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Key data resources at UC Berkeley:

Dewey Data
The Dewey Data Platform provides licensed access to datasets provided by corporate partners. The datasets cover technology infrastructure, urban planning and real estate, behavioral economics and public policy, marketing and management, corporate finance, and more.
FactSet
A comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets, and public and private companies. Register for individual login and password.

UC Berkeley Library’s Dataverse
Access datasets licensed by the UC Berkeley Library. It is particularly strong in Business and Management and Social Sciences. It also contains resources for science and engineering as well as the arts and humanities. Includes datasets that have been acquired and licensed by the library for use by UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab students, faculty, and staff.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Sign in through Google using your Berkeley.edu email address. ICPSR receives, processes, and distributes data on social phenomena in countries across the world. ICPSR maintains a data archive of on topics in the social and behavioral sciences, including specialized collections in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. Includes survey data, census records, election returns, economic data, and legislative records.

Direct download access to data sets requires the creation of a personal account. In addition, analysis of ICPSR data sets requires the use of specialized software. For more information on this process, please consult the ICPSR Get Help page or schedule an appointment with the Library Data Lab.
L2 Voter Data
L2 Voter Data is a continuously updated database of all registered voters in the United States. It provides detailed demographic profiles, historical voting records, party affiliation data, and geospatial analysis tools. 2001 - Present. Requires account

L2 Voter Data is licensed for anyone affiliated with UC Berkeley, including LBNL users. Prior to accessing the data, the user must have permission from a UC Berkeley PI. The user will also need to set up a Savio account with Research IT.

Alternatively, if you are interested in using the L2 Voter Data but do not have a PI, you can request access for the DataMapping Tool. Please note that there are a limited number of seats for the DataMapping Tool. We ask that you request access only if you have an active research project in progress.

Lexis Nexis Web Services API
The LexisNexis Web Services API (WSAPI) is a subscription service that enables researchers to download and build text corpuses from the Nexis Uni subscribed collection for further analysis. The WSAPI is provided by the UC Berkeley Library.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
US and international polling and public opinion survey data.

Contains domestic and international survey data. The Center's Public Opinion Location Library (iPOLL) gives online access to a database including poll questions asked in US from 1936 to present.
Sage Data
Provides easy access to a wide variety of economic, social, political, and marketing indicators. (DataPlanet - Data-Planet - Statistical Datasets)

Offers easy access to over 5,550 data sets from over 65 source providers and 16 subject categories, including banking, criminal justice, education,energy, food and agriculture, government, health, housing and construction,industry and commerce, labor and employment, natural resources and environment, income, cost of living, stocks, transportation, and more. Sources of data include federal, local, state and international governments and organizations. Allows for customization of the data by selecting subjects, and the ability to view your data in side-by-side tables, charts and maps.
Statista
A statistics portal that integrates data from reliable sources on thousands of topics

Categorized into market sectors, Statista provides access to quantitative facts on media, business, politics, and other areas. Sources of information include market research reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government sources. Data may be downloaded into spreadsheets and presentations. Also includes industry reports.
TDM Studio
TDM Studio provides a virtual environment in which you can run text data mining analyses on large datasets curated from library-subscribed ProQuest content. The virtual environment uses Jupyter notebooks. TDM Studio is offered by the Library.

TDM Studio supports two paths to new discoveries. TDM Studio Workbench is designed for experienced researchers who use their own coding methodologies. TDM Studio Visualization is designed for users of all levels to quickly spot trends and generate insights. Content available in TDM Studio include current and historical newspapers, dissertations and theses, scholarly articles, and primary source material that the Library has subscribed to through ProQuest. You must first request an account through Proquest using your @berkeley.edu email address. Read more documentation.
Wharton Research Data Services
Financial, economic, accounting, and marketing datasets. Current Berkeley students, staff, and faculty may request an account using a Berkeley email address. MIDS faculty: please set up a class account for courses in which students are likely to want WRDS access.

Advanced data guides

Find in-depth coverage of specific datasets available at UC Berkeley on these disciplinary guides:

Social Sciences Librarian

Cody Hennesy

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