Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Research, Statistics, Data and Systems
    Medicare Learning Network (MLN)

Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB)
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Unrestricted Access

WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Also Known as: WHOSIS
Guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Old WHOSIS URL

FEWS NET Africa Data Portal
Also Known as: Africa Data Dissemination Service
Satellite imagery data and digital mapping data (in ArcINFO export format) and attributed data for African regions and countries. Produced by U.S. Geological Survey with USAID for Famine Early Warning...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

IISH List of Datafiles of Historical Prices and Wages
International Institute of Social History (Netherlands). Data sets for Europe, with some non-European data (mostly Asian) pre-1914....   [more]
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Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank
Currency exchange and price data for Europe, c. 800 AD to 1815 AD....   [more]
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HMCA : Health and Medical Care Archive
Also Known as: HMCA ICPSR
USE OF HMCA DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access to quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on U.S. health care providers, health ...   [more]
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NACDA : National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: NACDA ICPSR
USE OF NACDA DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on aging an...   [more]
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National Archive of Criminal Justice Data     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: NACJD ICPSR
USE OF NACJD DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on U.S. and...   [more]
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
Also Known as: SAMHDA ICPSR
USE OF SAMHDA DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on substan...   [more]
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Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice     [find related records >>>]
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    BJS Data for Analysis
    Publications List

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: FJSRC, Urban Institute
Data on suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system, from the receipt of a criminal matter or arrest of suspect to release from prison into supervision. Stages of criminal...   [more]
Holdings: Data cover 1994 to present (currently 2001).
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Center for International Comparisons (Penn)
Also Known as: Penn World Table. CICUP
Conducting research into cross-country and inter-area comparisons of prices and national accounts. Producers of the Penn World Table, which provides data on purchasing power parity and national income...   [more]
Holdings: PWT: 1950-2000.
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Penn World Table
    CICUP Working Papers

CDC Wonder - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)     [find related records >>>]
Database of reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data by mortality, natality, disease and demographic groups. Access is free and registration is optional....   [more]
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Chemistry WebBook (NIST)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) WebBook provides access to the full array of data compiled and distributed by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program. ...   [more]
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
Region, approximate ranges and specific ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum....   [more]
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FASTATS - National Center for Health Statistics
Quick access to health-related topics arranged in an A-Z listing....   [more]
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National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Principal federal health statistics gatherer with links to other databases and health-related data points....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Data Warehouse
    Surveys and Data Collection Systems

State Data Center Program - U.S. Census Bureau
Access individual State Data Centers which provide census and demographic data....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Pennsylvania State Data Center

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Principal federal health statistics gatherer with links to other databases and health-related data points....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Data Warehouse
    Surveys and Data Collection Systems

CDC Wonder - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)     [find related records >>>]
Database of reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data by mortality, natality, disease and demographic groups. Access is free and registration is optional....   [more]
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Pennsylvania Department of Health
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Supplemental URLs
    Bureau of Health Statistics and Research

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The BRFSS, the world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States....   [more]
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Bureau of Labor Statistics     [find related records >>>]
U.S. Department of Labor...   [more]
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Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Data Resource Center (NIDCR/CDC)
Also Known as: Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Data Resource Center (NIDCR/CDC)
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Common Core of Data     [find related records >>>]
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National Education Association: Reports & Statistics     [find related records >>>]
Details regarding population, enrollment, classroom teachers, per pupil funding, student teacher ratios. Download full report as PDF. ...   [more]
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)     [find related records >>>]
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Supplemental URLs
    Education Statistics at a Glance
    Data Search Tools
    Survey and Program Areas
    Site Index

U.S. Department of Justice
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ARDA - Association of Religion Data Archives     [find related records >>>]
The Association of Religion Data Archive collects quantitative data sets for the study of American religion. The ARDA was established to meet four goals: preservation of data, improved access to data,...   [more]
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Condition of Education     [find related records >>>]
Covers 2000 - present....   [more]
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Third International Mathematics and Science Study     [find related records >>>]
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U.S. Department of Education     [find related records >>>]
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Statistics

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect     [find related records >>>]
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Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (Graduate Student Survey)     [find related records >>>]
National Science Foundation...   [more]
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Measuring Up: National Report Card on Higher Education     [find related records >>>]
From National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education....   [more]
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New Jersey Statewide Assessment Reports     [find related records >>>]
New Jersey Department of Education...   [more]
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USCIS - US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Also Known as: Immigration and Naturalization Service (former agency)
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Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....   [more]
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication....   [more]
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U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau
Contains various fact sheets and statistics concerning working women....   [more]
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Women of Color Health Data Book
From the National Women's Health Information Center. Relates health-related information as it affects Native American, Hispanic, Black American, and Asian American women. Also contains data on a wide...   [more]
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World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics
Updated tables for 2002. A statistical source-book that provides a comprehensive analysis of how women fare in different parts of the world. ...   [more]
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1997 Economic Census, Surveys of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
Provide valuable economic data on business owners' race, ethnicity, and gender. These surveys are part of the economic census program, which the Census Bureau is required to conduct every 5 years by l...   [more]
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Childinfo: Monitoring the situation of children and women - UNICEF
UNICEF's key statistical databases concerning women and children....   [more]
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Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Numeric data archive for public opinion polls. Access is mediated through requests from Penn Library to Roper Center. Related online resources include: Roper Center's online catalog of data sets; and ...   [more]
Holdings: 1936-present.
Supplemental URLs
    Roper Center Interactive Collection Map
    Topics at a Glance (inc. Presidential Approval)
    Roper Center Select Bibliography
    Roper iPoll
    Health Poll Database

General Social Survey
Also Known as: GSS
Omnibus personal interview survey of U.S. households, conducted almost annually....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Quick download: GSS 1972-2010 datasets (Roper Express)
    GSS Bibliography
    GSS 1972-2010 Quick Tables (with charts) (Berkeley SDA Archive)
    NORC Official GSS Site
    Extracting Data from the GSS into SPSS

