Secondary data refers to data that has been collected, analyzed, and published by someone else. Examples include data from Statistics Canada, and published data from an academic research study. Researchers increasingly seek high-quality, structured datasets to perform analyses, answer questions, and drive scholarly inquiry.
The Library can support you by:
- Helping you find and access datasets for your research, including statistical, spatial, and qualitative data
- Providing guidance on accessing restricted or unpublished data
- Connecting you with training and software options on campus
Data resources
Research guides
Learn more about finding and accessing data for your research using our research guides.
- Data
- Find, use, manage, and cite data.
- Data: Canada
- Find and access data from Canadian governments and organizations.
- GIS
- Find and access Geographical Information Systems (GIS) data.
Databases
The University Library licenses key datasets and databases for use by USask students, faculty, and staff. Key resources in this area include:
SKY-RDC
SKY-RDC: Saskatchewan Research Data Centre is a research data platform that provides researchers, including faculty and students, access to Statistics Canada microdata masterfiles of Canadian censuses, cross-sectional and longitudinal population and household surveys, administrative data holdings and linked data.
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