computer, click here For help using Beyond 20/20, see our quick and easy flash tutorial here. To go beyond the basics check out Census of Canada's detailed pdf guide here. Confused about census terminology? Here's an illustrated Glossary of geographical terms. Census of Canada 2001: Vancouver Local Areas Census profile for Vancouver city neighbourhoods: age and sex, families and households, dwellings, language, ethnic origin, immigration, education, labour force, and income. Census of Canada 2006: Profiles Use these tables to find information about places. Detailed profile tables provide a statistical overview of all places in Canada by level of census geography. Electronic Profiles on the Statistics Canada website cover Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, census tracts, federal electoral districts, and forward sortation areas. Tables are in html and Beyond 20/20. Electronic Profiles on the Data Services website cover dissemination areas (the smallest geographical areas for which data are released) and other special profiles and tables identified with $ and not available from the Statistics Canada website. Tables are in Beyond 20/20 and ascii. Beyond 20/20 is a statistical software program that allows you to manipulate, customize, save and print data. All library workstations are loaded with Beyond 20/20. To download it to your computer, click here For help using Beyond 20/20, see our quick and easy flash tutorial here. To go beyond the basics check out Census of Canada's detailed pdf guide here. Confused about census terminology? Here's an Illustrated Glossary of geographical terms. Census of Canada 2006: Topic-based Tabulations Use these complex, multi-dimensional tables to find information by related subjects for varying levels of census geography. Most tables are available at various levels of geography including Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, and census tracts; tables for dissemination areas (the smallest census areas) are only accessible from the Data Services link immediately below. Topic-based Tabulations on the Data Services website include dissemination areas and special tables identified with "Contact us" on the Statistics Canada website. Tables are in Beyond 20/20. Beyond 20/20 is a statistical software program that allows you to manipulate, customize, save and print data. All library workstations are loaded with Beyond 20/20. To download it to your computer, click here. For help using Beyond 20/20, see our quick and easy flash tutorial here. To go beyond the basics check out Census of Canada's detailed pdf guide here. Confused about census terminology? Here's an Illustrated Glossary of geographical terms. Topic-based Tabulations: List of variable categories, A to Z. Census of Canada 2006: Vancouver Local Areas Census profile for Vancouver city neighbourhoods: age and sex, families and households, dwellings, language, ethnic origin, immigration, education, labour force, and income. Censuses of Canada 1665 to 1871 350 statistical tables on the social and economic conditions of Canada from 98 Censuses of the earliest settlements to Confederation in 1867 and on to 1871. Tables are derived from the original publication, Census of Canada 1870/71, volume 4. China Data Online China Statistical Databases provide comprehensive and updated information on China's economic development at national, provincial, city, county, and industrial levels, which include the following databases: (1) Monthly Statistics - provides the monthly macroeconomic statistics at national, provincial and city levels from 1998 to current; (2) National Statistics - provides statistical data of China from 1949 to current; (3) Provincial Statistics - provides the statistical data of all provinces from 1949 to current; (4) City Statistics - provides yearly statistics of prefecture and county level cities from 1996; (5) County Statistics - provides the yearly county statistics from 1997; (6) Industrial Statistics - provides monthly and yearly statistics by industries from 1999; and (7) Statistical Yearbooks - includes a series of China national, provincial, city and professional statistical yearbooks, which will be expanded to cover all statistical yearbooks published by the National Bureau of Statistics of China. China Census Databases provide a unique data collection of various Census data with a completed coverage of all provinces, cities, counties and townships of Mainland China, which include about 3000 electronic Census data books: (1) Industrial Census Data; (2) Basic Unit Census Data; (3) Economic Census Data; (4) Agricultural Census Data; and (5) Population Census and Survey Data. China Stock Market & Accounting Research Database The China Stock Market & Accounting Research Database is designed and developed by GTA Information Technology. The CSMAR Databases offer data on the China stock markets and the financial statements of China's listed companies. Newly added data sets include: Corporate Governance, IPO and shareholder research data. Wharton Research Data Services also includes the following CSMAR databases: Financial Statements (Quarterly, interim, and annual) Stock Market Trading (Daily and monthly, return, shares outstanding) Closed-end Fund and Open-end Fund (NAV, fund holders) Access to WRDS is available to UBC graduate students and faculty: click here. CRSP / Center for Research in Security Prices NYSE/AMEX/Nasdaq daily and monthly security prices and monthly data for US Government bills, notes and bonds. Datastream A database of international economic, company and financial data. Data are available in both text and graphical formats. Data can be selected for analysis, display and print. Economic Indicators (United States) Includes current press releases published by the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the section of the U.S. Department of Commerce that produces the gross domestic product. Coverage includes the following: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services Advance Report on Durable Goods Construction Put in Place Corporate Profits Current Account Balance (International Transactions) Gross Domestic Product Housing Vacancies and Homeownership Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Orders Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales Monthly Wholesale Trade New Residential Construction New Residential Sales Personal Income and Outlays Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining, and Trade Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade Retail E-Commerce Sales U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services U.S. International Transactions Depending upon the press release, data might be in either text, pdf, or xls formats. E-STAT (Statistics Canada) E-STAT is Statistics Canada's "electronic learning package" for students. It contains comprehensive statistical and demographic data about Canada, including detailed census profiles from 1986-2006 and the historical censuses from 1665 to 1871; the 1991 and 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Surveys; CANSIM time series; 1997 and 2000 Canadian federal election returns; data on the environment; and teachers' handbooks and lesson plans. FP Infomart Corporate information and current and historical financial reports on Canada's leading 500 companies; tools to retrieve, manipulate and analyse fundamental data for over 1400 Canadian companies; IPO and New Issue information on Canadian companies and upcoming dividend payments

