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Finding Data

Strategies and resources for finding data across the social sciences, including opinion surveys.

Data Services

The library provides several different Data Services to help you discover resources and support to access, organize, visualize, and preserve research data.

Get the Data You Need -- Find and access the data you need to conduct your research.

Geospatial Data and Mapping -- Get resources to help you work with geospatial data and GIS.

Make a Data Management Plan -- Planning for your data can save time, effort, and help meet funder requirements.

Metadata Consultation -- Get resources and support for creating good metadata.

Text and Data Mining -- Find text and data sets, plus tools and technologies, for text and data mining.

Data Visualization -- Present your data in an illustrated or graphical format.

Share and Preserve your Data -- Increase your impact by sharing the research data that supports your work.