Numeric and Spatial Data Services Home

 


 

Scholarly Commons, 328 Main Library

Hours:

Walk in: 1:00-4:00 Tuesdays through Fridays during Spring Semester

Open Lab: 3:00-6:00 Wednesdays during Spring Semester in room 314.   More Information

E-mail: datagis at library dot illinois dot edu

Contact:

Karen Hogenboom, Numeric and Spatial Data Librarian

(217-333-2472, hogenboo at illinois dot edu)


 

Numeric Data

Spatial Data

Guides and Tutorials

Frequently Asked Questions

 


 

Upcoming Events on Campus

Data Purchase Program Brownbags

Data Purchase Program: 2011 Program Announcement

Savvy Researcher Workshop Series

ATLAS  Statistics and GIS Workshops

ESRI-GIS Development Center Training Workshops



 

Related Units in the Library:

Scholarly Commons

Business and Economics Library

Map and Geography Library

Government Information Services


Related Units on Campus:

UCGIS

ATLAS

ESRI-GIS Development Center

 

Numeric and Spatial Data Services

Services

Assistance with finding and formatting digital numeric and spatial data

This service is a joint project of the University Library and Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts and Sciences (ATLAS), and is available to everyone on campus. Services offered include:  acquiring data sets needed for teaching and research; locating, downloading and preparing data for secondary analysis; and identifying and creating course materials and teaching tools (including customized data sets drawn from various data repositories). 

Course-related instruction on finding and using data

Contact Karen Hogenboom (hogenboo at illinois dot edu, 333-2472) to schedule an introduction to geographic or or numeric data for your class.  There is an instructional lab in the library that has ArcGIS and SPSS installed on fourteen workstations if you do not have this software available in your classroom.  For LAS courses, ATLAS also offers course tutorials incorporating data and software instruction. (www.atlas.illinois.edu/services/stats/tutorials).

Workshops

The Data Services Committee offers workshops on using specific data sets (ICPSR and Roper) as well as an introduction to geographic information systems.  These workshops are offered during fall semester as part of the Savvy Researcher series.

Powerpoint for Intro to GIS workshop

Data for GIS workshop - Snow's Cholera map

 


 

Access to Data and Online Maps

The links below are arranged by geographic scope, from largest to most local.  The links are chosen to be representative of the types of data available; if something you are looking for is not listed please contact us at datagis at library dot illinois dot edu.  For access to data sources about a particular subject, use the Delicious tags in the left margin of this page.

Numeric Data

Spatial Data

Online Maps (courtesy of the Map and Geography Library)