Budget of the United States Government
Covers 1996 - present....   [more]
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Economic Report of the President
Covers 1995 - present....   [more]
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Historical Census Browser
Also Known as: Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-1960
Population and housing data for all U.S. states and counties, 1790 to 1960, based on decennial census of population and housing. Provides basic counts of population and housing, including race, gend...   [more]
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
Local, state, national, industry, and international data....   [more]
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Uniform Crime Reports
Includes Crime in the United States, 1995-present; Hate Crimes, 1995-present; and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 1996-present....   [more]
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School District Demographics     [find related records >>>]
From U.S. Census, data for 1990 and 2000....   [more]
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Odum Institute Data Archive
Also Known as: Harris Polls
Social science data archive, with holdings in economic, electoral, demographic, financial, health, and public opinion data. Repository for the Harris Polls. Also maintains the Public Opinion Poll Ques...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Public Opinion Poll Question Database

Measure DHS
Also Known as: Demographic and Health Surveys
USAID-funded program to collect and analyze demographic and health data for regional and national family planning and public health programs. Includes STATcompiler and HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Datab...   [more]
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Polling the Nations
Primary data, fulltext for approximately 250,000 individual questions and aggregated responses, often cross tabulated by respondent characteristics, compiled from public opinion surveys. Topics cove...   [more]

State of the Cities Data Systems     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: SOCDS, HUD User
Statistics for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and suburbs. Data include decennial census, current unemployment rates, jobs, business establishments, and average pay, violent crime and ...   [more]
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National Geophysical Data Center
The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is the national repository for geophysical data, providing a wide range of science data services and information. ...   [more]
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Micropaleontology Reference Collections
Provides microfossil data for download, collections covered include Diatoms, Foraminifers, Nannofossils, Radiolaria ...   [more]
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Large Marine Ecosystems of the World
The 50 Large Marine Ecosystems are regions of ocean space encompassing coastal areas from river basins and estuaries to the seaward boundaries of continental shelves and coastal current systems .They ...   [more]
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U.S. Census - Research Guide
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New Jersey Spatial Data Clearinghouse
The goal of this site is to provide New Jersey citizens and the GIS community with a comprehensive site to find and share GIS information, spatial data, interactive mapping applications and resources....   [more]
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Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive
Also Known as: CPANDA
Interactive digital archive of data on the arts and cultural policy in the United States. Includes data on artists, arts and cultural organizations, audiences, and funding for arts and culture....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    SDA Online Analysis
    Search Survey Questions

Geological Surveys
A linked list of geological surveys from the United States and around the world maintained by the University of Mainz....   [more]
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Pennsylvania Department of Education     [find related records >>>]
[more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    School Profiles
    Bureau of Special Education
    K-12 Statistics
    Higher Education and Adult Education Statistics

Philadelphia Police Department - Crime Statistics
Interactive crime maps dating back six months, homicide reports for 2007-present, monthly Part I crime totals from previous year....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Citywide Stats

OPA Property Search - Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment
Also Known as: Board of Revision of Taxes (Philadelphia), phila.gov
Current property assessment information for Philadelphia real estate. Searchable interface allows retrieval by block and specific address. Data items include land area, improvements, market value and ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    BRT site (superseded)

Executive Compensation Database (Philadelphia)
Salary, bonus, options, and benefits information on senior executives at publicly traded companies in the Philadelphia area....   [more]
Holdings: 2008-2010
Unrestricted Access

Datastream (local use only)     [find related records >>>]
Available in Lippincott Library at terminal 7B.
Financial statistical database with international coverage of stocks, bonds, interest rates, exchange rates and other economic indicators....   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    Datastream DSWindows Help Guide
    Datastream DS Windows - Economic Indicators and Forecasts Help Guide

National Center for Charitable Statistics
Also Known as: NCCS, Form 990, Urban Institute
National repository for data on the U.S. nonprofit sector. Includes data sets and analyses based upon electronic filings and survey information. Separate database of PDF-format IRS Form 990s, tax retu...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Form 990 (nonprofit tax returns)
    State Profiles of the Nonprofit Sector

Correlates of War 2
Also Known as: COW2
Data sets for studying the conditions associated with the outbreak of war. Longitudinal data, generally covering 1816-present, describe: state system membership, interstate wars, extrastate wars, intr...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    COW Dataverse

CPS on Web
Also Known as: Unicon, CPS Utilities
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Current Population Survey data, 1962-2001. Provides subsetting and extraction, crosstabulations, regression with supporting statistics, and graphing. Questions are matched ...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present, monthly surveys.
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HMDA On-Line Reports
Also Known as: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Information on home mortgage lending activity reported by HMDA depository institutions (banks, savings associations, and credit unions) and nondepository institutions, and mortgage insurance activity ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    FFIEC Census Reports (Census Tract data supporting HMDA analysis)

WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services     [find related records >>>]
Wharton Research Data Services - WRDS is a comprehensive sources of financial, accounting, economic, management, marketing, banking, and insurance data. WRDS offers access to the following databases: ...   [more]

Assessing the New Federalism
Also Known as: ANF, Urban Institute, National Survey of America's Families
DATA USE MAY REQUIRE FREE REGISTRATION. Urban Institute research project analyzing the devolution of social programs responsibility from the federal government to state governments. Topics include h...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Publications (by topic)
    National Survey of Americas Families (inc. CrossTabMaker)
    State Database
    Welfare Rules Database
    State TANF Income Calculator

National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership
Also Known as: NNIP, Urban Institute
Urban Institute program to facilitate the development of advanced information systems for conditions in U.S. city neighborhoods....   [more]
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EUGene
Also Known as: Expected Utility Generation and Data Management Program
REQUIRES DOWNLOADING EXECUTABLES AND VERY LARGE FILES! Data management tool for testing the expected utility theory of war and dispute resolution by subsetting and extracting international relations d...   [more]
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IPUMS     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, IPUMS-International, IPUMS-USA
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Census microdata from historic national censuses, U.S. and worldwide. Only provides microdata data sets, with data subsetting and extraction, and documentation. Frequency d...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    IPUMS-USA

National Survey of Families and Households
The NSFH is a comprehensive survey of American family life which interviewed a national probability sample of over 13,000 respondents in 1987-88. The sample was followed up in 1992-94, with face-to-fa...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    MIDAS (Sociometrics SSEDL) crosstab interface for NSFH 1988 1st wave
    Bibliography of Publications Using Data from NSFH
    NSFH citations from ICPSR Bibliography of Data-Related Literature

