NCSU Library Links

• Dissertation research assistance
• NCSU Libraries data page
• NCSU Database Finder
• Other library links.

Political Science/Public Administration Research Links

• Class Online Research Page
• APSA Political Methodology Section
• Political Science Research Webs
• PA 541 Web Links on GIS
• PA 542 Web Links on Public Information Systems
• PA 803 Web Links on Writing Your Dissertation
• Leading Political Science/Public Administration Links

Statistics and Data Links

• How to Acquire Datasets from the ICPSR Archive (NCSU only)

• University of Michigan Statistics Page, a one-stop online data clearinghouse

• Swivel (new data search engine)

• The Odum Institute has a Virtual Data Center page which searches the Odum Institute, the ICPSR, the Harvard-MIT Data Center, and the Roper Center.

• University of British Columbia, Research Methods on the WWW

• Data on the Net (Searchable), University of California at San Diego

• Online Data Archive, University of Wisconsin

• The Harvard-MIT Data Center is the principal distributor of over five hundred online subsettable data sets, sophisticated browsing and searching options, automatic ordering of new data sets from other repositories, and interactive data exploration. Its largest project currently is the creation of a data center (VDC) -- a free, open, portable, self-installing data server, using the protocols for communication and searching from their ongoing Digital Libraries Project, and their recently completed Record of American Democracy project (the largest collection of combined census and electoral data set ever created). The VDC project will seamlessly integrate independent virtual data center sites around the world and make data sharing and distribution easy and transparent.

• EconData.Net. Has over 900 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider, pointers to the Web's premiere data collections, and their own list of the ten best sites for finding regional economic data.

• Envirofacts. The EPA's data warehouse site.

• The Geospatial and Statistical Data Center of the University of Virginia provides access to the City and County Databooks, County Business Patterns, National Income and Product Accounts, 1990 Census PUMS, U. S. Imports and Exports, FBI Uniform Crime Reports, and other databases.

• ICMA datasets from the International City Management Association cover such topics as economic development, electronic government, police and fire, and recreation. While they cost money, funds may be available through the department, lab, or library.

• Princeton University Data and Statistical Services (DSS) provides over 24,000 machine-readable files, some restricted to the Princeton community but much available to outside researchers.

• Time Series Data Library. Over 50 topic areas.

• UNESCO maintains a web page of social science data links.. Its DARE database of over 11,000 resources is searchable.

  Additional Links
  

• American National Election Study Guide
  • Handout: American NES Data from ICPSR Files
  • Ameristat (demographic data on the U.S.)
• Bureau of the Census
  • Census Bureau Data FERRET System (Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool
• CHASS Database Management Consultant Home Page
• Evaluation and Survey Research, Gene Shackman
• FedStats
• Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics
• General Social Survey (GSS) Home Page at the ICPSR
  • Search the General Social Survey
• A Guide to Statistical Computing Resources on the Internet
• HCFA Data and Statistics
• Health and Human Services Data Resources , scroll to statistics section at bottom
• Knowledge Base Online Research Methods Book
• National Archive and Records Administration
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Dta (NACJD)
• NationMaster.com National Profile Data
• NCSU Statistics Discussion Group Archives
• Online Statistical Resources, York University
• Rainer's Home Page for Statisticians
• Research Methods Resources from ASU COE
• Rich Ulrich's Stat FAQs
• SAS Institute Inc.
• Selecting Statistics - a decision tree for selecting statistical procedures
• Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council Teaching Resources Depository Home Page
• SPSS Inc.
• Stata Search Page.
• Statistical Data Locators is an online gateway to Asian, American, and international data, grouped by country and subject.
• Statistics on the Web
• Statistics Resources, University of Florida
• Statistics servers and other links (Duke University)
• StatLib Index, Carnegie-Mellon University
• UCSD Searchable Listing of Social Science Data Sources
• Stat-USA (Commerce Dept) w/ NCSU Library license validation.
• UCLA Statistics Home Page
• UCLA Statistics Textbook
• WISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education, Claremont College
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Statistics

Public Opinion Links

Use POLL via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe to identify survey items related to your topic covering the broadest range of surveys (POLL information is available at my PA 803 website). To get POLL datasets (ex., Gallup, NORC, NBC, LA Times), not just the items and frequencies, the library must join the Roper Center's IPOLL, which it is considering doing. The Odum Institute at UNC-CH below also lets you search for Harris Poll questions and can provide datasets. The ICPSR has datasets from media polls (ABC, CBS, Washington Post, etc.) as well as the General Social Survey and the American National Election Studies (contact NCSU Data librarian Michele Hayslett, mmhaysle@ncsu.edu). Pew Polls (below) also become available six months after debut.
• Cornell UniversityPublic Opinion Surveys page
• American Association for Public Opinion Research (index to Public Opinion Quarterly
• European Polls
• Gallup Organization
• Gallup Poll
• The Harris Poll
• University of Michigan Survey Research Center
• University of Michigan Library: Public Opinion
• National Election Studies
• National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
• Odum Institute for Research in Social Science Home Page
  • Odum Institute Data Archive
    
  • Public Opinion Poll Question Database at the Odum Institute.
• Pew Research Center/Pew Polls
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, including POLL
• Social Science Data Archives - Europe
• Social Science Data Archives-North America
• Social Science Data Collection, from UCSD
• Yankelovich Poll
• More survey research links
• More survey research links (UK)
• Yet more survey research links

North Carolina Data

• North Carolina@your_service Information Server. This is the main portal.
• Census Data on North Carolina
• NC Census Look-up
• DataTrax & CD Server
• North Carolina Data Archive (IRSS)
• North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management. Collection of Salary Data and FTE Position Counts
• North Carolina State Board of Elections
• North Carolina State Data Network
• North Carolina Statistics Page (Commerce)
• Herald Sun Votebook
• North Carolina State Data Center
• North Carolina State Library
• North Carolina Vital Statistics
• North Carolina Weather Data (NOAA)

Statistics Journals

• Statistics Journals
• Interstat - Statistics on the Internet
• American Mathematical Society Journals
• American Statistical Association Publications

Addresses

Instructor
David Garson, Professor of Public Administration
Internet: David_Garson@ncsu.edu; Phone (919) 515-3067; Fax (919) 515-7333
NCSU Master's and Ph.D. Programs in Public Administration
North Carolina State University, Box 8102, Raleigh, NC 27695, U.S.A.