Data Resources: Welcome
DATA ARE EVERYWHERE!
"The ability to take data—to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it—that’s going to be a hugely important skill in the next decades, not only at the professional level but even at the educational level for elementary school kids, for high school kids, for college kids."
–Hal Varian, Google Chief Economist
Government Information Coordinator
Types of Data Sources-Basics to Know
- free
- government - federal, state, city, county, international, foreign countries ...
- some intergovernmental organizations such as World Bank, WHO, WTO, EuroStats
- Google public datasets
- ICPSR. Re3Data, Harvard DataVerse, Pew Research Center, Roper, ...
- Social media data: Twitter, YouTube, Facebook
- Kaggle, GitHub
- Amazon
- Quandl
- Netflix
- etc
- commercial
- Fondren Library subscribed databases (free for Rice faculty, staff, students): statistics abstract, simply analytics, social explorer, etc
- not free: [beyond the scope of this guide]
- data company
- some organizations
WELCOME
Welcome to this Fondren Library online research guide on Data Resources!
This guide is designed to assist you in navigating through a big variety of data sources to find datasets on different topics for learning, teaching and research. It offers a comprehensive collection of links to data resources covering a diverse range of topics and administrative levels, including international, national, state, county, and local sources. The content encompasses various types of data, including government databases, commercial or library-subscribed repositories, and well-regarded data organizations. By utilizing these resources, you can enhance your learning, teaching and research endeavors with access to high-quality and reliable datasets. It also provides collection of data tools for enhancing your work with datasets, tutorials and training opportunities, and many convenient links to related resources and service.
Navigate this LibGuide and Contact
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This research guide is created and maintained by Anna Xiong, Government Information Coordinator, Federal Repository Representative, and Sociology Liaison from Kelley Center for Government Information. Any questions: contact Anna Xiong via govhelp@rice.edu, 713.348.6212, office: B38A, Office Suite of Kelley Center for Government Information in the basement of Fondren Library.
Fondren Library Data Training and Services
Use the tabs on the top menu to navigate through this online resource guide.
This research guide is created and maintained by Anna Xiong, Government Information Coordinator, Federal Repository Representative, and Sociology Liaison from Kelley Center for Government Information. Any comments, questions, suggestions, request assistance, schedule an appointment for one on one consultancy, email Anna Xiong via govhelp@rice.edu, 713.348.6212, office: B38A, Office Suite of Kelley Center for Government Information in the basement of Fondren Library.
Several library departments offer data related training and services. Click here to check out all related Fondren Library short courses and register. Search under these terms:
- Data@Rice
- DMC
-GIS
- Government Information
