Finding Data

We provide expertise and assistance to help our clients access and use electronic data resources available to the University community. This service is provided through a partnership with Scholarly Commons of the University Library, Tech Services, and the College of LAS.

• Request an appointment
  

• Drop in hours available at the 220 Main Library or online consulting
  

• Online Resources (new website coming soon)
  

Data Repositories

ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Science Research

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

ICPSR data is accessible from any computer on the Illinois campus network, including home users on the campus vpn.

Access to ICPSR data provided as a service to the Illinois campus community by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu

Roper Center data is accessible from any computer on the Illinois campus network, including home users on the campus vpn. Login is required. New users may self-register.

Roper Center data includes the popular iPoll collection of US nationwide public opinion surveys.

Access to Roper Center data provided as a service to the Illinois campus community by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Government Data Repositories

• US Bureau of the Census: http://www.census.gov/
• US Bureau of Justice Statistics: https://www.bjs.gov/latestreleases.cfm
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/bls/proghome.htm
• US Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://www.bts.gov/
• Canadian Data: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start
• National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
• National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/
• CPS Supplement Files at NBER: http://www.nber.org/data/cps.html
• USGS National Map: https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/

  
  

Other Publicly Accessible Data

• American National Election Studies: http://www.electionstudies.org
• Pew Research Center: http://pewresearch.org/databank/datasets/
• Chicago Area Geographic Information: https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/doit/provdrs/gis.html
• European Social Survey: http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/
• GESIS European Survey Programs: https://www.gesis.org/en/services/data-analysis/international-survey-programs/
• National Bureau of Economic Research: http://www.nber.org/papers/w15902
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx
• United Nations Human Development Data: http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries

MOOC DATA

Through our partnership with Coursera, we provide critical resources to faculty and staff with a vested interest in teaching Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), as well as researchers interested in learning more about data and findings related to Illinois' MOOCs. Learn more about our MOOC data.