This document discusses various issues that arise when cleaning data and importing it into Excel and Access from other sources. It provides tips on handling problems like dropped or garbled data, non-standard field formats, and non-printable characters. It also introduces tools like Excel functions, MarcEdit, and establishing data quality policies to help standardize and improve data for analysis.
Creator Camille Pissarro Title Peasant Woman Digging Date 1882 Material oil on canvas Measurements 65 x 54 cm Description Inscription: signed and dated lower left: C. Pissarro. 82 Repository Private Collection ARTstor Collection Art, Archaeology and Architecture (Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives) ID Number 40-06-12/42 Source Image and original data provided by Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y. http://www.artres.com/c/htm/Home.aspx http://www.artres.com/c/htm/TreePfLight.aspx?ID=LES Rights Photo Credit: Erich Lessing/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.
Creator John Vink Title CAMBODIA. Pourk (Siem Reap). 8/02/2005: Chantiers Ecoles runs skills development programs aimed at un-or less-educated villagers in Siem Reap province. A silkfarm trains villagers, here seen sorting cocoons, in all the different techniques in order to reestablish an age-old tradition in high quality silk weaving. Date 2005 Subject Pourk Cambodia ARTstor Collection Magnum Photos ID Number PAR287761.jpg Source Image and original data provided by Magnum Photos
Creator John Murphy American, 1888-1968, North American; American Title Men Digging Work Type Prints Date unknown Material wood engraving Measurements sheet: 12 3/16 x 14 11/16 in. (31 x 37.3 cm) Description Full View Repository Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA Museum purchase 1993.4 http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/ ARTstor Collection Davis Museum and Cultural Center Collection (Wellesley College) Formerly in The AMICO Library ID Number DMCC.1993.4 Source Data From: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesly College Rights This image was provided by Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College. Contact information: Jim Olson, Coordinator of Technology, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481, (781) 283-3234 (ph), (781) 283-2064 (fax), jolson@wellesley.edu.
Title Book of Hours. Use of Tournai. Folio #: fol. 007r Work Type Manuscript Date c. 1440 Material parchment School Flemish Description Calendar. March: peasant digging with mattock. Miniatures attributed to the Master of Guillebert of Metz. Repository Bodleian Library, University of Oxford http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ Accession Number Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 14 ARTstor Collection Manuscripts and Early Printed Books (Bodleian Library, Oxford University) ID Number Rawl.liturg.e.14_roll314.1_frame3 Source Image and original data provided by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Rights Copyright Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
ASCII includes definitions for 128 characters: 33 are non-printing control characters (now mostly obsolete) that affect how text and space is processed; 94 are printable characters, and the space is considered an invisible graphic.The most commonly used character encoding on the World Wide Web was US-ASCII until 2008, when it was surpassed by UTF-8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII 12/22/2009
Creator unknown Title Sorting mail. Work Type glass negatives Date n.d. (circa 1885-1900) Material black and white photograph Measurements [no print] Description Inscription: [See individual photos for captions.] Related Item http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00140 Subject United States Postal Service Animals Horse-drawn vehicles Horses Postal service Wagons ARTstor Collection The Schlesinger History of Women in America Collection Source Photograph Number: MC212-D-99 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University) Data From: The Schlesinger History of Women in America Collection Folder Number: D Folder Title: Marian Clark Nichols, 1873-1953: Civil service reform activities: Lantern slides [and glass plate negatives] re: civil service reform, including Thomas Nast cartoons, state and federal statisticas and legislation, and pictures of workers Collection Number: MC212 Collection Name: Emerson, Eugenie Homer, 1854-1940 Collection Title: Papers, 1806-1953 (inclusive) Rights This image has been made available by the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University solely for noncommercial educational and scholarly purposes. Your use of this image is restricted to those permitted uses specified in the ARTstor Digital Library Terms and Conditions of Use (http://www.artstor.org/info/about/terms_conditions.jsp). To request permission for any other use, please contact the Schlesinger Library at slref@radcliffe.edu. Download Size 1024,1024
Title Bayeux Tapestry; scene 35,a: Duke William Orders Ships to Be Built; detail of chopping trees Work Type textile Date c. 1070-80 Material wool embroidery on linen Measurements 53 cm x 69 m Style Period Romanesque Repository Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France ARTstor Collection Art, Archaeology and Architecture (Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives) ID Number 31-01-01/23 Source Image and original data provided by Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y. http://www.artres.com/c/htm/Home.aspx http://www.artres.com/c/htm/TreePfLight.aspx?ID=LES Rights Photo Credit: Erich Lessing/ART RESOURCE, N.Y. Please note that if this image is under copyright, you may need to contact one or more copyright owners for any use that is not permitted under the ARTstor Terms and Conditions of Use or not otherwise permitted by law. While ARTstor tries to update contact information, it cannot guarantee that such information is always accurate. Determining whether those permissions are necessary, and obtaining such permissions, is your sole responsibility. Download Size 1024,1024
Creator Arnold, Eve Title Hsishuang Panna Weeding Date 1979 Location China Subject China Agriculture Farmers Mountains Photography--20th C. A.D documentary books farms ARTstor Collection ARTstor Slide Gallery Source Data from: University of California, San Diego Download Size 1024,1024
Culture Etruscan Title Shoes (Sandals) Work Type woodwork Date 6th century BCE Material wood, bronze Description from Bisenzio Olmo Bello Tomb XVIII Repository Museo nazionale di Villa Giulia ARTstor Collection Italian and other European Art (Scala Archives) Source Image and original data provided by SCALA, Florence/ART RESOURCE, N.Y. http://www.artres.com/c/htm/Home.aspx http://www.scalarchives.com Rights (c) 2006, SCALA, Florence / ART RESOURCE, N.Y.
Creator Anonymous Artists Title Digging for Coal Upon Seeing a Swallow Guarantees Freedom from Fever and Headaches for a Year Series Title BUCH DER TUGEND | Book of Virtue Date 1486 Technique woodcut Description SUPERSTITION ARTstor Collection The Illustrated Bartsch ID Number 8586.1486/154 SCHRAMM, 23.639 Source The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol. 85, German Book Illustration before 1500: Anonymous Artists, 1484-1486 Retrospective conversion of The Illustrated Bartsch (Abaris Books) by ARTstor Inc. and authorized contractors Download Size 1024,1024