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Data Science: Finding Datasets

Selected Sources of Data

  •  American Census Data
    Data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.
  • American Psychological Association Data Sets
     A wealth of shared data are available for use in psychological science research.
  • Damodaran Online 
    Damodaran Online offers corporate finance and valuation data that are collected and organized by Dr. Aswath Damodaran, the professor from Stern School of Business at New York University.  
  • Data.gov 
    The home of the U.S. Government’s open data
  • DataPortals
    DataPortals.org is the most comprehensive list of open data portals in the world. It is curated by a group of leading open data experts from around the world - including representatives from local, regional and national governments, international organisations such as the World Bank, and numerous NGOs.
  • DataZoa
     DataZoa offers hundreds of authoritative, original data sources, freely accessible to everyone.
  •  Google Dataset Search 
    Dataset Search is a search engine for datasets.
  • Harvard Dataverse Network
    The Harvard Dataverse Repository is a free data repository open to all researchers from any discipline, both inside and outside of the Harvard community, where you can share, archive, cite, access, and explore research data. Each individual Dataverse collection is a customizable collection of datasets (or a virtual repository) for organizing, managing, and showcasing datasets.
  • IMF DataMapper
    The IMF DataMapper publishes a wide selection of the key economic indicators
  • Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
     Data sets for the social and behavioral sciences; c
  • Mergent Intellect
    Provides industry profiles, data, and descriptions on worldwide public and private companies from Dun and Bradstreet, U.S. consumer information, and more
  • National Archive of Criminal Justice Data 
    Established in 1978, the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. 
  • National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
    The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. 
  • Public Data Sets (Amazon Web Services)
    This registry exists to help people discover and share datasets that are available via AWS resources.
  • Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection 
    Features data from social networks, online reviews and more.  
  • The World Bank 
    Free and open access to global development data
  • U. S. Bureau of Economic Data 
    The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is your source of accurate and objective data about the nation's economy.
  • UN Statistical Databases 
    Directory of UN statistical databases from the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library.
  • United Nations Data
     UNdata is a web-based data service for the global user community. It brings international statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single-entry point. Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies. 
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