LibGuides: Political Science 503: Methods and Data

Methods Resources

Social Sciences Data: ICPSR and More
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SAGE Research Methods
Designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method, SAGE Research Methods includes more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research.

About Social Science Data

Bibliography of Data-Related Literature

"The Bibliography of Data-Related Literature is a continuously-updated database of thousands of citations of works using data held in the ICPSR archive. The works include journal articles, books, book chapters, government and agency reports, working papers, dissertations, conference papers, meeting presentations, unpublished manuscripts, magazine and newspaper articles, and audiovisual materials."

Datasets

ICPSR

A major source for social science datasets for Washington State University faculty and students is the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. You can download directly from ICPSR to any computer on one of the WSU campuses. For more information about acquiring data files and what machine readable data files are held in the Holland and Terrell Libraries, see the Social Sciences Data: ICPSR and More library guide.

Finding data * Using Data * Data Management * Archiving Data

ICPSR Data User Help Center (Audio/Visual Tutorials)

Other Datasets and Data Archives

Pew Internet and American Life Project Datasets

For a more detailed resource page, with links to more social sciences data resources, see the Social Sciences Data: ICPSR and More library guide.

Comparative Agendas Project
"The Policy Agendas Project collects and organizes data from various archived sources to trace changes in the national policy agenda and public policy outcomes since the Second World War."
Annenberg Public Policy Center Datasets
WorldBank Data
Over 1000 indicators
Institute for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) Data Archive
Yale
American National Election Studies
General Social Survey
International Monetary Find eLibrary
A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787 - 1825

UNdata
Combines 34 United Nations databases in a single search system; covers Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.

GIS: Geographic Information Systems

GIS at the WSU Libraries

Libraries

Political Science 503