Tools and Support | General Data Resources
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- Resource only available to UT-Austin Law School students, faculty, and staff.
- Resource available to all members of the UT-Austin community, including Law School students, faculty, and staff.
- Resource available to the general public.
Some databases otherwise restricted to the Law School or the UT-Austin community may be available to patrons who use on-site computers within the Library.
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The Division of Statistics and Scientific Computation
"..coordinates undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics and scientific computation, offers consulting services to faculty and students from all departments, and promotes collaboration between the varied statistical and computation communities across campus."
http://ssc.utexas.eduMathematica
A software product to support quantitative methods and research. Uses include loading, analyzing and displaying data.
Purchasing information:
http://www.utexas.edu/its/sds/products/mathematica.html
Mathematica Tutorial:
http://ssc.utexas.edu/consulting/tutorials/mathematica/index.htmlData Ferrett
Data mining and extracting tool from the U.S. government.
http://dataferrett.census.gov/
Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data
Data related resources on the Internet. Check the "DATA QUICK PICKS" section.
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/newcrossroads/index.aspStatistics and Demographics Research Guide
Helpful links to statistical data (includes Texas resources).
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/statistics.htmlAustralian Social Science Data Archive (ASSDA)
Large portal to international data sets.
http://assda.anu.edu.au/CESSDA (Council of European Social Science Data Archives)
"Promotes the acquisition, archiving and distribution of electronic data for social science teaching and research in Europe. It encourages the exchange of data and technology and fosters the development of new organisations in sympathy with its aims."
http://www.nsd.uib.no/Cessda/Cornell University Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research
Includes social science datasets and information on how to use them.
http://www.ciser.cornell.edu/info/datasource.shtmlEurostat
Statistical Agency for the European Union.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostatFederal Statistics Briefing Room
Provides links to statistical information from U.S. Federal agencies.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/fsbr.htmlFedStats
Access to federal statistics and information produced by more than 70 federal agencies.
http://www.fedstats.gov/Findlaw
Choose "For Legal Professionals" option, choose "Practice Areas" and then "Web Guide- Databases" for comprehensive statistical resources of interest to legal professionals on a variety of topics. Not available for every topic.
http://lp.findlaw.com/Scholar's Lab Digital Resources
Geospatial, statistical, text, and image resources; some items restricted to University of Virginia users.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/resources/index.htmlGovernments on the WWW
Check the official ministry Web sites for statistical information.
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/Human Security Gateway
"A rapidly expanding searchable online database of human security-related resources including reports, journal articles, news items and fact sheets." Under Resources, choose Facts and Figures along with topics such as Governance and Security, Human Rights, Criminal Violence, International Law, Justice and Accountability, etc.
http://www.humansecuritygateway.info/Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest archive of computerized social science data. Subject range includes many legal topics such as criminal justice and the courts.
Use the Thesaurus to find the best terms to search for data sets. All data sets are freely available within the UT domain.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University
Goal is to "create, and make widely accessible, statistical and analytical tools for the social and health sciences; and (2) to use these tools for understanding and solving major problems that affect society and the well-being of human populations."
http://www.iq.harvard.edu/Virtual Data Center (part of IQSS)
The Henry A. Murray Research Archive is a permanent data archive run by the Harvard-MIT Data Center (a member of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science), and powered by the Virtual Data Center software.
http://vdc.hmdc.harvard.edu/VDC/LexisNexis Statistical
Provides indexing and abstracts for federal, state, and international statistical publications as well as selected business and professional publications containing statistics. Approximately 20% of the federal statistical publications are available in full text.
Includes all content from the American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS).
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/titles.html?id=226MIT Libraries, Social Science Data Services
Links to many widely available data resources.
http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/PolicyFile
An electronic database indexing research and publication abstracts in the field of public policy research and analysis. Includes public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Where available, access to home pages, electronic mail addresses and full text are made available within individual abstracts.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/titles.html?id=285Princeton University Library Data and Statistical Services
Organized data sets by subject.
http://dss1.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dataresources/guides.cgiRoper's Center Data Archive
The UT Government department is a member institution of the Roper Center at the University of Connecticut, which as a large storehouse of diverse data sets made by news vendors, commercial polling companies, governmental agencies, and academic institutions.http://www.la.utexas.edu/~icpsr/
SourceOECD
OECD Statistics Portal
The online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Comprises 20 Studies by Themes for monographs and reports; 24 periodicals online; some reference titles online; and the OECD statistical databases online.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/titles.html?id=335
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development statistics site.
http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/0,2639,en_2825_293564_1_1_1_1_1,00.htmlSRC Survey Research Center University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
"For more than 50 years, the Survey Research Center has been a national and international leader in interdisciplinary social science research involving the collection or analysis of data from scientific sample surveys. First, this involves conducting basic and applied empirical survey-based research that is theoretically informed."
http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/Social Science Research Network
"Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences."StatLib
A system for distributing statistical software, datasets, and information by electronic mail, FTP and WWW.
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/Transactional Records Clearinghouse (TRAC)
Information on federal enforcement and regulatory agencies' priorities and practices and the impact of new laws on agency activities; much statistical information; currently covers IRS, FBI, DEA, ATF, Customs, & INS
http://www.trac.syr.edu/TRACfed
Requires a subscription for full access, but browsable for free.
http://tracfed.syr.edu/United States Census Bureau
The major collector and provider of data about the economy and people of the United States.
http://www.census.gov
Most requested statistics from the Census Bureau (Cornell University)
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/mostRequestedStatistics.htmlStatistical Abstract of the United States
The basic manual for U.S. data.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.htmlUniversity of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Includes statistical reports, codebooks, and downloadable datasets.
Urban Institute
Provides statistical reports on economic, education, health, housing, welfare and labor topics.
http://www.urban.org/
Tarlton Law Library Government Documents- Statistics
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/vlibrary/govdocs/stats.html
University of Texas Libraries Statistics and Demographics
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/statistics.html
Last updated on March 20, 2008.