LibGuides: Data and Statistics Guide: Finding Data and Statistics

Introduction

This guide is primarily designed to assist you in finding and thinking about data sets through library and online sources.

Please note that Minitab, SPSS and DataFerrett are installed on the computers in Beeghly Library. For information on how to purchase Minitab and SPSS at a discount price, go to OWU Software Center.

Library Databases

Data Planet Statistical Datasets This link opens in a new window
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.
U.S. Political Stats (CQ Press) This link opens in a new window
U.S. Political Stats contains over 225,000 data series—or data measures over time about people, places, and policies—across 10 distinct political science data categories, aligned with a typical political science curriculum. The data series span as far back as 1982, and are updated on a timely basis in accordance with the collection and publication schedules of original sources. Detailed source information, with links where applicable, is provided for every data series.

Demographic Now
Produce comprehensive business and residential lists, and create demographic reports for multiple geographies. Access information on retail spending, consumer expenditures, businesses and more.

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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.

General Online Statistical Resources

Current Index to Statistics
The Current Index to Statistics (CIS) is a bibliographic index of publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. It includes data from approximately 160 core journals, 1,200 additional journals in related fields, and 11,000 books. The bulk of the content in CIS is from 1975-2017.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

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Data and Statistics Guide

Introduction

Library Databases

General Online Data Resources

General Online Statistical Resources

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