Social Science Data Repositories
The following sites contain downloadable data sets for analysis by subject area. Some of the sites are available for data set deposit, check with your librarian if you are looking to find a repository to deposit your research data.
- American Census DataPrimary way to access Census Bureau data, including releases from the 2018 American Community Survey, 2017 Economic Census, 2020 Census and more. Use data.census.gov to view, print, and download statistics about population, housing, industry, and business.
- American Psychological Association (APA) - Links to Data Sets and RepositoriesA wealth of shared data are available for use in psychological science research. These data span a wide variety of topics. This site contains examples of electronically available behavioral and social science data.
- Harvard Dataverse in the Social SciencesAn open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data.
- Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in many social science fields.
- National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) promotes secondary analysis of child abuse and neglect data by providing researchers with high quality datasets, documentation and technical support, and encourages collaboration within the scientific community.