LibGuides: History: Statistical Resources: Statistical Databases

Statistical Databases

Alternative Energy eTrack - now called GlobalData Power This link opens in a new window
Research and business news, company and industry analysis, forecasts and market intelligence data for alternative energy technologies, including wind, hydro, solar, ocean, geothermal, biofuels, fuel cells. Global coverage. Downloading or exporting information is not permitted.
Sage Data (formerly DataPlanet) This link opens in a new window
More than 5,000 datasets presented in 2+ billion views of data (maps, trends, tables, rankings). The datasets are sourced from reputable public and private organizations and cover topics across 16 broad subject areas, including education, population and income, industry, commerce, trade, housing and construction, and much more. All of the data have been standardized and structured, and are described with 37 fields of metadata.

re3data.org: Registry of Research Data Repositories
A tool for helping people identify and locate online repositories of research data. Users and bibliographers create and curate records that describe data repositories that users can search.

Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Access data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade - quantitative facts of American History. ca. 1790-present.
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research provides a place for depositing and downloading data from a variety of sources. full documentation is provided and searcahable for each dataset, including the variable descriptions. Data downloading available for Carnegie Mellon uses only.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Reports and data on international economics, energy, development, education, environment, employment, patents, R&D, finance, agriculture, industry, science, social expenditures, trade, transportation, etc. from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
Index to thousands of statistical publications on all topics;data either online or on microfiche in Hunt Library. Dates vary by statistical resources, generally ca. 1970s-present.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Historical census data and demographic information down to block group level, with maps and reports from 1790-2000.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics on populations, industries, economics, media, opinion, politics, lifestyles, and many other topics - easy to use - downloadable with publication rights - reports and graphic displays available.
World DataBank This link opens in a new window
World Bank datasets for development indicators for all countries in finance, communications, environment, education, labor, health, and economics, for 208 countries, 1960 – present.

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