MABLE/Geocorr 2K Geographic Correspondence Engine
Presents relationships between geographic coverages for the United States, especially for Census 2000. MABLE/Geocorr v3.0 presents 1990 Census and 1980 Census. Geography covered: states, counties, cou...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    MABLE/Geocorr 3.0 (for 1990 Census and 1980 Census geography)

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) is an independent state agency responsible for addressing the problem of escalating health costs, ensuring the quality of health care, and ...   [more]
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Committee of Seventy
Also Known as: Committee of 70
Current and recent past Philadelphia election information, including ward-level vote counts, from the nonpartisan election watchdog group....   [more]
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National Science Foundation - Science Statistics     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: NSF
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UN - Habitat : Global Urban Indicators Database
Also Known as: GUO - Global Urban Observatory ; United Nations Commission on Human Settlements
ACCESS TO GUO DATA REQUIRES MICROSOFT EXCEL AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE.
UNCHS (Habitat) has developed an indicators system that contains a set of 23 key indicators and nine lists of qu...   [more]
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General Interest Data Sets & Statistics

UNSTATS
Also Known as: United Nations Common Database, UNCDB
Time series statistical information for countries collected from UN and related international governmental organizations. Topics covered include population composition and change; human settlements, h...   [more]
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FedStats
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies ...   [more]
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Proquest Statistical Insight     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: Statistical Universe, lexisnexis statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available....   [more]

U.S. Census Bureau     [find related records >>>]
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Unrestricted Access

All Other Data Sets & Statistics

County and City Data Book: 2000
Contains official population and housing data from the 2000 Census plus business and other data for all US counties, cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants, and places of 2,500 or more inhabitants....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

UK National Digital Archive of Datasets
Also Known as: NDAD
FREE BUT REQUIRES REGISTRATION. Documentation and data downloading from British central government agencies' data sets preserved by the UK National Archives (formerly Public Records Office). Data sets...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

International Statistical Agencies - US Census Bureau
list of national statistical web sites world-wide...   [more]
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DataFerrett Extraction and Review Tool (U S Census Bureau)
Also Known as: Data Ferrett DataWeb
A tool developed and supported by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other statistical agencies. Datasets are from CPS - Current Population Survey, ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

iPOLL
Also Known as: Roper Center, RPOLL
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Question-level data from public opinion polls. Almost 400,000 questions from polls, 1935 to present, based upon Roper Center-archived surveys with US national adult samples...   [more]
Holdings: 1935 to present. Updated daily.

Facts & Figures: Chronicle of Higher Education     [find related records >>>]
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National Crosswalk Service Center
Also Known as: xwalkcenter, NCSC, ALMIS
Provides concordances, indexes, and tools for comparing different U.S. government-produced occupational classifications and training program classifications. Crosswalks available include SOC or Standa...   [more]
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Global Atlas of Infectious Diseases
Also Known as: WHO
Standardized data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels from World Health Organization. Free online version presents only rabies and tuberculosis data annually...   [more]
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World Health Report
The principal annual statistical publication from the World Health Organization (WHO). Fulltext available for 1995 to present....   [more]
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World Database of Happiness
Covers scientific research on subjective appreciation of life. Includes Bibliography of Happiness, Happiness Queries (test question database), geographic and trend analyses of questions and citations ...   [more]
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indiastat.com     [find related records >>>]
To access full text click on "IP Login" from IndiaStat homepage.
IndiaStat database contains 35 distinct socio-economic aclassifications and within each of these classifications can be found num...   [more]

How Much Is That Worth Today?
Currency converters for comparative historical values of both US and UK currencies....   [more]
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Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
Also Known as: OxLAD MOxLAD
Statistical series for more than 40 economic and social indicators covering 1900-2000 for twenty Latin American countries....   [more]
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World Bank Africa Household Survey Databank
Bibliographic descriptions, with many fulltext documents, of survey data and documentation on socioeconomic household surveys conducted in Africa....   [more]
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WHO/Europe Information Sources
European Health for All database, European Health Report, Atlas of Health in Europe, and other statistical resources on health conditions in European countries. ...   [more]
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Passport GMID     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: Euromonitor's Global Market Information Database
Provides key business intelligence on countries, companies, 350+markets and consumers in over 200 countries, including statistics, in-depth market analysis reports and company profiles. Primarily focu...   [more]
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General Interest Data Sets & Statistics

The DataWeb
The DataWeb provides access to economic, health and demographic databases from the US government and private organizations. The portal is maintained by the Census Bureau and the CDC. You will need to ...   [more]
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All Other Data Sets & Statistics

UN Comtrade     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database
Annual detailed import / export commodity and trading partner statistics for 130 countries. Many countries have data from 1962. Commodities are classified by Standard International Trade Classif...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present
Supplemental URLs
    Comtrade website
    
    
    
    

U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants, Obligations and Loan Authorizations
Also Known as: USAID Greenbook
US AID's Greenbook shows a complete historical record of United States (U.S.) foreign aid to the rest of the world. The Greenbook reports all loans and grants authorized by the U.S. Government for eac...   [more]
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SEER-Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute is an authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. The SEE...   [more]
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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
Also Known as: US Bureau of Justice Statistics
Compiles statistics about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Contents derive from current published Sourcebook, with data for the forthcoming volume added as available....   [more]
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Global Development Finance     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: World Bank GDF Online
World Bank time series statistical data covering 1960 to the present, with forecast data for up to seven years, for the 210 countries reporting public and publicly-guaranteed debt. Data include extern...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    old interface url

Africa Development Indicators
Also Known as: World Bank Africa Development Indicators
Online access to detailed data on 53 African countries from 1960 to 2006, including over 1,000 indicators covering: National Accounts, Millennium Development Goals, Paris Declaration indicators, Priva...   [more]
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National and International Data Sources and Links - United Nations Statistics Division
The UN provides links to the statistical agencies of member countries, as well as the names and links (where available) for statistical yearbooks for each country....   [more]
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Roll of Emigrants to Liberia, 1820-1843; and Liberian Census Data, 1843
Data analysis and extraction interface for data sets on: Emigrants to the Colony of Liberia Sent by the American Colonization Society from 1820 to 1843; and Liberian Census Data, 1843....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Data sets, documentation - DPLS, Univ Wisconsin

