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Political Science
Brexit Resources
- UK Data ServiceIncludes global data plus European Social Survey, British Election Survey, British Social Attitudes Survey, Annual Population Survey, Labour Force Survey, Census data
Data Sources
Every day more data is available online by public and private agencies. When you search for a topic, include the terms "data," "repository," and/or "dataset" to narrow your search. If you need assistance interpreting the data, you can contact the Reference Desk. Interpreting political science data is an important part of your coursework. Your research may include: Conflict Politics, Demographic Data, Economic Data, Elections, Political Indicators, Public Opinion Polls. Or think about what topic or agency you want to start with from the list below . . .
U.S. Government Sources
- govinfoGPO's beta website that will eventually replace the Federal Digital System (FDsys) public website.
Congressional Research
- Congressional Research Service Reports (UNT Digital Library)http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/CRSR/.
- Congressional Research Service Reports (National Agricultural Law Center)CRS Reports about agriculture and food issues.
Data Sources
- American National Election StudiesData on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists
- IQSS (Institute for Qualitative Social Science at Harvard) Dataverse NetworkLinks to a large collection of social science research data
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social ResearchSearch for words or phrases in the title field, by investigator, by study number or in all fields of this huge collection of data sets at the University of Michigan. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a member of ICPSR.
- State Data CenterCooperative program between the states and the Census Bureau that was created in 1978 to make data available locally to the public through a network of state agencies, universities, libraries, and regional and local governments