Labor Studies
A Guide to Labor Studies Resources at the UMass Amherst Libraries
Research Data
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- Data.gov This link opens in a new windowA tool for finding, accessing and using Federal government data sets, newly developed to promote open government.
- Data Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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Find research data held in over 500 repositories around the world. - Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
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Statistics gathered by the Census Bureau, with scholarly editing and essays, from colonial times to near present. - ICPSR This link opens in a new window
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A depository of raw data sets in the social sciences. - OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
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Publications of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Books, reports and data for every OECD country. Coverage from 1998 to present, with data sets back to the 1960s. - OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
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Publications of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Books, reports and data for every OECD country. Coverage from 1998 to present, with data sets back to the 1960s. - ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
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Statistics from U.S. agencies on population, society, trade, the government, and much more, 2013-present. This for-profit version continues Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1878-2012. - Proquest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
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References to statistical reports from federal, state and local governments, private organizations, and intergovernmental agencies, 1973-present. - Roper Dataset This link opens in a new window
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Search over 20,000 datasets from public opinion surveys dating back to the 1930s. Approximately 60% of these were conducted in the United States; 8,000 datasets are from over 100 countries. - Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
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Maps illustrating Census data from 1790 to 2010, with recent community, religion, and carbon emissions data.
