Gould Guides: Data, Datasets, and Statistical Resources: Archives & Collections

Social Sciences: Data Archives and Data Catalogs

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
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A repository of social science datasets for secondary research. Members of the Carleton community may search the catalog, read data documentation and download datasets after creating a personal "MyData" account with their Carleton email address.

Roper Center Survey Dataset Collection
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The Roper Center data archive at the University of Connecticut includes datasets for secondary analysis from over 10,000 studies of public opinion. Includes surveys by Gallup, NORC, ABC News and Washington Post and more. Browse by topic to get an idea of the collections
Data and Program Library Service
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This data library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a searchable catalog of data as well as a browsable archive of locally collected data.

UK Data Archive
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A premier data collection of datasets from the United Kingdom and beyond. Carleton does not have access to much of this data, but it is a great place to search for international data sources. Consult with a librarian about access.

Data Archives
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This page from the web site "Political Science Resources" lists links to major international data archives.
Data on the Net
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A collection of links to data libraries and archives that can be searched on the web.
Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
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Extensive collections of Census data, public opinion data, health statistics, and other topics. Carleton users have access only to publicly available data.

Dryad Digital Repository
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Nearly 10,000 publicly available scientific datasets.
re3data.org
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A global registry of research data repositories that one can browse or search and filter. In 2015 it was combined with DataBib.

Kaggle
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Learn how to find a dataset using specific search terms, read and understand what’s in your dataset, and check the validity of your dataset.