CANSIM has landed! Annette Martin Calling all sociology, eco- nomics and business stu- dents, and anyone who loves statistics, CANSIM is here— and the Douglas College library has it! CANSIM is a long- winded acronym for a cool way of accessing one of Canada’s largest research databases that was previously available only to UBC gradu- ate students—at great expense. _,. The “Canadian Socio- Economic Information Management System” is now available online via the Douglas College library hompage as the library conducts a trial of Statistics Canada’s online services for educational institutions (E- STAT). This service, for which the library pays a modest annual charge, will be free to users. And it provides more than 650,000 items, such as population growth, statistics from the 1997 Federal Elec- tion and environment figures. It also includes 300,000 of the most popular time series. A time series is one way to demonstrate sociologi- cal and demographic trends over a period of time that can vary from four to forty—or Co OQ. UC. Tob eae even fifty—years. Want to know how many people immigrated to Canada (or a region or city within Canada) compared to how many emigrated over the past 30 years? E-STAT can show you. The information can be displayed in your choice of 2D or 3D line graphs, bar graphs or pie charts and can demonstrate, for example, whether the peak of emi- grants from Montreal coin- cided with the timing of the Quebec referendum. Such demographic trends can then be screen- captured and printed into your essay or assignment. Douglas College librar- ian Jean Cockburn explained that although the system might look intimidating, it is very easy to work through, and can produce some amazing results. She believes that as soon as instructors under- stand the value of having this information online “they will tailor assignments to suit this type of research” as most of the available information will be curriculum-driven. At the moment, CAMSIM and E-STAT cannot be accessed by home PCs and the system is only available on the Douglas College library computers. It is unclear at this time if this will change if and when the college pur- chases the system. Special offer! Attn: !! STUDENTS © Copies—Self-service © Colour Laser Copies © Colour Laser Transparencies e Cerlox Binding For Presentations rly to London for $300! in TRAVEL CUTS Plugged-in te Student Travel SFU 659-2850 567 Seymour St, 659-2830 120 West Broadway, 659-2887 Owned and operated by the Canadian Federation of Students Now, for a limited time, you can fly to London for only $300 when you book selected Contiki Europe tours. Drop by Travel CUTS for details. Participants must have a valid International Student ID Card (ISIC). Tours must be paid in full by March 31, 1999. Valid on departures from Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver. Departure deadlines apply. Additional tours also available with flight to London for only $599! Full details available at Travel CUTS. HOLIDAYS for 18-35s 48-6th Street, New Westminster Tel/Fax: (604) 521- 06 cents 50% off! 40% off! 50% off! Typesetting, Resumes/Letters, Fax, Address Labels, Business Cards, Rubber Stamps, Laminating 6077 COE oN FoR Starving Student DISCOUNT NIGHT To make life a little easier, Coquitlam Centre is offering Douglas College students, staff and faculty a ‘student discount shopping night’. Just show your student ID card to participating retailers when you shop the first Thursday of each month from 5pm to 9pm. List of participating stores available at Customer Service, South Mall. a avn COQUITLAM CENTRE making life a little easier 464 8357 Look for these Savings and much more! Bagel Street Café 10% off Au Coton 15% off regular priced merchandise The Body Shop 10% off regular priced merchandise McBean’s Cappuccino 10% off tea, coffee, specialty coffees Dog's Ear T-Shirt Co. 10% off Heel & Sole Shoe Repair 15% off Darling Café 15% off sandwiches, cake, large ice cream The Vitamin Connection 15% off Rodan Jewellers 10% off Louie’s Submarine 10% off Saje Kings Art Gallery 10% off 10% off Shopper’s Drug Mart 10% off excl. prescriptions, tobacco, baby supplies Discounts not valid with any other promotions. Offers good at Coquitlam Centre only. the Other Press January 20 1999