Datasets
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- Afrobarometer This link opens in a new window
Conducts and publishes the results of attitudinal surveys in diverse topics from over a dozen African countries.
- Base : Bielefeld academic search engine This link opens in a new windowIndexes worldwide open access academic web resources. The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) collects and normalizes data from repository servers which use Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
- Data.gov This link opens in a new window
Provides access to publicly available and downloadable datasets, citizen-developed apps, mobile apps, and U.S. government apps.
- Data catalog This link opens in a new windowProvides access to frequently used databases,statistics, working papers, and reports published by the World Bank.
- Substances Added to Food This link opens in a new window
contains administrative, chemical and toxicological information substances directly added to food. Maintained by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).
- Encyclopaedia Britannica world data analystProvides country and regional analyses and offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world using both the most current statistics and historical figures. Users can create tables and charts, then export the information into a spreadsheet.
- FAOSTAT This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 3 million time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture. It contains data for 200 countries and more than 200 primary products related to production, trade, food supply, food balance sheets, food security, prices, resources, forestry, and fisheries as well as more than 200 of the primary works published by the UN such as the FAO Statistical Yearbook and the UN Working Papers.
- National Center for Education Statistics : NCES This link opens in a new windowContains NCES publications and data products. NCES, a division of the U. S. Department of Education, is the primary federal entity collecting and analyzing education-related data for the United States and other nations. The NCES catalog can be searched to locate, many documents full text or available for download, including The condition of education, The digest of education statistics, TIMSS (Third international mathematics and science study) and the NAEP (Nation's report card). Useful directory of schools, colleges, or libraries with profiles.
- National Park Service Integrated Resource Management ApplicationsIRMA is the start of a web-based "one-stop" for data and information related to National Park Service natural and cultural resources.
RMA allows users to search, view, download, and print information from multiple sources and systems, all from a consistent user interface. No logins or passwords are required. IRMA is replacing and integrating some of the older, stand-alone information "silos" that were often difficult to find or use, and that duplicated effort and data.
- Passport GMID This link opens in a new windowContains millions of demographic, economic, and marketing statistics for countries worldwide. This resource also contains several years of historic market size data for many consumer products in multiple countries in addition to 5 year forecasts for many items. Company information includes marketshare and brandshare information. Reports and news items cover current consumer topics. Euromonitor.
- Social explorer This link opens in a new windowProvides quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information, including the entire US Census from 1790 to 2000, plus the first 2010 census data release. This database can create reports at all geographic levels including the state, county, census tract, block group, zip code and census place as well as thematic and interactive maps that make it easy to visually explore all historical and modern US census data across the centuries.
- United States Environmental Protection AgencyDataFinder is a single place to find a vast selection of EPA data sources, organized into topics such as air and water that are in easily downloadable formats. Data Finder points to data in downloadable formats to speed up environmental research. For each data source, you can see a basic overview, including the geographic scale and other contextual information, then access the data source itself.
- United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service. There's data here, but it's hard to find. Try just using the search bar.
- United States Geological SurveyDownload maps, images, publications, and data produced by the USGS
- United States National Library of Medicine DatabasesSearchable listing of all the databases maintained by the US NLM
- UNdata : a world of information This link opens in a new windowProvides a single entry point to locate data from United Nations databases. Users are able to search over 30 UN databases containing over 60 million data points covering agriculture, crime, education, employment, energy, environment, health, HIV/AIDS, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, tourism, trade, and the Millennium Development Goals indicators. Useful features include Country Profiles, glossaries, and statistical tables which users can download.
- United Nations Development Programme : UNDP This link opens in a new windowFeatures the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which helps people worldwide help themselves and focuses on poverty elimination, environmental regeneration, job creation, and the advancement of women. The mission of the UNDP is to help countries build national capacity to achieve sustainable human development, giving top priorities to eliminating poverty and building equity. Lists regional offices, country offices, and individual divisions. Describes publications and focus areas; offers access to news items, UNDP publication information, and statistics.
- United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeProvides detailed information on ECE activities and policies related to the environment, human settlements, transport, statistics, economic analysis, population analysis, sustainable energy, timber, agricultural standards, gender, trade, industry and enterprise. In addition to the full text of selected documents and publications, several statistical databases are also provided.
- United Nations Statistics Division This link opens in a new windowProvides a central website for data on international trade, national accounts, energy, industry, environment, and demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sources. Some well known statistical databases and publications are available from this site: Statistical Yearbook, InfoNation, UNComtrade (basic access).
- WHO Statistical Information System : health and health-related statistical information from the WHO Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy This link opens in a new window
Provides statistical and epidemiological data and information presently available from the World Health Organization and elsewhere.
- World databank: World development indicators & global development financeProvides access to the following two resources from the World Bank: Global Development Finance (GDF) provides external debt and financial flow statistics for countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt under the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS) and World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
- World life expectancy This link opens in a new window
This site's purpose is to stimulate meaningful research on this important subject through leading Academic Institutions worldwide, while displaying the data in ways the less informed visitor can understand and use.
