compiled by the EBSS Reference Sources & Services Committee[1], a division of the Association of College and Research Libraries. We created this directory with the goal of creating a resource for librarians who regularly need to find statistics for their patrons. We welcome additions or comments. General United States Statistics, Education Statistics, Gerontology Statistics, Psychology Statistics, Social Work Statistics
a quick list of companies working to aggregate, distribute, and market data via the Internet. While there are definitely differences in their goals/business models, each of these organizations has an interest in warehousing semi-public data sources for general consumption.
National Archives and Records Administration. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has 149 files of the Censuses of Manufactures, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1992. You can find the series description, as well as the file descriptions, in NARA's Archival Research Catalog (ARC), www.archives.gov/research/arc. The ARC ID for the series description is 574852, and it can be used as the keyword to retrieve the description.
Roughly the specification consists of 2 parts: 1. A schema (in essence DCAT) specifying a serialization of Dataset information, and 2. A protocol / API for getting this information from a compliant data catalogue site.
Data Sources on Older Americans (DSOA) highlights the contents of government-sponsored surveys and products containing statistical information about the older population. All Federal agencies are invited to contribute to this report and participate in the Forum. Starting in 2009, DSOA includes some non-federal data sources. T he Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
tool for helping people identify and locate online repositories of research data. Over 200 data repositories have been cataloged in Databib, with more being added every week. Users and bibliographers create and curate records that describe data repositories that users can browse and search.
DataCatalogs.org aims to be the most comprehensive list of open data catalogs in the world. It is curated by a group of leading open data experts from around the world - including representatives from local, regional and national governments, international organisations such as the World Bank, and numerous NGOs. see also The Data Hub, CKAN, and the Open Knowledge Foundation.
DataFirst is a Survey Data Archive and training facility at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The Archive’s holdings include the datasets from all major South African surveys, as well as survey data from other African countries. Researchers can access the data and supporting documentation from the DataFirst Resource Centre. Researchers further afield can download data documentation and public access datasets via the DataFirst data catalogue. The website provides access to bibliographies of literature using the survey data. These bibliographies include links to the full-text articles where these are available.
The Datahub provides free access to many of CKAN's core features, letting you search for data, register published datasets, create and manage groups of datasets, and get updates from datasets and groups you're interested in. You can use the web interface or, if you are a programmer needing to connect the Datahub with another app, the CKAN API.