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OECD iLibrary
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Full text of OECD Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. 1998 to present.
Roper iPoll
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The largest collection of public opinion poll data with results from 1935 to the present, containing poll questions and answers, datasets, and survey questionnaires from academic, commercial, and media survey organizations from both U.S. and international polling firms.
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Sage Data
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(Formally known as Data Planet)
Search and browse through 35 billion data points in over 4.9 billion datasets sourced from over 75 public and private sources covering sixteen subject areas, focused on social sciences.
Social Explorer
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Social Explorer is a web based demography research and learning tool. Provides easy access to historical census data for the United States through the use of interactive maps and reports." Census data from 1940 to 2000 at census tract, county, state and national level is included in the Social Explorer.
Statista
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Data on over 600 international industries from more than 18,000 sources. Includes market researcher, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases.
UNData
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World Bank Data
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Development statistics by country, topic and indicators. Includes data visualization and analysis tools and downloadable files.
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Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
ICPSR
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ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) is the world's largest archive of computer-readable social science data.
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As a member institution, Lehigh faculty and students have direct and free access to download data. The data resources include but are not limited to surveys of values, attitudes, health, race and religion, political exit polls and voting behavior, data on crime, and consumer income.
U.S. Census Data
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Provides access to US Census data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
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Note: American FactFinder decommissioned in 2020.
Historical Statistics of the United States
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Extensive source of historical quantitative data about the U.S. in downloadable and customizable form.
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U.S. statistics on topics as diverse as economics and trade, history, climate, demographics, education, government, finance, law natural resources, business, religion, migration and sociology will find data organized and contextualized by experts in the field.
Statistical Abstract
Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
For 2011+, consult the ProQuest Statistical Abstract (FM-2-DOC- R 317.3 U58sa).
Freedom House: Freedom in the World
Freedom House’s annual country-by-country report on global political rights and civil liberties.
Gapminder
A non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The site includes moving graphics that display development trends by the countries, time periods, and indicators you choose.
Global Poverty Mapping Project
The Global Poverty Mapping Project has downloadable poverty data sets and maps. The Poverty Mapping Project is sponsored by CIESIN (The Center for International Earth Science Information Network) at the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
Human Development Reports
The UN Human Development office publishes global, regional and national human development reports. Human Development Report's primary purpose is to assess the state of human development across the globe and provide a critical analysis of a specific theme each year. It combines thematic policy analysis with detailed country data that focus on human well-being, not just economic trends.
International Programs Data
Maintained by the Bureau of the Census, this database provides demographic data for selected indicators, countries and user-selected regions, and years, population statistics, and summary data, population pyramids and access to more data for a single country.
NationMaster
Designed by a web publishing company in Australia, this site gathers statistics from a variety of sources, mostly international agencies, and presents them in an easy-to-use and interesting graphical formats.
World Bank Data
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Development statistics by country, topic and indicators. Includes data visualization and analysis tools and downloadable files.
Open Access Archeology Resources
IsoArcH
An open-access and collaborative isotope database for bioarcheological samples.
tDAR
The Digital Archeological Record (tDAR) is an open access archive.
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