ENGL 147: Writing Arguments About STEM
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General Purpose Data Sources
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista is a statistics portal which provides direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. The database features unlimited downloads, source citations and direct use or export of results in PowerPoint, Excel PDF and Graphic (PNG) formats.
Users may need to disable ad blocking software on this site if search results links don't work. - Social Explorer This link opens in a new window Social Explorer provides access to the entire US Census data from 1790 to 2010, the entire American Community Survey (ACS) from 2005 to 2011 and more data from a number of sources. Users can create maps and use data visualization tools and reports to illustrate, analyze, and understand demography and social change. Users can also graph and chart data, export, save, and print maps and reports, and create multi-map presentations with an interactive slideshow tool.
- RAND California This link opens in a new window RAND California provides information, research reports and statistics on the California economy and public policy issues, as well as access to selected policy reports, statistics, and information at the national and international scale.
- Google Dataset SearchSearch for data sources with Google's custom dataset search.
- Data.govA comprehensive index of datasets from the US government, including other state, local, and international agencies.
- Google Public Data ViewerVisualize, explore and share public datasets using the Google Public Data interface.
- World Bank Open DataNational and international statistical datasets on development indicators across many topics and sectors.
- QuandlQuandl provides a subset of free-to-access time-series datasets in areas of finance, economics, government, demography, sociology, energy and the environment. A free account is required to explore the datasets. API access also available under the free tier.
- The Guardian Data StoreAccess datasets used by the UK publisher in areas of government, education, population, and culture. (scroll to mid-page to see data links)
- Flowing Data BlogBlog postings on additional data sources from across the web.
- KaggleKaggle is the place to do data science projects.
Data Hubs and Marketplaces
- DatahubDatahub provides a way to search for open datasets. DataHub began as a project by Datopian and Open Knowledge International
- Data at visualizing.orgA collection of datasets highlighted by the site visualizing data
- Center for Data InnovationA collection of datasets highlighted in the Center for Data Innovation blog
Open Data
- List of Open Government Data Sites (Wikipedia)Wikipedia listing of international and national open data sources.
- Google Public Data ViewerVisualize, explore and share public datasets using the Google Public Data interface.
- Data.govProvides a catalog of datasets from US Federal, State and local government agencies.
- Registry of Research Data RepositoriesRe3data.org helps researchers find repositories to access and store data from a range of disciplines.
- WikidataWikidata is a free linked database of structured data gathered through Wikipedia and related projects.
- Open Data HandbookThis resource discusses the legal, social and technical aspects of preparing and providing open data. It can be used by anyone and is especially designed for those seeking to open up data.
- Open Data CommonsOpen Data Commons is the home of a set of legal tools to help you provide and use Open Data.
More Data Sources.
General Research Data Repositories
These repositories contain re-usable data and other products of academic research.
- Dryad Digital RepositoryDataDryad.org is a curated general-purpose repository that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable, freely reusable, and citable.