International Financial Statistics Online     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: International Monetary Fund IFS, IMF IFS
- from IMF eLibrary
International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most countries of the world, current dat...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    IFS via old IMF interface

Japanese Data Archive
Also Known as: JPOLL Roper Center
REQUIRES FREE ONLINE REGISTRATION. Comprehensive question-level database of Japanese public opinion data, 1990-present. More than 10,000 questions with response frequencies translated from Japanese in...   [more]
Holdings: 1990-present
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Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
Also Known as: PASDA
The Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system (PASDA) is Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse. Included are Philadelphia municipal, census, and environmental shapefiles, as well ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Philadelphia City Files

National Archives Access to Archival Databases
Also Known as: AAD
Online access to a selection of databases and other highly structured electronic records collections held by the U.S. National Archives. Series include military and defense-related payments to foreign...   [more]
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U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base
The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world. ...   [more]
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Human Mortality Database
The Human Mortality Database (HMD) was created to provide detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students, journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of human l...   [more]
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GEOnet Names Server
Also Known as: GNS NIMA
International and foreign national names information...   [more]
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Geographic Names Information System
Also Known as: GNIS USGS FIPS55
Provides FIPS codes, latitude and longitude center points, other information for United States mapping features: political entities, towns, places, and other placenames including landmarks and topogra...   [more]
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UNIDO Industrial Statistics
CD-ROM available in Lippincott Library only
Global industrial statistics compiled by the United Nations. Coverage includes seven principle indicators of industrial statistics: n...   [more]
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UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of world trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and...   [more]
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REIS (Regional Economic Information System)
Available in Lippincott Library Only.
The REIS database provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1999. Statistics in the data base...   [more]
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1997 Economic Census
Profiles the US economy every 5 years, from the national to the local level....   [more]
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UNCTADstat
Statistics from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Includes international trade, economic trends, foreign direct investment (FDI), external financial resources, commodities and ma...   [more]
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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
Also Known as: HCUPnet
Provides aggregate national statistics and trends and selected state statistics about hospital stays, using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), and the...   [more]
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Cancer Mondial (World Cancer Statistics)
This website provides access to information on the occurrence of cancer world-wide held by the Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. ...   [more]
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Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) - UK     [find related records >>>]
[more]
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World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators
Also Known as: ITU World Telecommunication Indicators
Contains time series data for the years 1960, 1965, 1970 and annually from 1975-present for almost 200 sets of telecommunication/ICT statistics covering telephone network size, mobile services, Intern...   [more]

UNCTAD-TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System)
A comprehensive information system at the HS-based tariff line level covering tariff, para-tariff and non-tariff measures as well as import flows by origin for more than 140 countries ...   [more]
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NationMaster.com
Generate maps, graphs, charts, and country rankings for a broad range of numerical data extracted from a variety of authoritative sources, including U.S. and U.N. statistical publications. ...   [more]
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League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents
PDF-format document collection produced by Northwestern University Library. Contains 260 League of Nations documents, 1926-1946. Includes Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations....   [more]
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Living Standards Measurement Study
Also Known as: World Bank LSMS
Household survey datasets, documentation, and reports conducted in countries worldwide for the World Bank in 1986-present. Multitopic questionnaires collect data on households, covering housing charac...   [more]
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World Bank Research Datasets
Datasets compiled for World Bank research in agriculture, domestic and household finance, education, environment, globalization, governance, health, population and demography, industry, infrastructure...   [more]
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
Also Known as: transtats
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    transstats - provides data for downloading

Interagency Collaborative on Nursing Statistics
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European Social Survey
Biennial survey of attitudes, beliefs and behavior patterns of the populations of 19 European countries....   [more]
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Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Also Known as: PSID
Longitudinal study, 1968-present, of individuals in more than 7,000 U.S. families, emphasizing dynamic aspects of economic and demographic behavior, and including sociological and psychological measur...   [more]
Holdings: 1968-present.
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Supplemental URLs
    PSID/CDS Data and Documentation Center
    Child Development Supplement (CDS)
    PSID/CDS Bibliography (works using PSID or CDS data)
    ICPSR PSID data archive

Eagleton Poll Archive
Public opinion survey data and questionnaires from quarterly statewide polls of New Jersey residents, 1971-present....   [more]
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Census 2000 Special Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation
Also Known as: EEO Data Tool
Serves as the primary external benchmark for comparing the race, ethnicity, and sex composition of an organization's internal workforce, and the analogous external labor market, within a specified geo...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Descriptions and Additional Information

Social Science and Government Data Library, University of California Berkeley
Berkeley provides a lookup service, and downloadable data for 1990 census data. Also provides some 1970 files. ...   [more]
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World Values Survey
Also Known as: WVS
Cross-national survey, 1981 to present, on basic values and beliefs of national societies....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    WVS data (via ICPSR)
    Online analysis tool (SDA interface via UMich Library NSDS)

International Social Survey Programme
Also Known as: ISSP
Cross-national social survey program, 1985 to present. Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung web site includes PDF-format codebooks, browseable bibliography of publications....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    ISSP home page
    ISSP data (via ICPSR)

Asian Barometer
Cross-national survey of democratization and value changes....   [more]
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Afrobarometer
Comparative national public attitude surveys on democracy, markets, and civil society in Africa....   [more]
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    Afrobarometer data sets (via ICPSR)

Global Barometers
Overview web site on cross-national survey programs on social, economic, and political conditions....   [more]
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New Europe Barometer
Cross-national public opinion surveys covering Central European and Eastern European countries and Russia, 1991 to present. Formerly known as: New Russia Barometer, New Baltic Barometer, and New Democ...   [more]
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    Online analysis (coming soon! from TARKI)