FRED - Federal Reserve Economic Data A database of 19,957 U.S. economic time series maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Most data were either collected by the Federal Reserve System or published in Federal Reserve documents. Locate data by broad categories or by searching keywords. Categories include the following broad topics: Banking Business and fiscal issues Consumer price index (CPI Employment and population Exchange rates Federal Reserve Bank-St. Louis District data Gross domestic product (GDP) and its components Interest rates Producer price index (PPI) Reserves and monetary issues Trade and international transactions U.S. financial data Fundata Mutual Fund Databases This database includes information for over 4200 active funds from almost 200 sponsor companies. Information includes fund status, type, RRSP indicators, sales/redemption charge, currency, dividend frequency, management fees, expense ratios, and percentage foreign invested. For each fund you may also retrieve time series of data, listing changes in total net assets, NAVPS, income and capital gain dividend per share, share balance and value of investment. Historical Statistics of the United States Historical Statistics of the United States is the standard source for statistical indicators of American history, from Colonial times to the present. Hoover's Company Records Hoover's profiles more than more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Information includes recent corporate history and financials, competitor list, products and operations. I/B/E/S: Institutional Brokers Estimate System The Institutional Brokers Estimate System (I/B/E/S) is the premier supplier of earnings forecasts information for over 15,000 companies worldwide : UBC subscription information. Income Trends in Canada Contains 43 cross-classified income tables covering the period 1976-2007. Most tables include estimates for Canada, the 10 provinces and 15 census metropolitan areas (CMAs). Major topics included in the tables are income distributions and inequality, earnings of men and women, income tax, government transfers, low income and sources of income. Beyond 20/20 software used in this product allows users to browse data, select data of interest, graph or map them or save them in a worksheet. Beyond 20/20 is a statistical software program that allows you to manipulate, customize, save and print data. All library workstations are loaded with Beyond 20/20. To download it to your computer, click here For help using Beyond 20/20, see our quick and easy flash tutorial here. To go beyond the basics check out Census of Canada's detailed pdf guide here. International Monetary Fund Statistical Databases Annual, monthly, and quarterly financial and economic time series cover more than 200 countries and 40 regional and special groups of countries. Use for: finding data on the following topics: Balance of payments, Banking and Financial systems, Employment, Exchange rates, Fund position, Finance, Government, Interest rates, International liquidity and Banking, National accounts, Population, Prices, Production, and Trade. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) ICPSR, part of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, has served social scientists around the world for decades by providing a central repository and dissemination service for machine-readable social science data. The Archive receives, processes, and distributes data on social phenomena occurring in over 130 countries and currently has holdings in excess of 500,000 machine-readable files. MINT Global (Bureau van Dijk) MINT Global provides information on 50,000 public companies and 5 million private companies. It includes information on companies, news, executives and directors and market research, as well as original documentation and filings. It allows users to enter criteria and to build reports and lists. OAIster Institutional Repository Search Engine "OAIster is a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service. Our goal is to create a collection of previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone." OECD iLibrary OECD iLibrary provides online access to all books, journals, statistical series and databases originating from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development since 1998. UBC has access to the International Energy Agency's IEA Databases and to OECD.Stat. OECD publications cover economic and social issues including trade, education, labour, social policy, health, finance, development, energy, environment, and science and innovation. OECD.Stat OECD.Stat, a feature of SourceOECD (now in transition to its new format as OECD iLibrary), contains quarterly, monthly and annual time series measuring economic and social conditions in OECD member countries, the most highly industrialised in the world. This is a standard source for comparative statistics covering North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. OECD.Stat enables users to search for and extract data from across many databases under different themes such as agriculture and fisheries, development, economic projections, education and training, energy, environment, finance, globalisation, health, national accounts, productivity, regional statistics, social and welfare, etc. Online Education Database (OECD, UNESCO, EUROSTAT) The UNESCO/OECD/EUROSTAT (UOE) Online Education Database provides internationally comparable data on key aspects of education systems. Member countries co-operate to gather information, to develop and apply common definitions and criteria for the quality control of the data, to verify the data and to provide the information necessary to interpret the submitted data. The database covers: enrolments, graduates and new entrants by sex, age and level of education, international students, teaching staff and expenditure. ORBIS (Bureau van Dijk) ORBIS provides