Individual data archives, data libraries and related institutions

Australia

• Australian National University. Australian Social Science Data Archive (ASSDA): http://assda.anu.edu.au/index.htm

  Searchable catalogue of holdings.

Austria

• Wiener Institut fuer Sozialwissenschaftliche Dokumentation und Methodik (WISDOM): http://www.wisdom.at

Belgium

• Belgian Archives for the Social Sciences (BASS): http://logi.rspo.ucl.ac.be

Canada

British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland

• General

  • Data Liberation Initiative contacts: <http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/contact.htm>

  • Research data centres network: <http://www.statcan.ca/english/rdc/network.htm>

• Alberta

  • University of Alberta. Data Library:
    • http://www.library.ualberta.ca/datalibrary/index.cfm
      
    • ftp://datalib.library.ualberta.ca/pub/
    • Holdings included in University of Alberta Library catalogue: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/catalogue/

  • University of Alberta. Research Data Centre: http://datalib.library.ualberta.ca/rdc/

  • University of Calgary. Academic Data Centre: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~libdata/adc/campus1.html

  • University of Calgary. Prairie Regional Research Data Centre: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~rdc/
    Forthcoming Sept. 2001

• British Columbia

  • Simon Fraser University. Research Data Library: http://www.sfu.ca/~rdl/
    • Searchable catalogue of holdings.
    • Holdings also included in SFU Library catalogue: telnet://sfulib@library.sfu.ca

  • University of British Columbia. British Columbia Interuniversity Research Data Centre: http://fosthall.library.ubc.ca/rdc/

  • University of British Columbia. Numeric Data Services:
    • http://data.library.ubc.ca/
      
    • Holdings included in UBC Library catalogue: http://www.library.ubc.ca
    • Data bits : newsletter of the UBC Data Library mailto:majordomo@majordomo.srv.ualberta.ca
      Message: get data bitsv[n]n[n]

  • University of Victoria. Data Acquisition Service: http://uviclib.uvic.ca/gov_data/data/data.html

• Manitoba

  • University of Manitoba. Libraries. Data Library Services: http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/cdi/datalib/

• New Brunswick

  • University of New Brunswick. Research Data Centre at the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy: http://www.unb.ca/rdc/

  • University of New Brunswick Libraries. Data Services: http://degaulle.hil.unb.ca/library/data/

• Newfoundland

  • Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Data Services:
    • http://www.library.mun.ca/data/
    • Data holdings in Library catalog at: http://www.mun.ca/library/

• Nova Scotia

  • Dalhousie University. Library: http://www.library.dal.ca/killam/data.html
    • Title list of data files held.

  • Dalhousie University. Research Data Centre: Forthcoming

• Ontario

  • Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO): http://www.apheo.on.ca/
  • Carleton University. Library Data Centre: http://www.library.carleton.ca/ssdata/
    • Searchable SPSS dictionary and frequencies listings of data sets in collection, esp. Canadian Gallup polls.

  • McMaster University. Centre for Studies of Children at Risk: http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/cscr/

  • McMaster University Library. Data/Text Services: http://www.mcmaster.ca/library/services/datatext/datatext.htm

  • McMaster University Library. Lloyd Reeds Map Collection: http://www.mcmaster.ca/library/maps/maphome.htm
    

  • McMaster University Library. Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at McMaster: http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/rdc/

  • National Archives of Canada: http://www.archives.ca
    • Search Government Archives Division permanent holdings (as of ca. 1987)

  • Queen's University. Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA): http://www.queensu.ca/cora/
    CRIC, CROP, Decima, and Environics polls.

  • Ryerson University. Geospatial, Map & Data Centre: http://www.ryerson.ca/madar/data/index.htm

  • Queen's University. Social Science Data Centre: http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/ssdc/key.htm

  • Trent University Library. Data and Image Laboratory: http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/bl/libdepts/datimage/datalab.html

  • University of Guelph. Data Resource Centre (DRC): http://drc.uoguelph.ca/

  • Université d'Ottawa. Geographical, Statistical and Government Information Centre - Information géographique, statistique et gouvernementale (GSG): http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/globe/statdata-e.html

  • University of Toronto. Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS): http://www.chass.utoronto.ca
    

  • University of Toronto. Data Library Service: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/
    
    • Holdings searchable at: http://prod.library.utoronto.ca:8090/datalib/pdatan.html.

  • University of Toronto. Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. Rotman Financial Research and Trading Lab: http://www.mgmt.utoronto.ca/finance/lab/

  • University of Toronto. Toronto Region - Statistics Canada Research Data Centre: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/ut_rdc/ut_rdc.htm
    Established Nov. 2001

  • University of Waterloo. Electronic Data Service: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/uweds/uweds.html

  • University of Waterloo. Leisure Studies Data Bank: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/uweds/lsdb/lsdb.htm
    • Holdings list at: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/uweds/lsdb/cat.htm.

  • University of Waterloo. Southwestern Ontario Research Data Centre: http://tdr.uoguelph.ca/DATA/WWWDOCS/SWORDCSITE/splash.html

  • University of Western Ontario. Social Science Data and Information Service. Data Resources Library: http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/sscl/drl
    • Searchable catalogue available at: http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/drl/catalogue/pubsearch.htm
    • Internet Data Library System [data extractor]: http://idls.ssc.uwo.ca
    • Newsletters (1995 - ) available at: http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/sscl/newsletters/

  • York University. Institute for Social Research (ISR): http://www.isr.yorku.ca/
    • ISR Newsletter at: http://www.isr.yorku.ca/newsletter/index.html

  • York University. Libraries. Library Data Services: http://www.library.yorku.ca/acs/LibraryDataServices/index.htm

• Québec

  • Institut de la statistique du Québec. Centre d'accès aux données de recherche (CADRISQ): http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/cadrisq/

  • McGill University. Electronic Data Resources Service: http://www.library.mcgill.ca/edrs/

  • McGill University. Faculty of Arts Computing Lababoratory: http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/facl/research.html
    • Searchable catalogue of holdings.

