LibGuides: ECON 251: Research Methods: Finding data

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Data Planet Statistical Datasets

Datasets cover a wide range of subjects – including business, finance, banking, economics, sociology, political science, demography, agriculture, education, international studies, criminal justice, housing and construction, labor and employment, energy resources and industries, and more. Sources include public, private/commercial, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as Woods & Poole Economics, Inc.

General Online Data Resources

Harvard Dataverse
The Harvard Dataverse Repository is a free data repository open where all researchers from any discipline can upload and share the data that they have collected. Each individual Dataverse collection is a customizable collection of datasets (or a virtual repository) for organizing, managing, and showcasing datasets.
Re3data
Re3data is a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines. It includes repositories that enable permanent storage of and access to data sets to researchers, funding bodies, publishers, and scholarly institutions.
Google Dataset Search
Dataset Search has indexed almost 25 million of these datasets, giving you a single place to search for datasets and find links to where the data is.
Economic Report of the President
Annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. Provides an overview the nation's economic progress using narrative essays and extensive data appendices.
Survey of Current Business
Definitive source of information about the nation's economic accounts. Articles present the latest national, international, regional, and industry estimates.
Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
FRED
Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, FRED is updated regularly and allows 24/7 access to regional and national financial and economic data. Also hosts the working papers and other publications.
Archival FRED
ALFRED® allows you to retrieve vintage versions of economic data that were available on specific dates in history. Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
US Census Bureau
Data from the US Census Bureau
CIA World Fact Book
The World Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, marshals facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world.
UN Data
Numerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.

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