Science and Engineering Indicators
Provides a broad base of quantitative information about U.S. science, engineering, and technology....   [more]
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People on War
Series of surveys on popular opinion in 13 countries that have experienced war on the basic rules of war and conflict behavior. Sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    PoW printed reports (via ICRC web)
    Public Perspective article on PoW
    Penn Library Web superseded page

Public Health Management Corporation
Also Known as: PHMC
The Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) is a non-profit, public health organization committed to improving the health of the community through outreach, education, research, planning, technica...   [more]
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    Research Publications

Adherents.com
Adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious b...   [more]
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LABORSTA
Statistics on worldwide labor, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labor cost, consumer price indices, occupational injuries, strikes and lockouts. Includes reference work, Sources & Metho...   [more]
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Philadelphia Data and Shapefiles
Philadelphia Census tract data and Shapefiles from 1940-2000. Block group data from 1990-2000. ...   [more]

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World Development Indicators     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: World Bank WDI Online
The World Bank's principal data source on the global economy. More than 550 time series, 1960-present, on more than 200 countries and 18 country groups, covering demographic, social, economic, financi...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    old interface url
    old interface url

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Journal of Statistics Education
- Information Service...   [more]
Holdings: 1993-
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    JSE Data Archive

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Also Known as: News Interest Index, Pew Global Attitudes Project
Research center polling public attentiveness to major political and public policy issues and to the media. Includes cross-national Pew Global Attitudes Project. News Interest Index polls Americans on ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Pew Center survey data sets (free downloading)
    News Interest Index -- most closely watched news stories of the decade
    Pew Global Attitudes Project

National Climatic Data Center Online Climate Data
NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center for M...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    NOAA National Data Centers - Online Data Access Policy

Circular Area Profiles
Also Known as: CAPS
A tool to aggregate 2000 and 2010 Census data to approximate circular areas using a point location -- latitude and longitude or ZIP Code -- and radius values. Data from Summary File 3, the standard MC...   [more]
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National Annenberg Election Survey
Also Known as: NAES
Reports from public opinion survey conducted daily during presidential election campaigns in 2000 and 2004 in a rolling cross-section design....   [more]
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Decennials - Census of Population and Housing
Also Known as: Historical census volumes
PDF-format versions of historic US decennial census volumes, 1790 to present. Topics covered include basic counts of population and housing, with race and gender, for the nation, states, counties, tow...   [more]
Holdings: 1790 to present (backfile in progress: 1790-1860, 1990-2000 available)
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Incarceration Atlas
State-level and federal-level U.S. prison and jail inmate characteristics and incarceration statistics. A Mother Jones project....   [more]
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Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
Also Known as: CIFP
Cross-national statistical data and risk assessment reports on domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, econom...   [more]
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Political Forecasting Special Interest Group
Also Known as: PollyVote, politicalforecasting.com
Public opinion poll summaries and analysis. ...   [more]
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State Health Facts Online
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online. This resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and s...   [more]
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Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center Database     [find related records >>>]
Statistics (including population information and the national census) compiled by Statistic Bureau & Statistics Center and other government agencies in Japan. ...   [more]
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Armed Conflict and Intervention Project
Data sets and bibliographic citations to data sets on world conflict regions, direct military interventions, political interaction events, bilateral trade flows, memberships in conventional intergover...   [more]
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Polity IV Project: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2008
Coded annual information on regime and authority characteristics for independent states....   [more]
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Political Instability Task Force
Also Known as: State Failure Task Force
"Internal Wars and Failures of Governance, 1955-2007." Comparative information on cases of total and partial state failure in independent countries. Events include wars, ethnic wars, adverse regime ch...   [more]
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Minorities at Risk
Also Known as: MARGene
Monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in countries worldwide. Provides risk assessments and chronologies for each group. MARGene -- Minorities at Risk Da...   [more]
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UN Register of Conventional Arms
Data on international arms transfers, military holdings, and procurement through national production and relevant policies, 1992-present, provided by UN member states. Covers major conventional arms, ...   [more]
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International Crisis Behavior Project
Data on international crises, protracted conflicts, and crisis actors from 1918 through 2001. ICB Online provides an interactive interface to text summaries of individual crises....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    International Crisis Behavior Online (interactive)

Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
U.S. Presidential election voting results, 1892-present. Attractive map and chart presentations for nation, states, and counties....   [more]
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Election Statistics / Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
Also Known as: Statistics of the presidential and congressional election , Statistics of the congressional election
Fulltext (PDF and HTML) of biennial reports on results of U.S. congressional elections and quadrennial reports on U.S. presidential and congressional elections, 1920-present....   [more]
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Das Fruhe Deutsche Buchtitelblatt
" Das fr|he deutsche Buchtitelblatt: Mainz, Bamberg, Stra_burg, Kvln, Basel, Augsburg und N|rnberg. Bibliographische Daten und Abbildungen." A large collection of early German title plages, with ...   [more]
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U.S. Electoral College - Office of the Federal Register, NARA
Electoral College statistics and electoral votes, 1789 to present. Includes calendars for current presidential election, FAQs. ...   [more]
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IMF Article IV Staff Reports
Fulltext annual country reports for IMF surveillance on national exchange rate, monetary, and fiscal policies, structural policies, financial sector issues, institutional issues, and assessments of ri...   [more]
Holdings: 1999-present
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Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
Also Known as: CSES
FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Cross-national collaborative program among election study teams in more than fifty countries, addressing the effects of electoral institutions on citizens' attitudes and ...   [more]
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Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
Household-based survey measuirng the effects of Russian reforms on the economic well-being of households and individuals, specifically household consumption and individual health....   [more]
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Health Poll Search
Searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues, including abortion, alcohol an drugs, bioterrorism and biological weapons, political campaigns, elections, leaders and health, children...   [more]
Holdings: 1935-present.
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UNICEF: Monitoring and Statistics
Economic and social statistics, especially children's well-being, on the countries of the world. Includes hyperlink to tables in State of the World's Children...   [more]
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Burden of Disease Project
Estimates of incidence, health state prevalence, severity and duration, and mortality for over 130 major causes, for WHO Member States and for sub-regions of the world, for the years 2000 and beyond. ...   [more]
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Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
Searchable database of Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index describing 11,000 homicides....   [more]
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International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Also Known as: IDEA
IDEA, an intergovernmental organization with member states across all continents, seeks to support sustainable democracy in both new and long-established democracies. Includes information on; politica...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    International IDEA Unified Database

