The DSSC's data collection has SOCIAL SCIENCE focus
so start with the   topics   listed web page on

GIS & Statistical Data Resources

Next use these EXTERNAL ARCHIVES to which Columbia subscribes

CU Data Catalog (the search box on the right of the page)

A searchable list of individual data products that includes purchased titles, subscription titles, or free Internet sites that are have proven useful to CU data users.

     Selected Titles from the CU Data Collection (from among those not highlighted on the Topics pages)

• General Social Survey also available in the Course Folder on all CUIT lab workstations
  
• National Longitudinal Survey
• Survey of Income and Program Participation
• Election Data
  • Voter Exit Polls - both election day and primary polls, see Roper's Presidential Election Day Exit Polls page and links to primary and state polls listed in the sidebar.
    
  • Election Results
    - search CU Data Catalog for the phrase, election results, in the all fields
    - CQ Voting and Elections Collections, current and historic data;
       use the "export/download" link.
  • American National Election Studies Data Center
    Includes the series where before and after a national election a panel of voters is survey.
    
• Country Risk Guide Researchers Dataset 
• International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events
   
   

Social Science Electronic Data Libraray (SSEDL)

• An archive focusing on health and social topics which are arranged in 9 topic-focused collections.
   
      Disability in the U.S.          Child Well-Being & Poverty Data Archive
     American Family Data Archive    AIDS/STD Data & Instrument
     Social Research on Aging        Adolescent Pregnancy & Pregnancy Prevention
     Contextual Data Archive         Complementary & Alternative Medicine Data     
     Maternal Drug Abuse

• Browse or seach abstract or variables either across the entire collection or within one of the topically-focused collections.
• Studies include complete documentation and data files in SPSS and SAS formats.    

Useful Internet Sites