ANTH/SOCI 475:
Finding Facts & Figures

You can find facts & figures for your assignment in different ways: directly via statistics sites or via secondary sources such as reports & books, academic articles and news sources. 

Canada:

• Start with Statistics Canada 
  
  
• The Daily: official news releases for the latest Stats Can data
  
  
• Statistical Database: use CANSIM to access time series and to manipulate data.

• Use the Census Program  to look at topic tables or specific communities in Canada.
  • 2016 Census (limited stats) | 2011 and Previous Censuses 
  • Census Datasets
    
     
• At the Institut de la statistique du Québec, look for the **Gender-based Analysis (GBA) logo identifying certain statistical tables. 
  
  
• At Montréal en Statistiques, for much more complete results, browse by subject or search in French. 

TIP: Use the Government Information Subject Guide to search for governmental info only, or to browse by region. 
 

 U.S. & International:

• Stats pages on our website:
  • United States Statistics
  • World Statistics
  • Country Reports & Profiles. 
     
• United Nations Stats Database: UNData

SEARCHING the Web for Stats Sites:

TIPS:

• Use Google Advanced to narrow your search by region, domain or site. 
• Use keywords describing your topic, but  DON'T ALWAYS add words like statistics or facts and figures. 
• Use the Government Information Subject Guide to search for governmental info only, or to browse by region. 
  
  
• **REMEMBER TO EVALUATE and BE CRITICAL about what you find:
  • common Criteria for evaluating web sites (Dalhousie guide)
  • Evaluating info: the CRAAP test
  • Fake News - Or Is It?
  • Don't cite WIKIPEDIA, use it as a jumping off point. 

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All-in-one:

• DISCOVERY SEARCH -  A search tool that attempts to cover all of Concordia's print and online collections.
   

Reports & Books:

• Canadian Public Policy Collection - ebooks from Canadian university presses and reports from public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups and more.
  
  
• Library Catalogue (CLUES) - print books and ebooks available at Concordia.
  
  

Academic Articles:

Don't  stop at the DISCOVERY SEARCH, also try any of these article databases to find academic journal articles citing facts and figures about men:

• Academic Search Complete
• PsycINFO
• SocINDEX
• Gender Studies Database
• LGBT with Fulltext
• Google Scholar 
• Sociological Abstracts

TIP: To find articles that make use of data try:

• Canadian Research Data Centre publications 
• ICPSR's Data-related publications (mainly U.S., some international)

News sources:

NOTES: When stats are cited in news sources, always try to find the original study or publication mentioned. See Accessing the texts for help. See also: Fake News - Or Is It?

• Canadian Newsstream - Canadian English daily newspapers, inlcuding the Globe & Mail, Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star, National Post and many regional and local papers.
  
  
• Eureka.cc - Canadian/Quebec newspapers and magazines in French and English, includes La Presse, Le Devoir, and L'Actualité. Also includes internatinal newspapers. 
  
  
• US Newsstream - Major US daily newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall street journal, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Boston Globe, LA Times, USA Tody and many more regional and local newspapers.
  
  
• Factiva - news from around the world, updated daily. 
  
  
• International Newsstream - news content from outside the U.S. and Canada, in multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Danish.
   

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These tools are essential in helping you to ensure your bibliography is properly formatted  in APA style. You could use:

• Any of our suggested APA Citation & Style Guides  (with examples for articles, books, web sites)



• Our guide: Citing Business Databases in APA Format  or Stats Can's How to Cite Statistics Canada Products (for Stats Can and CANSIM tables)



• APA Citing Canadian Government Documents [SFU Libraries] if you are citing gov docs and statisitcs canada web pages

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