Data sources via the Internet

Guide to primary social science research data and related resources available on the Internet

Scope: A guide to data libraries, data archives, and related institutions about which information is available via the Internet, as well as to primary research data and related resources available for access or acquisition via tcp/ip-based tools. Also the literature available on data management.

The guide includes quantitative (numeric) data, as well as textual resources.

Contents:

  1. Directories of data archives and data libraries
  2. Indices, union catalogues, and resource guides to research data files
  3. Professional data associations
  4. Individual data archives, data libraries, and related institutions
  5. Data producers
  6. Other data resources n.e.s.
  7. Statistics and software, documentation and sources
  8. Text archives
  9. Selected text resources n.e.s.
  10. Data-related conferences
  11. Data-related training opportunities
  12. Electronic journals. See also Keeping current in social science data {Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. DPLS)
  13. Electronic listservs See also Keeping current in social science data {Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. DPLS)

by Laine G.M. Ruus, Data Library Service, University of Toronto (dlsg@chass.utoronto.ca)

Revised 2006/10/10