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ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research This link opens in a new window
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and includes many large time-series datasets. International in scope.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer is a detailed reference tool for current and historical Census data from 1790 to the present. Data may be generated by browsing maps or building reports.

Harvard Dataverse
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The Dataverse is an open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore and analyze research data. It facilitates making data available to others, and allows you to replicate others work. Researchers, data authors, publishers, data distributors, and affiliated institutions all receive appropriate credit.

UChicago users can create an account using their CNetID. Choose "Institutional Account" on the Log In page.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista collects data from a broad range of government and commercial sources. Data can be downloaded in Excel or pre-formatted for PowerPoint. Statista also includes reports from market research companies.
Data Planet This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 65 billion US and international data points from over 90 sources.

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