  • SHERLOCK. Cooperative Data Access System for Québec University Libraries: http://sherlock.crepuq.qc.ca/empdescr.html
    • Searchable catalogue of holdings.

  • Université Laval. Banque de données: http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/bd/sdn/

  • Université de Montréal. Centre Interuniversitaire Québécois de Statistiques Sociales/Quebec Inter-University Centre for Social Statistics (CIQSS/QICSS): http://www.ciqss.umontreal.ca/

  • Université de Montréal. Service des données numériques: http://www.bib.umontreal.ca/SS/num/

  • Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue: http://web2.uqat.uquebec.ca/biblio//pubgo.html

  • Université du Québec à Montréal. Bibliothèque: http://www.unites.uqam.ca/bib/numeriques.html

  • Université du Québec à Rimouski. Bibliothèque: http://wwwb.uqar.uquebec.ca/PubGouv/pgstat/PGstat.htm

  • Université de Sherbrooke. Service des bibliothèques: http://www.biblio.usherb.ca/banque/banque.htm

• Saskatchewan

  • University of Regina. Data Library Services: http://uregina.ca/datalibrary/

  • University of Saskatchewan. Data Library Services: http://library.usask.ca/data/

Chile

• Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia (Latin American Demographic Center) CELADE
  English: http://www.eclac.org/Celade-Eng/
  Spanish: http://www.eclac.org/Celade-Esp/index.html
  

China

• China Population Information and Research Center (CPIRC): English: http://www.cpirc.org.cn/eindex.htm

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. Global Change Information and Research Center: http://www.cesdin.ac.cn

Czech Republic

• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Institute of Sociology. Sociological Data Archive (SDA): http://archiv.soc.cas.cz
  

Denmark

• Dansk Data Arkiv (Danish Data Archives) DDA: http://www.dda.dk

  DDANYTT available at:
  Earlier issues: gopher://gate1.dda.dk:70/1
  Most recent issues: http://www.sa.dk/dda/ddanyt/issues.html

Estonia

• Estonian Social Science Data Archive: http://psych.ut.ee/esta/essda.html

Finland

• Yhteiskuntatieteellinen Tietoarkisto/Finlands Samhällsvetenskaplica Dataarkiv (Finnish Social Science Data Archive; FSD): http://www.fsd.uta.fi/

France

• Banque de Données Socio-Politiques (BDSP): http://solcidsp.upmf-grenoble.fr/

• Le Réseau Quetelet:
  • Centre de Données Sociopolitiques (CDSP)
  • Le service des enquêtes et des sondages de l'INED (Institut National des Etudes Démographiques)
  • Le Centre Maurice Halvwachs (formerly LASMAS): [access conditions]

Germany

• InformationsZentrum Sozialwissenschaften (IZ): http://www.bonn.iz-soz.de/
  gopher://gopher.bonn.iz-soz.de:70/1

• Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung (ZA): http://www.za.uni-koeln.de/index-e.htm
  • Searchable index to ZA-Information (1978 - ): http://www.za.uni-koeln.de/publications/periodicals/za-info/index.htm
  • ZA on-line study cataloggue (ZACAT): <http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/index.jsp>
    Nesstar-driven access to ISSPs, Eurobarometers, European values study, etc. Registration required.

• Zentrum fuer Europaeische Sozialforschung. European Data Archive: http://www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/
  gopher://sun4.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/

• Zentralarchiv fuer Historische Sozialforschung (ZHSF): See: http://www.za.uni-koeln.de/index-e.htm
  

• Zentrum fuer Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA): http://www.zuma-mannheim.de/
  gopher://gopher.zuma-mannheim.de:70/11/institute/zuma

Greece

• Social Data Bank (SDB): http://www.ekke.gr/databank/

Haiti

• l’Institut Haïtien de l’Enfance (IHE): http://www.ihehaiti.org/

Hong Kong

• University of Hong Kong. Social Science Research Centre: http://www.ssrc.hku.hk/

Hungary

• Social Research Informatics Centre (TARKI): http://www.tarki.hu/index-e.html

India

• Indian SSRC Data Archive (ICSSR): http://www.icssr.org/data.htm

Ireland

• Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA): http://www.ucd.ie/~issda/
  

• National Archives of Ireland: http://147.252.133.152/nat-arch/
  

Israel

• Israel Social Sciences Data Center (ISDC):
  • Home page: http://ssda.huji.ac.il/
  • Catalog: http://geobase.huji.ac.il:8080/catalog/
  • Israel regional database: http://geobase.huji.ac.il

Italy

• Archivio dati e programmi per le scienzo sociali (ADPSS): http://www.sociologia.unimib.it/sociodata/

Jamaica

• University of the West Indies, Mona. Derek Gordon Data Bank: <http://salises.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/databank/databank.html>
  Description: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/datalib/other/dgdb.htm
  Contact: Kristin Fox kfox@uwimona.edu.jm

Japan

• Social Science Japan Archive (SSJA)