LibGuides: Political Science: Finding Data

Finding Data

Sage Data This link opens in a new window
Formerly known as Data Planet Statistical Datasets. Access to a wide variety of economic, social, political indicators, and other structured statistical data. Users can search and browse from over 75 authoritative government and private sources.
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window
Data archive for social scientists. Reed community members may download data and documentation.
Roper iPoll This link opens in a new window
The center, headquartered at the University of Connecticut, maintains an archive of public opinion data from polls conducted in the 1930s to the present on topics ranging from national elections to current events. View quick results of poll questions or download data sets and documentation.
Coverage Dates: 1930 - Present
LAPOP (Latin American Public Opinion Project) This link opens in a new window
All users of the data should cite it as follows: Source: The AmericasBarometer by the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), www.LapopSurveys.org.
• All users of the data should include an acknowledgement section in their publications acknowledging the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and its supporters for making the data available.

Spatial Data & GIS

Taking a spatial perspective on your research may help you ask and answer new questions. Spatial data can be challenging to interpret if you have not worked with it before. For assistance with spatial analysis and mapping, visits Data@Reed.

Geolode
A catalog of open geodata websites around the world, maintained by geospatial librarians. Searchable and browseable by location, topic, and other tags.
MIT GeoWeb
Thousands of geospatial data layers available through a single interface. Data types include US census; elevation; transportation; hydrography; administrative boundaries; land use; demographics; topographic maps; satellite imagery; and aerial photography.
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An implementation of OpenGeoPortal - a partnership between several of the country's leading universities and a state agency. Partners include Tufts, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, MassGIS, Stanford and UC Berkeley.
National Historical GIS
The NHGIS provides aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2011. Site contains state and county aggregate data and boundary files, census tract aggregate data and boundary files, census data at all geographic summary levels, boundary files for metropolitan statistical areas, boundary files for all standard geographic summary levels, County Business Patterns data, etc.
Oregon Spatial Data Library
The Oregon Spatial Data Library provides public access to hundreds of spatial datasets. Data types include administrative boundaries; climate; coastal/marine; elevation; hydrography; land use; transportation; and utilities.

RLIS Discovery This link opens in a new window
RLIS (Regional Land Information System) provides regional spatial data from Metro, the regional governing body of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. Includes more than 100 GIS map layers. Some data layers are password protected, see Social Sciences Librarian or Data Services Librarian for access.

US Census TIGER Files
TIGER = Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing. TIGER products are spatial extracts from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER database, containing features such as roads, railroads, rivers, as well as legal and statistical geographic areas. The Census Bureau offers several file types and an online mapping application.