icpsr at a glance

ICPSR at a Glance

A Hands-On Guide to Using ICPSR Resources

Summer Durrant

ICPSR Official RepresentativeIUPUI University Library

What is ICPSR?

• One of the world’s oldest and largest social science data archives

• Digital archive that contains more than 7,900 studies and over 60,000 data sets

• International consortium with about 700 member institutions world-wide– Federal funding allows parts of the collection to be

available to all

What is ICPSR?

Why Would You Use ICPSR?

• Write articles, papers, or theses using real research data

• Use as intro material in grant proposals• Study or teach quantitative methods;

improve quantitative literacy• Preserve/disseminate primary research

data; adhere to data management plan (grant) requirements

Back to the Data

• Data Sources:– Government (census, government organizations)

– Large data collection efforts (National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Panel Study of Income Dynamics)

– Polls (ABC and CBS news polls, voter polls)

– Principal Investigators (Chitwan Valley Family Study, Marital Instability Over the Life Course)

– Other organizations (NCAA, Fenway Institute)

• U.S. and international data

Supporting a growing number of disciplines

• Health & Medical Policy• History• International Relations• Law/Legal Services• Political Sciences• Psychology• Public Policy• Sociology

• Anthropology• Communications• Criminal Justice• Demography• Economics• Education• Foreign Policy• Gerontology

Questions? Help?

Summer DurrantICPSR Official Representative

IUPUI University Librarydurrant@iupui.edu

(317) 274-8061