DataGate (Columbia's numeric data catalog)

Entries cover a wide range of topics, both national and international, including socio-demographic topics, public opinion polls, politics, health, and economics.

• Catalog entries come from the following sources:
  • Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
  • Acquired by CUL and available for distribution to CU users,
  • Public Internet sites,
  • Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL),
  • OECD Databases,
  • Federal Government Depository Library Program.
• Catalog entries have the following characteristics:
  • suitable for analysis using statistical software,
  • searchable descriptive information: title, keywords, abstract,
  • Data either formatted for use with statistical software, in text format,
    in table format, or data with an interactive interface.

 
CU Spatial Data Catalog

Entries cover geographic locations from around the world.

• Catalog entries come from the following sources:
  • Acquired by CUL and available for distribution to CU users,
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN),
  • Scanned maps from the Libraries' collection.
• Catalog entries have the following characteristics:
  • suitable for use with GIS (mapping) software,
  • data may be in raster, vector, data tables, or imagery format,
  • data tables can be used in non-mapping applications.

 
Other Useful Internet Sites

These are public sites that can be useful to social scientists.

• Numeric Data on the Internet
  Links to data providers, interactive online data tools, meta-site, and archive.
• Spatial Data on the Web
  Sites listed by region: NYC, NYS, U.S., and international.

 
Popular Studies from the DataGate Catalog

• American National Election Study (NES)
  search DataGate for the phrase, American National Election Study, in the title
• Eurobarometer
• General Social Survey
• InfoShare (NYC data on population, housing, and crime)
• National Longitudinal Surveys
• Panel Study of Income Dynamics
• Survey of Income and Program Participation
  search DataGate for EDS study Number 7006
• Voter Exit Polls
  search DataGate for the phrase, exit poll, in the all fields
• World Values Surveys
  search DataGate for the phrase "world values survey" in the title