Library Guides: Geographic Information Systems: Geographic Information Systems: ESRI

Esri Canada
Esri Canada is the Canadian distributor of enterprise geographic information system solutions from Esri.
Esri
GIS mapping software, solutions, service, map apps, and data.
Esri Video
Esri Video showcases high quality videos covering GIS events, products, people and topics, as well as the latest and most popular GIS videos.

ArcGIS Help 10.2
The help library for the ArcGIS system for GIS practitioners, developers and administrators. This help system focuses primarily on using ArcGIS on the desktop and server environments and how GIS professionals can extend this onto online, web, and mobile devices.

ArcGIS Tutorials
Provides a set of links to a collection of various ArcGIS tutorials used to perform a number of common tasks in ArcGIS.

Database Servers
This tutorial shows you how to use ArcGIS for Desktop to use database servers (instances of SQL Server Express) and the geodatabases you create on the database servers to store, access, and edit GIS data.

An ArcGIS for Desktop Standard or Advanced license is required to complete the tutorial.

Mapping
ArcGIS for Desktop has three applications that can be used for mapping and visualization: ArcMap, ArcGlobe, and ArcScene.
Editing
ArcGIS allows you to create and edit several kinds of data. You can edit feature data stored in shapefiles and geodatabases, as well as various tabular formats.
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing is for everyone that uses ArcGIS. Whether you're a new or advanced user, geoprocessing is likely an essential part of your day-to-day work with ArcGIS. The fundamental purpose of geoprocessing is to provide tools and a framework for performing analysis and managing your geographic data. The modeling and analysis capabilities geoprocessing provides make ArcGIS a complete geographic information system.