information on over 50,000 publicly-traded companies and 5 million private companies from around the world. As well as descriptive information and company financials, ORBIS contains further detail such as news, market research, ratings and country reports, scanned reports, ownership, and brief M&A data. ORBIS includes advanced search and analysis software so you can identify and evaluate companies around the world. Performance Plus Performance Plus is an on-line performance benchmarking tool. It gives instant access to benchmark financial data that can help small businesses construct a business plan. This tool also helps new and established firms find out where they stand as compared to a relevant industry average. Proquest Statistical Insight Proquest Statistical Insight is an important resource for locating government statistics - US government statistical publications, as well as those of international intergovernmental organizations such as the UN, European Union, OECD, IMF, Asian Development Bank, etc. Includes online tables for US federal agencies and for the World Bank, and links to government statistical resources on the Web. Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Founded in 1947, the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is the leading educational facility in the field of public opinion. It holds the most complete collection of public opinion information in existence, from the United States and international sources. Special features include iPOLL, a database organized at the question-level providing the tools to sift through nearly a half million questions asked on national [U.S.] public opinion surveys since 1935. RoperExpress is a data access tool introduced in October, 2005, for on-demand download of data. Faculty and students at member institutions now have unlimited access to those datasets in the Roper Center collection that are in ASCII or SPSS portable formats. S&P Capital IQ Comprehensive database of global public and private companies, investment firms, M&A transactions and people, which can be used for researching specific companies or building a list of companies from different search criteria such as geography, industry sector and turnover. SME Benchmarking Tool PThe SME Benchmarking Tool gives instant access to benchmark financial data that can help small businesses construct a business plan. This tool also helps new and established firms find out where they stand compared to a relevant industry average. Standard & Poor's Compustat Company information and hundreds of financial data items collected from a variety of sources, including news releases, shareholder reports, direct company contacts, and quarterly and annual documents filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. UBC's subscription: COMPUSTAT Global provides comprehensive financial data of up to 200 annual balance sheet and income statement data items on nearly 14,000 industrial companies and up to 500 annual balance sheet and income statement data items on 2440 financial services companies, with up to 12 years of history. COMPUSTAT Full University Subscription provides access to comprehensive financial data of up to 480 items per year adjusted for accounting differences. Coverage includes 21,000 companies of which 11,000 (including over 1000 Canadian companies) are currently in business (active) with annual and quarterly data, and annual data for over 9900 companies that are bankrupt, went private, no longer report, or were liquidated (inactive). Annual Index Fundamentals file provides industry fundamental data for several balance sheet items, income statement items, and ratios. History covers up to 20 years for all companies and industries. Up to 7 years are provided for Business Segment and Geographic Segment data for te active companies. Multiple SIC file has up to 60 SIC codes of active companies for the most current year. Also included are: Prices, Dividends, Earnings (PDE) - monthly history from 1962 to the present including Shares Outstanding with approximately 10,000 US companies plus 540 industry indexes. Bank Annual & Quarterly - 650 banking companies with up to 20 years and 48 quarters of history. Trade Analyser Database The Trade Analyser Database has detailed trade data from two sources. World Trade (1988-2005, annual data) continues Statistics Canada's World Trade Database CD-ROM. Canadian Imports and Canadian Exports (1988- , monthly and annual data) continue Statistics Canada's TIERS (Trade Information Enquiry Retrieval System) CD-ROM. Trade Data Online Trade Data Online provides the ability to generate customized reports on Canada and U.S. trade in goods with over 200 countries. The database allows users to generate reports down to the province and territory level. No information on "Trade in services" is available on this database. UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) Detailed trade statistics reported to the UN Statistics Division from 130 countries: imports, exports, trading partners, and commodities from 1962- . Users may select a commodity classification from SITC Rev.1 from 1962, Rev.2 from 1976, or Rev.3 from 1988, Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC rev. 3), or the Harmonized System (HS) from 1992, 1996, or 2002. UNdata UNdata covers all countries and areas, drawing selectively on statistics from throughout the UN system to bring them together in a common platform and interface using global statistical standards. Selective summary tables cover agriculture, population, industry, national accounts, energy, health, human development, trade, refugees, education, employment, and information and communication technology. UNdata continues the United Nations Statistics Division: Common Database. World Bank Data The World Bank has collected statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups in World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, and other databases. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) WRDS is a Web-based interface which allows access to data from Standard & Poor's Compustat, CRSP, Execucomp, Global Insight (formerly DRI), I/B/E/S and TAQ (limited data). WRDS is best known for the access it provides to the historical financial data from CRSP and COMPUSTAT. This data covers over 30,000 companies and includes security prices and trading volume, income and balance sheet items, and analyst projections for earnings and sales. WRDS also contains stock market indices, bond prices and interest rates, mutual fund and stock ownership information, options data, and a wide array of macroeconomic time series. International data, marketing and industry reports, and web usage data are also available on WRDS.