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Digital Social ScienceNovember 2012
John Kaye – Lead Curator Digital Social Sciences
http://www.slideshare.net/johnkayebl
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What is a dataset?
Seismic measurements taken by a geologist.
Genetic data collected by a medical researcher.
A survey of public opinions collected by a sociologist.
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The Foundation for Research
Data is a crucial component of the scholarly record.
Re-acquisition may be impossible
Datasets are essential to the British Library’s mission to advance the World’s knowledge.
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Datasets in Explore The British Library
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Explore The British Library (Portals)
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Economic and Social Data Service - (ESDS)
Data search and download
Research method guides
Thematic guides
Online analysis
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Economic and Social Data Service - (ESDS)
http://www.esds.ac.uk/
ESDS Government large-scale government surveys, such as the Labour Force Survey and
the General Household Survey
ESDS International multi-nation databanks, such as World Bank's World Development
Indicators, and survey data including Eurobarometer
ESDS Longitudinal major UK surveys following individuals over time, such as the British
Household Panel Survey
ESDS Qualidata a range of multimedia qualitative data sources
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Other Sources of Data – EDiNA - Spatial Data
Go Geo! Searchhttp://www.gogeo.ac.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi
Edina Digimap and UK Bordershttp://edina.ac.uk/digimap/
http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/
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Other Sources of Data – Other Spatial Data
Ordanance Survey Open Datahttp://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/os-opendata.html
Landmaphttp://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/
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UK Government Open Data
http://data.gov.uk/
Admin and Statistical data portal
Office for National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp
http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp
National Digital Archive of Datasets
http://www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Regional Government
http://data.london.gov.uk/
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Other Sources of Data – International Organisations
United Nations
http://data.un.org/
European Union
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
OECD
http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/
World Bank
http://data.worldbank.org/
IMF
http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm
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Examples of Other Sources of Data
Arts and Humanities data Service (AHDS)
http://ahds.ac.uk
Guardian Data Store
http://www.guardian.co.uk/data-store
Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
Economist Intelligence Unit
http://www.eiu.com/Default.aspx
Web Archive
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/
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Analysis Tools and Software
Statistical - SPSS, SATA, R (open source)GIS - ArcGIS, MapInfo, Quantum GIS (open source)ExcelOnline Tools
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Examples of Online Analysis Tools
ESDS NESSTAR
http://nesstar.esds.ac.uk
ESDS Spatial Tools
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/gis/
Economists Online Dataverse
http://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/NEEO
United Nations
http://data.un.org/Explorer.aspx
London Profiler
http://www.londonprofiler.org/
London Heat Map
http://www.londonheatmap.org.uk/Mapping/
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Online Mapping Tools using Google Maps
MapTube
http://www.maptube.org/
Google Fusion Tables
http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home/
Gmap Creator
http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/software/gmapcreator.asp
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Data Visualization
Presenting data in a useful and interesting manner
Allowing concepts to be easily understood
Lots of examples online e.g:
http://flowingdata.com/
http://datavisualization.ch/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog
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Citing Data
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Unique Researcher ID - ORCID
http://about.orcid.org/
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Depositing Data
http://figshare.com/ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/researchsupport/disseminate/openaccess/oa.aspx
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Why identify, deposit and Cite? – IMPACT!
http://impactstory.org/
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John KayeLead Curator – Digital Social ScienceSocials Sciences The British Library96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Telephone: 020 7412 7450Email: john.kaye@bl.ukTwitter: @johnkayebl
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/
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