- What is the Data Archive?
- Where do the data come from?
- Data Greatest Hits
- Where do Archive data live?
- How to find data?
- What numeric file formats does the Archive own?
- What documentation file formats does the Archive own?
- Accessing Archive studies
- Who are those people in the Archive?
- Other Cornell data sources
- Help using Archive resources
- Credits
Where does CISER get its data?
The Archive acquires some datasets directly from
Cornell researchers. However, most are obtained from outside sources.
Here are some examples of where the Archive obtains datasets:
Institutional Memberships
- Inter-university Consorium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
WWW or FTP public access sites
- Federal Election Commission (WWW or FTP)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- National Bureau of Economic Research
Depository or cooperative arrangements
Research institutes or public policy centers
- Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Center for Human Resource Research, Ohio State University
- Families and Work Institute
Other data archives
- Center for Electronic Records of the National Archives and Records Administration
- National Technical Information Center (NTIS)
- Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina
International agencies
- International Telecommunications Union
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- United Nations
Commercial Vendors
- Standard & Poor's
- Unicon Research Corporation
- Global Insight
