Librarian
Benjamin Aldred
They/Them or He/Him
Contact:
Daley Library
801 S. Morgan St.
2-198 LIB
Chicago, IL 60607
801 S. Morgan St.
2-198 LIB
Chicago, IL 60607
(312)413-2594
Overviews and Quick Looks
- CIA World FactbookThe CIA World Factbook provides a wide range of information about individual countries around the world, from economic indicators to flags of the countries. It is updated every two weeks.
- Country Studies from the Library of CongressThe Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
- World Bank DatabankDataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics.
- FAOStat from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UNFAOSTAT provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries. Limited access registration (less than 4,000 records) is available for free.
- Climate Watch DataClimate Watch offers open data, visualizations and analysis to help policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders gather insights on countries' climate progress.
Global sites
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentGlobal statistics by topic, country or OECD department. Free access or free trials on data.
- UN Statistics DivisionThe Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. They compile and disseminate global statistical information and develop standards and norms for statistical activities.
- The World Bank Data CatalogThe data catalog is a listing of available World Bank data sources. These resources include databases, pre-formatted tables and reports. Each of the listings includes a description of the data source and a direct link to that source. Where possible, the databases are linked directly to a selection screen to allow users to select the countries, indicators, and years they would like to search.
- International Monetary Fund DataThe IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, are available.
- Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, & information sciences, and specializes in on-line data & information management, spatial data integration and training, & interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment
- CGIAR Center for Spatial InformationThe CGIAR-CSI GeoPortal is able to provide SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Data for the entire world. The SRTM digital elevation data, produced by NASA originally, is a major breakthrough in digital mapping of the world, and provides a major advance in the accessibility of high quality elevation data for large portions of the tropics and other areas of the developing world.
- World Values SurveyThe World Values Survey (www.worldvaluessurvey.org) is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life, led by an international team of scholars, with the WVS association and secretariat headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Global Economic MonitorGEM provides daily updates of global economic developments, with coverage of high income- as well as developing countries.
- Global Outlook - Economist Intelligence Unit
International economic data produced by the company EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit).
- International Debt StatisticsFocuses on financial flows, trends in external debt, and other major financial indicators for developing and advanced economies (data from Quarterly External Debt Statistics and Quarterly Public Sector Debt databases). Includes over 200 time series indicators from 1970 to 2015, for most reporting countries, and pipeline data for scheduled debt service payments on existing commitments to 2023.
North America
- North American Transportation StatisticsCanadian, Mexican and US transportation portal for statistics.
- Statistics CanadaStatistics Canada is the central source for statistical information and data for Canada, includng their census data.
Europe
- CESSDACouncil of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) is an umbrella organization for social science data archives across Europe.
- European Commission - EurostatA wide variety of statistical information about Europe and the individual countries.
- London DatastoreGreater London Authority’s data for all Londoners to see and use free of charge.
Middle East
- Israel Social Science Data CenterThe ISDC houses approximately 1000 data sets including national sample surveys, local studies, census micro-data and government records in selected fields as well as macro-economic and regional series. Several databases are available through the Web.