Pew Internet and American Life Project
Survey data sets and reports on the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Downloadable data sets

Survey of Earned Doctorates
Annual survey of 42,000 new U.S. research doctoral graduates, examining their educational histories, funding sources, and post-doctoral plans....   [more]
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WebCaspar Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System
Crosstabulation engine for National Science Foundation-sponsored data sets on graduate study and academic research support, including Survey of Earned Doctorates / Doctorate Records File, Survey of Fe...   [more]
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Eurobarometer Survey Series
Also Known as: Central and Eastern Eurobarometer
Semiannual public opinion surveys for European countries conducted for the European Commission, 1974 to present. CEEB subset covers "candidate" countries, 1990 to 1997....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    European Commission public opinion sector
    Eurobarometer Survey Series data (via ICPSR)
    Central and Eastern Eurobarometer data (via ICPSR)
    Eurobarometer Interactive Search System
    Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend File, 1970-2002 (via ICPSR)

General Interest Data Sets & Statistics

American Factfinder     [find related records >>>]
Population, geographic, economic and geographic data....   [more]
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All Other Data Sets & Statistics

Aging Statistics / U.S. Administration on Aging
Includes decennial census Special Tabulation on Aging, Key Indicators of Well Being...   [more]
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Measuring America : the decennial censuses from 1790 to 2000
Reproduces decennial census schedules and forms, 1790 through 2000. Provides history of decennial census and specific questions....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    via HathiTrust

Roper Social and Political Trends Data, 1973-1994
Also Known as: Bowling Alone data
Selected questions from 207 near-monthly public opinion surveys conducted by the Roper Organization and its successors: typically, 12 questions on participation in political and social activities and ...   [more]

American Public Opinion and United States Foreign Policy Series
Data files for quadrennial survey of opinions of the U.S. general public and a select group of opinion leaders on U.S. foreign policy....   [more]
Holdings: 1975-present.

IDMC: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Also Known as: Global IDP Project: On People Displaced by War
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European State Finance Database
Time series finance, exchange, and price data for medieval and early modern European economic history. Includes some Spanish American data....   [more]
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Human Development Reports
Fulltext for UN Development Programme global, regional, and national reports, describing development issues, including human rights, poverty, education, economic reform, HIV/AIDS, globalization, capac...   [more]
Holdings: 1990-present (national reports published on irregular basis)
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World Bank Documents & Reports
Also Known as: World Development Sources, WDS
Page-image fulltext of more than 14,000 World Bank documents. Covers World Bank activities and interests worldwide in agriculture, economic policy, education and social protection, electrical power, o...   [more]
Holdings: 1960-present. Updated weekly.
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Tablemaker - Alan Guttmacher Institute
Country-level statistics on health and family planning worldwide. Topics covered include population characteristics and growth, economic development and employment, education and social indicators, he...   [more]
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State of the World's Children
UNICEF annual publication, provides overview statistics on nutrition, education, economic, social, and health issues affecting children worldwide and treats a single issue in depth: girls, education a...   [more]
Holdings: 1996-present.
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National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
The NHGIS is a project at the University of Minnesota designed to collect GIS data for the United States at the smallest possible Geographic level. Currently the geographic boundary files include sta...   [more]
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American Communities Project
Also Known as: Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences
Geographic mapping tools, statistical data, and reports on trends affecting US neighborhoods, cities, and regions regarding population, public schools, public health, crime, elections, economic condit...   [more]
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IZF.net: le portail de la Zone Franc CFA
Also Known as: Investir en Zone Franc
Information and documents on the Francophone West and Central African economic zone, Zone Franc CFA....   [more]
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International Development Statistics online
Also Known as: Development Assistance Committee, Creditor Reporting System
Requires free annual registration. OECD-collected data on international aid and other resource flows. Includes: DAC online (Development Assistance Committee aggregate data) and CRS online (Creditor Re...   [more]
Holdings: 1973-present
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National Women's Health Indicators Database
Produced by the Office of Women's Health and the National Women's Health Information Center. National, regional, state and county data are available by gender, race, ethnicity, and age. You can make ...   [more]
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Social Science Electronic Data Library
Also Known as: Sociometrics SSEDL
- from Sociometrics
A numeric data archive providing microdata for research into AIDS/STD, disability in the U.S., the American family, adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention, aging, and maternal drug abuse, ...   [more]

Federal Assistance Award Data System
Also Known as: FAADS
Data on all types of financial assistance awards made by Federal agencies to all types of recipients, by quarter. Provides Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) program code number and name, t...   [more]
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Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Also Known as: CFFR
Federal expenditures or obligations for the following categories: grants, salaries and wages, procurement contracts, direct payments for individuals, other direct payments, direct loans, guaranteed or...   [more]
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HHS Data Council Gateway to Data and Statistics
A "web-based tool that brings together key health and human services data and statistics. It is designed to complement other government resources such as FirstGov and FedStats. The Gateway covers fede...   [more]
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Fragile State Index
Comparative tool scoring a country's violent internal conflicts and the impact of mitigating strategies. In addition to rating indicators of state failure that drive conflict, it offers techniques for...   [more]
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Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition     [find related records >>>]
The best starting-place for statistical information on the United States, for the colonial era and 1790-2000 (including the Confederate States of America). Presents 37,339 data series on population (i...   [more]

Energy Information Administration. EIA.
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ICRG Researchers Dataset
Also Known as: PRS Group International Country Risk Guide Researchers Dataset
Political risk time-series data, 1984-2005, from International Country Risk Guide Table 3B....   [more]
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UK Data Archive
REQUIRES FORMAL REGISTRATION....   [more]
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YBP Annual Book Price Update
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Earmarks
US OMB-hosted database of funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation p...   [more]
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NMRShiftDB
A free NMR database of organic structures that includes spectrum prediction and peer-reviewed datasets. NMRShiftDB uses open source software....   [more]
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Database (NIAID)
A free web resource from the NIAID's Division of AIDS focused on HIV / OI / TB therapeutics data and literature....   [more]
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Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project
Provides community indicators for the Nine County Metropolitan Area. Indicators include: arts, health, education, quality of life, taxes, etc. Each indicator includes an essay describing the region an...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    MetroPhilaMapper

