Open Access Resources: Data

Data, tools, training, and info for coastal management professionals and researchers. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Agricultural and food related data from over 200 countries, as compiled by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. The dataset is searchable and downloadable.

Social, economic, and environmental data from around the world

A portal for government data, primarily federal, but also state and local

Open data portals from around the world (mostly governmental)

Data.World is a "social network for data people" with available data sets and community networking options. Some data sets are public domain and available elsewhere; some are uploaded by community members. Data.World does not appear to review accuracy (though the community may comment!)

Repository for all file formats and types of data--searchable, browsable, and taggable.

Non-profit data analysis organization which works with a variety of universities, foundations, and NGOs on poverty related projects (financing, education, environment, development, etc.)

Data repositories by subject

Maintained by the QDR at Syracuse University. "QDR curates, stores, preserves, publishes, and enables the download of digital data generated through qualitative and multi-method research in the social sciences."

Data from many UN organizations.

A huge collection of data from the World Bank, from agriculture to urban development. Click the Data Catalog to see a list of datasets, tables, and topics.

From the US Census, data about jobs and occupations, educational attainment, veterans, whether people own or rent their home, and other topics

Non-profit data analysis organization which works with a variety of universities, foundations, and NGOs on poverty related projects (financing, education, environment, development, etc.)

Most tables have data download links

Legislative data from all 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico. From the Sunlight Foundation.

Eletion data from over 100 countries

Quantitative content analyses of parties’ election programs from more than 50 countries covering all free, democratic elections since 1945.

Political and popular opinion survey data

Health related datasets collected by NYU Health Sciences Library. Datasets labeled 'NYU Only' or 'NYU Langone Health Employees Only' are not available. Try limiting, using the options on the left, to 'Free to all', 'Free to all with registration', 'Author approval required', and/or 'Fee required' (if you have funding available.)

From the US Census, data about jobs and occupations, educational attainment, veterans, whether people own or rent their home, and other topics

Great site that provides demographic data on US and International religions. Quick stats, national profiles, GIS maps, and data files.

Create a free account to search and download statistics on a wide variety of issues related to women

This repository is for the actual, physical plasmids used in gene research (available for order). There is also a "reference" section with data and information about plasmid research.

CERN is providing access to their data in 2 ways: educational, using predesigned analytical tools, and research, using a virtual environment to do the data analysis

Multiple US institutions are contributing specimen records and data to this massive site (including UConn). A tutorial is available.

Digitized specimens from the Museum's vast collections: images, sound recordings, site and specimen info, datasets.

A searchable collection of research data repositories. DOIs available for citing datasets.