Data Sources from Library
- Library Data SetsListing of all dataset subscriptions from the library
- ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Vast archive of social science data for use with statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, Stata and R. 1962 to present.
- Sage Data This link opens in a new windowInteractive database of statistics that enables users to create tables, maps, and figures from a very wide range of data sources. International in scope. Data are organized by subject, source, and geography.
Open Data Repositories worth noting
- Data.gov This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 250,000 datasets published by agencies across the U.S. federal government.
- FAOSTAT This link opens in a new windowFree access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories. 1961 to present.
- NCES Data Tools This link opens in a new windowNCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
Getting inspiration
When you find awesome data elsewhere, try to find its original source. Github or Kaggle might be where you find it, but it might have been manipulated before it was posted there. Follow the trail back to get to the source, the most raw form of the data, and where the documentation from the data gatherer might be located!
- 538538 is a news site, but it publishes a lot of the data behind its stories.
- BuzzFeed News GithubBuzzFeed makes the data it uses in its stories available.
- KaggleData to play with to learn your data science skillz.
- UCI Machine Learning RepositoryThe UCI Machine Learning Repository is a collection of databases, domain theories, and data generators that are used by the machine learning community for the empirical analysis of machine learning algorithms.
- Data is plural"Useful/curious datasets" from the news, social media, or just plain weird stuff that a guy named Jeremy Singer-Vine shared in his newsletter. View the archived spreadsheet for commentary and sources.