Useful sites
Following are some member-recommended sites for data professionals:
Data archives and repositories
- Council of European Social Science Data Archives (Europe)
- OECD (International)
- ICPSR (U.S.)
- World Bank - Africa Household Survey Databank (Africa)
- Eurostat statistical office (Europe)
- General Register Office (Scotland)
- National Digital Archive of Datasets (United Kingdom)
- Data Archive (United Kingdom)
- Steinmetz Archive and Scientific Statistical Agency (Netherlands)
- Murray Research Center (United States)
- National Archives electronic records homepage (United States)
- Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (DataPASS) (United States)
Social science data on the Internet
- Social Science Information Gateway
Comprehensive list of social science Internet resources. - DPLS Crossroads page
Searchable index to hundreds of data links in US and internationally - Social Science Data Archives from UCSD
Searchable site for numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more. - Edinburgh University Data Library links page
Primarily Scottish and UK data sources with some international sites. - SIDOS data links
Swiss and international data source. - UK National Digital Archive of Datasets links to information resources
UK archives with some international and genealogical content. - Social Science Research Gateway at UCSB
Primarily US data sources with some international content. - Statistical Resources on the Web from UMich
Primarily US data (not just social science). - Population Research Institute links page
Population and demography information. - National Bureau of Economic Research links page
Economic data and information. - Davidson Data Center on Transition and Emerging Markets
Searchable data locator and archive for socio-economic data on transition and emerging market economies. - Access to Archival Database (AAD)
U.S. National Archives' page providing search capabilities across archival databases. - DataPASS Shared Catalog
Site which "allows anyone to search and browse the entire holdings of most Data-PASS partners, and to download and analyze many publicly accessible studies."
Data archiving, preservation and standards
- Links for UK archive professionals
From the National Digital Archive of Datasets website. - Preserving and Sharing Statistical Material from the UK Data Archive
A PDF file from the UK Data Archive. - Digital Preservation Coalition
A group of institutions aiming "to secure the preservation of digital resources in the UK". - Digital Curation Centre
Conducts research and development into curation issues and promotes good practice in the management of all research outputs in digital format. - Library of Congress NDIIPP
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. - SURF's DAREnet
Worldwide access to Dutch academic research results. - Data Documentation Initiative
The DDI is an XML-based standard for marking up metadata fields to describe datasets. - Statistical Data and Metadata Exhange
An international intitiative "to foster standards for the exchange of statistical information."
Social science data related web logs (blogs)
- IASSIST Communiqué
- Social Science
Data Collection News (UCSD)
- Data Interest
Group for Reference Services (DIGRS) (University of Alberta
Library)
- Diglet: Digital library issues blog
(Digital Library Planning Working Group at UCSD)
Related international organizations
- IFDO Social Science and Data Archives
- US Census Bureau links to Statistical Agencies
- Fedstats links to US statistical agencies
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
- Social Science History Association(SSHA)
- American Library Association(ALA)
- American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)
- Canadian Association of Public Data Users (CAPDU)
- International Statistical Institute (ISI)
- Association of Public Data Users (APDU)
- Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CoData)
- International Federation of Data Organisations (IFDO)
- Research Libraries Group (RLG)
- Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)
Organizations of IASSIST members
A categorized list of links to our members' organizations.