Guides & Tutorials

From Download to Data Crunch:
Library and Web Data Resources

Updated: Nov. 25, 2008
Questions? Contact Judy Trump, Social Sciences Reference Librarian

Central "one stop" for links to Federal government data

FEDSTATS Data Gateway

Links to statistics from over 100 federal agencies. Use Topic Links A -Z to pick a category

Demographic data for all subject areas

American Factfinder

1990 & 2000 Decennial Censuses. Web-based query with print and download options / use DATA SETS for extraction

Health data online

National Center for Health Statistics

Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency

Centers for Disease Control

Lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people

Data Warehouse

Tabulated data, state data, Health United States 2000, Healthy People 2010 (Data available in PDF and limited Excel/Lotus 1 2 3)

CDC Wonder

Query 30 data sets, AIDS - Tuberculosis

WISQARS
(Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)

Easy to use, Leading Causes of Death & Injury Mortality data, download in multiple file formats

Healthy People 2010 on CDC Wonder

Includes Leading Health Indicators / limited state data

Business & economic data online

Economic Report of the President

Download reports and tables in .pdf and/or spreadsheet formats

International Trade Administration

Customized state export data including online mapping

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Regional, national and international economic data

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

Form-based query application allows you to obtain timeseries data based on your choices

Economic Census

Generate data from the economic census by industry and/or geographic location

Thomson ONE Banker-Analytics

SEC data on U.S. public companies; Financial data on international companies in established and emerging markets

International Financial Statistics
(Library CD-ROM only)

International financial data from the International Monetary Fund

Science data online

Online Climate Data Directory

Select from Surface, Upper Air, Marine or Satellite Data.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS)

Search or select by topic for data retrieval

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Metadata Clearinghouse Gateway

Interactive query for locating biological datasets

Federal Geographic Data Committee - Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Interactive query for locating geospatial datasets

USGS GEO-DATA Explorer (GEODE)

Access, view, and download information from geo-spatial databases

EPA Envirofacts Data Warehouse

Interactive environmental quality data

Social sciences data online

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

World's largest archive of computerized social science data.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Criminal justice data in .pdf and downloadable spreadsheets

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

Over 500 data collections relating to criminal justice