Worldwide Governance Indicators (World Bank)
Aggregate and individual governance indicators for 212 countries and territories over the past decade, for six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Vi...   [more]
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GaWC World City Relational Data
Also Known as: Globalization and World Cities study group & network
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EMIS     [find related records >>>]
Full-text news, financial, economic and market information focusing largely on emerging market countries....   [more]

Roman Provincial Coinage Online
Database describing Antonine period (AD 138-192) Roman provincial coinage, based upon holdings of major coin cabinets. Searchable by coin type imagery, mint city, minting date, magistrate and other na...   [more]
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Open Doors     [find related records >>>]
Information on international students in the US and worldwide. Since UPenn is a member of IIE, students, faculty, and staff may request an individual, temporary password from IIE. Send email to membe...   [more]
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Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1789-2006
Also Known as: Wilkes University Election Statistics Project
County-level election returns for Pennsylvania covering U.S. presidential (1789-2000), U.S. senatorial (1912-2000), and Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections (1790-2002), with calculated percentages an...   [more]
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General Interest Data Sets & Statistics

Social Explorer     [find related records >>>]
The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United Sta...   [more]
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Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research data
Data sets include Forcibly Displaced Populations, Major Episodes of Political Violence, PITF State Failure Problem Set, High Casualty Terrorist Bombings, Memberships in Conventional Intergovernmental ...   [more]
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ICPSR International Data Resource Center (IDRC)
USE OF IDRC DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR with an int...   [more]
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Latin American Public Opinion Project
Also Known as: AmericasBarometer
Surveys of citizens of Latin America on their political views - specifically on democratic values and their behaviors related to democracy. Topics covered include the extent to which women may be excl...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    LAPOP data analysis and crosstabs

WER's ZIP Code Changes Report
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HOLIS 14 Points application
Reports on humanitarian aid from EU country donors and ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Office). Provides dollar values and brief descriptions of individual relief programs....   [more]
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Financial Tracking Service
Real-time database tracking all reported international humanitarian aid....   [more]
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A Vision of Britain Through Time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends, census data and historical descriptions....   [more]
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Project Atlas: Resources for Mental Health
WHO reports and statistics on mental health worldwide, produced by Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse....   [more]
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American National Election Studies
Also Known as: ANES National Election Studies NES
Time series data from surveys conducted during U.S. presidential and congressional election years, 1948-present....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    ANES data sets and codebooks (via ICPSRdirect)
    SDA interface to ANES 2000 data (crosstabs, subsetting, extracts)
    NES Bibliography
    NES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
    ANES data sets and codebooks (alternative via ICPSRdirect)

National Faculty Salary Survey     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: CUPA-HR National Faculty Salary Survey , NFS Survey
- from publisher website
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Holdings: 2008, 2009
Supplemental URLs
    07-08 Survey
    08-09 Survey
    General NFS reports download area
    09-10 Survey
    10-11 Survey

Migration and Remittances - World Bank Prospects
Comparative data and reports on international migration and transfers of funds from migrants to nation of origin....   [more]
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Economagic: Economic time series page
Provides free economic time series data sets for U.S., regions, and countries. Penn Libraries does not have a subscription for Excel output....   [more]
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EconData
A great first stop for identifying public and private data source on U.S. demographic, economic, social, and other topics....   [more]
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UrbanInfo
Also Known as: UN Human Settlements Programme
Interactive data tool providing time series data for cities worldwide....   [more]
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DevInfo
USE INTERNET EXPLORER. UN time series data tool, providing interactive interface to specific national, regional, and global project data. Regions covered include: India, Palestinian Authority, Zimbabw...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    DevInfo 6.0 (2011)

European Reference Index for the Humanities - ERIH
Journal ranking for humanities, sponsored by European Science Foundation. Subjects covered include: Social Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Architectural and Design History, ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    ERIH Initial Lists of Journals

IMF Data Mapper
Choropleth mapping and data graphing for IMF time series, including variables from World Economic Outlook, Balance of Payments Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, AFR Regional Economic Outlook,...   [more]
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UNdata
The central statistical information service for the United Nations and its affiliates and international partners. Replaces UNSTATS....   [more]
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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
Current monthly economic statistics and estimates, 1997-2010, for countries and regions worldwide, published by United Nations Statistics Division. Includes: Indices of world industrial production by ...   [more]
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Commitment to Development Index
Rates 21 rich countries on how much they help poor countries build prosperity, good government, and security. Each rich country gets scores in seven policy areas, which are averaged for an overall sco...   [more]
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
A single multisource dataset of trans-Atlantic slave voyages containing British, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch data. Provides details on 34,941 voyages....   [more]
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General Interest Data Sets & Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States - U.S. Census Bureau     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: Historical Statistics of the United States ;
The National Data Book. Annual statistics, 1878-present (with seperate volumes covering Colonial Times to 1970), covering population, vital statistics, health and nutrition, education, law enforcement...   [more]
Holdings: 1878-present (backfile in progress)
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Government Finance Statistics
Also Known as: IMF Government Finance Statistcs, IMF GFS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Supplemental URLs
    GFS via old IMF interface

APACIC - Asian Pacific American Census Information Center (U Md AASP)
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Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
Also Known as: Anuario estadistico de America Latina y el Caribe
The statistical annual of ECLAC, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. The complete fulltext publication is available for download starting with the 1999 edition....   [more]
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Kids Count Data Center
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Social Science Research and Instructional Council - Teaching Resources Depository
Also Known as: SSRIC/TRD, SPSS Tutorial
Data sets, documentation, exercises, and instructional material to facilitate the use of social science data. Modules providing SPSS portable format data sets include decennial census data, California...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    SPSS for Windows Version 11.0: A Basic Tutorial

