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Data & Statistics: Data Services Contact Information

Sources of aggregate statistics and microdata for use in a wide variety of subject areas

Data Services Contact Information

The Library Data Services team is here to help York students and faculty find and use the data and statistics they need for their research. To seek assistance, check out our virtual consultation appointment calendar or contact us at datalib@yorku.ca.

Our data librarians support the following services:

  • Consultation and clarification of information needs
  • Support for faculty/instructors in using electronic data resources for teaching purposes
  • Assistance on how to access data
  • Retrieval of subsets of data in a variety of formats
  • Assistance in performing simple 'summary' statistics on-line without any experience in the use of statistical software.
  • Accessing data and data resources in electronic formats locally, or at other sites on the Internet
  • Subject matter assistance with data files
  • Supporting materials and guides on data resources

Data Services team

We have a team of librarians (Rosa Orlandini, Xuemei Li, and Alexandra Wong) at York University Libraries that can help you find the numeric data and/or statistics you need to complete an assignment or further your research. We are available to provide classroom instruction about data & statistics resources in general or in specific subject areas, as well as data literacy. For more information, consult the Data & Statistics Research Guide or email datalib@yorku.ca.

 

Visit the Geospatial Data Research Guide and Maps and Atlases Research Guide to learn more about available services, resources, and collections. 

Visit the Subject Guide for Finance to learn more about available resources and services.

photo of Minglu Wang, Research Data Management LibrarianMinglu Wang is the Research Data Management (RDM) Librarian at York University. She provides research data management training and consultation services to the York research community. If you need assistance with writing / reviewing a data management plan (DMP) or depositing research data to York University Dataverse, please contact yul_rdm@yorku.ca. 

Headshot of Alexandra Wong, smiling with a wood backgroundAlexandra Wong is the Data Visualization and Analytics Librarian at York University. She can provide support through training and consultations on topics related to data visualization, such as how to choose the best data visualization, what tool to use, and more. Visit the Data Visualization Research Guide to learn more about available resources and services. She can also assist the York community with their data research needs.

Consultation Appointments

Students and faculty requiring specialized assistance with finding published data & statistics can schedule a consultation appointment with a data librarian.

Questions about Data and Statistics

Are you an student or faculty with a general question about data and statistics? Contact us at datalib@yorku.ca