Major Online Data Sources

In the list below, DISC presents our "quick picks" of frequently-used online data sources. For more online resources, try searching our Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data.

For subscription-based resources listed below, use the links labelled "from a non-campus account or ISP" if you are affiliated with UW-Madison but using an off-campus computer with a non-UW Internet Service Provider. You will be able to login with your NetID and password (using the 11-digit number from your university ID-card is no longer an option as of March 5). For more information on the remote login process, visit: http://www.library.wisc.edu/off-campus/

• American Factfinder (US Census)
  

• BADGIR (Note: BADGIR currently does not work with the IE7 web browser; please try a different browser or an earlier version of IE.)

• Common Core of Data (NCES)

• County Business Patterns
  

• Historical Statistics of the United States (subscription, UW-Madison only)

• iPOLL (subscription, UW-Madison only)

• ICPSR Direct (data by subscription, UW-Madison only)
  • ICPSR Direct from a non-campus account or ISP

• International Financial Statistics (subscription, UW-Madison only)
  

• National Center for Education Statistics Data Analysis System

• National Election Studies

• National Longitudinal Surveys

• O*Net Online (Occupational Information Network)

• Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

• Polling the Nations (subscription, UW-Madison only)

• Regional Economic Accounts, Bureau of Economic Analysis
  
  
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, featuring Roper Express (data by subscription, UW-Madison only)
  • Roper Center from a non-campus account or ISP
  
  
• SourceOECD (subscription, UW-Madison only)
  • Source OECD from a non-campus account or ISP

• Statistical Universe, Lexis/Nexis (subscription, UW-Madison only)
  

• UN Commodities Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) (subscription, UW-Madison only)
  • UN Comtrade from a non-campus account or ISP
    
    
• USA Counties

• World Development Indicators (subscription, UW-Madison only)