Flow of Funds Accounts U.S.     [find related records >>>]
Federal Reserve national flow of funds accounts show the types of issuers, investors, and market intermediaries that buy and sell securities in the U.S. capital market. The national flow of funds acc...   [more]
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European business facts and figures     [find related records >>>]
Comprehensive picture of the structure, development and characteristics of European business and its different activities...   [more]
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Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)
The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) is a European Space Agency astronomical satellite observatory that collected data between November 1995 and April 1998. ...   [more]
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NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
Operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, this resource enables one to search objects, data ...   [more]
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OECD.Stat
- from OECD iLibrary
Integrated search and tabulation interface for OECD statistical databases....   [more]

Economic Research at St. Louis Fed (FRED, ALFRED, FRASER, CASSIDI)
Time series data for U.S. macroeconomic research....   [more]
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Unionstats.com
Also Known as: Union Membership and Coverage Database from the CPS
Union Membership and Coverage Database from the CPS, providing private and public sector labor union membership, coverage, and density estimates from the Current Population Survey. Geography includes ...   [more]
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ReSAKSS - Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System
Data visualization tool for Africa-wide evidence-based decisionmaking regarding agriculture for development in Africa....   [more]
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International Household Survey Network
IGO partnership sharing information and resources on household surveys worldwide. Provides searchable catalog of past, current, and proposed surveys, many with association documentation....   [more]
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Science Works for US
Documents economic stimulus funding for university research activities nationwide. Identifies universities receiving funding through ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provides ...   [more]
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Report Card on the Schools, 2002-present     [find related records >>>]
From the Philadelphia Inquirer...   [more]
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Measure of America: American Human Development Project
The Human Development Index for the United States, providing graphical tools to present data on social and economic development among states and metropolitan areas. Produced by the American Human Deve...   [more]
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Community Health Data Base - Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey microdata
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USA Counties
US Census Bureau data for US counties and states. Comparable to County and City Data Book and State and Metropolitan Area Data Book....   [more]
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County and City Data Books (1944-2000 editions)
Interactive US Census Bureau historic demographic, social, economic, and industry data on US cities, counties, and states. Produced from CCDB data files by University of Virginia Library...   [more]
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Regional Economic Accounts (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)
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U.S. Official Development Assistance Database
Statistics on U.S. flows to developing countries, presenting annual data, 2005-present, as defined by the OECD for its OECD DAC program. Comparable to the Greenbook, but data differ between these two ...   [more]
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ForeignAssistance.gov
A view of U.S. Government foreign assistance funds and enables users to examine, research, and track aid investments in a standard and easy-to-understand format. ...   [more]
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AidData
Comprehensive and up-to-date project-level development finance and foreign aid data portal, covering multilateral and bilateral donor foreign aid projects during 1945-2009. Includes OECD CRS data and ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
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China Data Online     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: China statistical data, China census data, China Spatial Data Reports and Maps, DemographicsNowChina, China Geo-Explorer
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Global Health Observatory - WHO
Statistical information and country profiles on health conditions, access to health, and related topics worldwide....   [more]
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Manifesto Project Database
Measures policy preferences for political parties in 50 countries worldwide, 1945-present, ...   [more]
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African Statistical Yearbook
Online version of recent issues of regional statistical compendium, jointly produced by UN Economic Commission for Africa, African Development Bank, and the African Union....   [more]
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Cell Counter
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Choc Tox
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ivDripRate
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VetMath
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VetPDA Calcs
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European Election Database
Election data for European countries, 1990-present, covering national parliament and presidential elections, EU parliamentary elections, and EU-related referendums. Data are aggregated, following EU N...   [more]
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FAOSTAT
Annual time series data, 1961-present, on countries worldwide, produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Covers food production and trade, food supply and food security ...   [more]
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CountrySTAT (FAO)
User-friendly presentation of country-level food and agricultural statistics for African countries. Produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations....   [more]
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Angus Maddison's Historical Statistics
Time series for world population, GDP and GDP percapita covering nations, 1 AD - 2008 AD....   [more]
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Economic History Data Desk: Economic History of Latin America, United States and New World, 1500-1900
Data Sets and related materials on Colonial Latin American commodity prices, mineral production, and related topics; the Royal treasury accounts from the cajas of Spanish Mexico and Peru. Also include...   [more]
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PhilaDox - Historical Index Info
PDF-format page images for Philadelphia County deed registers. Accessible through DOR Parcel Explorer, which provides Register, Sheet, and Line numbers as parcel identifiers....   [more]
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TradeStats Express
US national trade data, 1989-last year (annual) and current year quarters, by HS, NAICS, and SITC classifications: Global Patterns of U.S. Merchandise Trade; Product Profiles of U.S. Merchandise Trade...   [more]
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Philadelphia Election Results
Election results, 2002 through 2010, by candidate, Philadelphia ward and precinct, vote type. Covers general elections, primaries, and special elections. Breaks out votes by machine, absentee ballot, ...   [more]
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World Bank Open Data & Data Catalog
Quick access to World Bank economic indicators, and overview of World Bank data resources. Includes links to: World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, G...   [more]
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Global Economic Monitor (World Bank)
Daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial...   [more]
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Astronomical datasets for statistical analysis
From Penn State's Center for Astrostatistics, a list of astronomical data sets for statistical analysis. Includes univariate, censored, and multivariate data sets. Also signal processing (spectra and ...   [more]
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OECD iLibrary     [find related records >>>]
Also Known as: Source OECD, SourceOECD
Publications and statistical information from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) covering agriculture and food, education and skills, emerging economies and transition e...   [more]

Medical Assistance, Food Stamps and Cash Assistance statistics reports (PA Dept of Public Welfare)
Archives of MA-FOOD-STAMPS-AND-CASH-STATS@LISTSERV.DPW.STATE.PA.US. Provides MS Excel tables for monthly data releases from Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Data releases cover PA counties w...   [more]
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Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - data files
Data files on U.S. Presidential and Congressional and State Gubernatorial election results, acquired for Penn faculty, students, and staff....   [more]
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Clinical Guidelines from ACP
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ASTM Manuals, Monographs and Data Series
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IMF eLibrary Data
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Splash page for IMF's IFS and GFS subscription data sets, plus other IMF data sources....   [more]
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Solutions
iPhone app calculates chemical solutions/dilutions and molecular weight....   [more]
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