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Morgan State Data and GIS Hub

The landing page for Richardson Library's data services

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This page links to governmental, institutional and topic-specific data sources.  

  • See the Library's Census guide HERE
  • The principal portal for Federal government data is Data.gov 
  • Topical Data Source - Links to other pages oriented around academic programs and research areas
  • ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) A large repository of user, stud y and agency generated data
  • General Data Sources Some other large or popular data sources

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is an American political science and social science research consortium, based at the University of Michigan. It was founded in 1962.   An integral part of the infrastructure of social science research, ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction with over 16,000 discrete studies/surveys and more than 70,000 datasets.

  • Spatial Scope: Global data and data sources
  • Temporal scope : Datasets range from pre-modern to present (1000 AD is the earliest date accepted in the data filter)

Filter options:

  • Subject term
  • Geography (place name)
  • Restriction Type (Publicly available and restricted)
  • Data Format (SPSS, SAS, State, delimited, R, online)
  • Collection Methods (survey, aggregate, etc.)
  • Data Type (Quantitative, Qualitative, spatial)
  • Time Method (Longitudinal, cross section, time series, etc.)
  • Time period ( input rage from 1000 AD to present)
  • Recent Releases (by last years, quarter, month and week)
  • Funding Agency
  • Thematic Collection
  • Data Availability (Public Data and Member-funded Data)
  • Investigator (personal or corporate names)
  • Mode of data collection (similar to Collection methods)
  • Archival Source
  • Investigator Affiliation

Thematic Collections

Direct URL : https://www.childandfamilydataarchive.org/cfda/pages/cfda/index.html
The Child and Family Data Archive (CFData) is the place to discover, access, and analyze data on early care, education, and families. CFData hosts datasets about young children, their families and communities, and the programs that serve them.

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/DSDR/
DSDR archives data on mother and child health, health disparities, and the human lifecycle for secondary analysis. This project advances research on population health and human development by offering access to data for studying critical issues related to these topics. Funded by NICHD

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/HMCA/
This archive provides access and analysis of data collections funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. HMCA’s goal is to increase the understanding of health and health care and the factors that contribute to health in the United States.

Direct URL https://archive.icpsr.umich.edu/nanda/home
This archive provides publicly available data containing information about places in the United States. NaNDA offers theoretically-derived, spatially-referenced, nationwide measures of the physical and social environment.

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/NADAC/index.html
Free and easy access to data on the arts and on the arts' value and impact for individuals and communities.

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACDA/
NACDA offers downloadable data on aging and the life course, such as MIDUS and NSHAP, for reuse and analysis. You can also find podcasts, researcher interviews, user support, and data sharing options (both curated and self-published). Funded by NIA

Direct URL https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NAHDAP/
NAHDAP offers access to data on drug addiction and HIV behaviors (for example, the PATH Study and Monitoring the Future) and provides user support and specialized training for depositors and data users. Funded by NIDA

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/NACJD/
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is the place to discover, access, and analyze data on crime and criminal justice. We promote data reuse to reproduce analytical findings and facilitate new research. NACJD is funded by the Office of Justice Programs. We are the official archive for data produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), as well as data collections sponsored by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/odf/index.html
Serving as a central location for housing Flint-based data gathered from academic institutions, local organizations, and federal agencies. The data are made available to researchers, policy makers, general public, and others interested in Flint.

Direct URL : https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/
OpenICPSR is a self-publishing repository for social, behavioral, and health sciences research data. openICPSR is particularly well-suited for the deposit of replication data sets for researchers who need to publish their raw data associated with a journal article so that other researchers can replicate their findings.

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/pcodr/
This repository offers clinical data collected primarily from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) programs: Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science and Healthcare Delivery and Disparities Research. The goal is to encourage scientifically rigorous secondary use of clinical research data to foster scientific advances and improve clinical care and patient outcomes.

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/RCMD/
RCMD seeks to assist in the public dissemination and preservation of quality data to generate more "good science" for years to come. Finally, RCMD wants to be part of an interactive community of persons interested and be involved in minority-related issues/investigations in order to make possible the broadest scope of research endeavors and examinations.

Direct URL : https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/sbeccc/
A center for communication and collaboration on COVID-19 related research, SBE CCC streamlines information-sharing between our NIH-funded consortium members, the behavioral and social science community, and the public.

Direct URL : https://socialmediaarchive.org/
The Social Media Archive (SOMAR) is a revolutionary initiative and data resource that makes social media data accessible and useful to researchers like never before. Our archive contains a wide range of data collected from large-scale social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit, as well as smaller, more specialized data sets focused on specific research topics. These data sets have been collected and curated by researchers from around the world, and they cover various topics such as political communication, online behavior, and social networks.

Direct URL : https://census.icpsr.umich.edu/
Preserves and disseminates survey instruments, specifications, data dictionaries, codebooks, and other materials provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Generic Data Resources

APIs

More Data Resources

  • GitHub Repositories

    • GitHub is a popular platform for sharing code and data. Many repositories include README files that can serve as good examples. You can search for repositories related to your field of interest and review their README files.

  • Kaggle Datasets

    • Kaggle is a platform for data science competitions and data sharing. Many datasets on Kaggle include README files that provide comprehensive details about the data.

  • Zenodo

    • Zenodo is an open-access repository where researchers can share datasets, software, and other research outputs. Many datasets on Zenodo include README files.

  • Dryad Data Repository

    • Dryad is a curated resource that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Datasets on Dryad often include detailed README files.

  • Figshare Data

    • Figshare is an online digital repository where researchers can preserve and share their research outputs, including datasets with README files.

  • Open Science Framework (OSF)

    • OSF is a free and open platform to support research and enable collaboration. Projects on OSF often include README files.

  • Public Data Repositories

    • Harvard Dataverse: The Harvard Dataverse is an online data repository where researchers can share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data. Many datasets include comprehensive README files.
    • ICPSR: The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research provides access to an extensive archive of social science data. Datasets often come with detailed documentation and README files.
    • Data.gov: Data.gov is the U.S. government's open data portal. It includes datasets from various federal agencies, many of which include README files for better understanding and use.
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