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Datasets & Statistical Databases

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General Datasets

The sources below will help you find actual sets of raw data, not just aggregated statistics about the data.

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)

Log in at the top right, select "Access through your Institution," and choose Sam Houston State University.
Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL)

Data.gov
Google Dataset Search
Google Public Data Explorer
View details about the Public Data Explorer
DataONE
DataCite
Dataverse
FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
Mendeley Data Search
Data USA
UNstats
UNdata
World Bank Open Data
European Data Portal
European Union Open Data Portal
IPUMS - International Census Data
UK Data Service
Pew Research Center
Data about a variety of political and social trends in America.

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From website: "Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions."
UCI Datasets for Machine Learning
Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems
Kaggle Datasets
NASA NEX Earth Science Datasets
Data Portal of the Natural History Museum (London)
CDC (Center for Disease Control) Data and Statistics
Research Data Gov
Re3Data: Registry of Research Data Repositories
Tool to search and browse for data repositories in a wide variety of subjects and disciplines.

Environmental and Geoscience Datasets

These online datasets may be helpful or relevant to the study of Environmental and Geosciences. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all datasets available. Please contact the subject librarian for additional assistance.

"Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park" by National Park Service

Huntsville City Maps and Geographic Information System (GIS) Data
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This resource, prepared by the City of Huntsville, Texas, GIS division, provides a variety of GIS maps and reports on topics such as FEMA flood review, planning & development, property, and mapping control.
USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
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The National Geologic Map Database contains over 88,000 maps, along with a lexicon of geologic names. The site also contains basic information and educational material about geologic maps.
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
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Aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2012.
NYU Spatial Data Repository
Note: Some datasets are freely available, others are proprietary to NYU users.

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"The Spatial Data Repository (SDR) is NYU's portal for previewing and discovering geospatial data. The collection includes resources from open data and proprietary resources, and users can download layers and work with them in many GIS platforms." (New York Univ Libraries, Data Services)
Texas Geographic Information System (GIS) Maps & Data
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This website from the Texas General Land Office provides a wide variety of downloaded GIS data sets related to the state. Maps and data are provided in the following subject areas: energy resources, professional services, oil spills and coastal response, and coastal management.

Datasets & Statistical Resources

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General Datasets

Environmental and Geoscience Datasets

Statistical Databases

More Sources for Federal Statistics

More Sources for Texas Statistics

Humanities Datasets