Research Guides: Data Reference Toolkit: 3. Finding Data

Compendia, portals, and indexes

When data are likely to be compiled or reported, these tools allow you to search by topic and discover data and data producers.

Data Planet Statistical Datasets This link opens in a new window
Data holdings for the United States are significant with some data available at state, county, or local geographies. International data,available at the country level, include population, food and agriculture, labor, trade, and more. Data are organized by subject and source.

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ProQuest International DataSets This link opens in a new window
A focus of the product is sub-national data for the countries of the world that is, data by country, city, state or province.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
Whenever possible, the Superintendent of Documents classification number, the Library of Congress card number, the Government Printing Office (GPO) Monthly Catalog entry number, the GPO stock number, and the depository item number are also included. The abstract may also contain two hypertext links - one to the agency's World Wide Web site where the full text of the publication may be viewed and downloaded; the other to the full text on Statistical Universe, where the publication can be viewed, downloaded and accessed section by section or table by table.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window

When data are likely to be shared by the researchers who produced them, they are likely to deposit the data in repositories. Likely candidates:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research This link opens in a new window

ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction.