ICPSR – Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Science

March 2013 Database of the Month

Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Science (ICPSR) acquires, preserves, enhances, and distributes original social science research data for research and instruction.

ICPSR data span many disciplines including sociology, political science, criminology, history, education, demography, gerontology, international relations, public health, economics, and psychology.

ICPSR Provides Unique Services and Tools:

• Efficient search tools to readily locate data

• Online data analysis tools that enable users to analyze data without downloading files or using specialized statistical software. More information.

• Bibliography of Data-Related Literature containing over 40,000 citations to publications based on ICPSR data, with links to full text of publications and associated data

• New data notification via the ICPSR Web site, via email subscription, and through RSS feeds