Political Science
The study of the processes, principles, and structure of government and of political institutions.
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Data Sources
- CQ Voting and Elections CollectionA research and reference tool for voting and elections at the state and federal level, including demographic data, bibliographies, and encyclopedia entries.
- Historical Statistics of the United StatesProvides historical statistics for the states and the nation.
- National Vital Statistics SystemFederal web site providing access to statistical information related to vital events: births, deaths, marriages, divorces and related public health materials
- Polling the NationsPublic opinion surveys conducted by polling organizations in the United States and other countries. Aggregated from more than 1,000 sources, these polls cover breaking-news events, and various topics, including affirmative action, criminal justice reform, drugs, foreign policy, immigration, race relations, the United Nations, and voting rights.
- China Data Online 中国数据在线Databases include monthly and annual macro-economy, monthly economic development, city statistics, county statistics, and industrial data. The University of Michigan's China Data Center provides access in Chinese and English to official statistics from China.
- Cross-National Time-Series Data ArchiveCNTS provides ranges of annual data from 1815 to the present for all countries for many variables of use to the social scientist researcher
- Data Citation IndexThis database includes data sets from a wide range of international data repositories and connects them with the scientific literature to track data citation.
- Demographic Yearbook SystemComprehensive collection of international demographic statistics, prepared by the Statistical Division of the United Nations.
- International Financial Statistics (IFS)IFS is a monthly publication providing international and domestic finance for most countries of the world. IFS Online is cumulative and interactive.
- International Historical StatisticsInternational Historical Statistics is collection of statistical data on the Americas, Europe, and Africa, Asia and Oceania covers the years 1750-2010.
- Polling the NationsPublic opinion surveys conducted by polling organizations in the United States and other countries. Aggregated from more than 1,000 sources, these polls cover breaking-news events, and various topics, including affirmative action, criminal justice reform, drugs, foreign policy, immigration, race relations, the United Nations, and voting rights.
- UN Comtrade DatabasePlease note: users must create an individual account with their IU email to access. First-time users can select "login" followed by "sign up now" to create an account. The database is maintained by the DESA/UN Statistics Division. It provides detailed imports and exports statistics in goods and services reported by statistical authorities of close to 200 countries/areas since 1962.
- UNdataDatabase covering selected data series from 20 specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.
- World Bank Open DataWorld Bank publication that tracks the annual movement of international capital flows to developing countries.
- World Development IndicatorsStatistical database featuring economic, social, environmental data since 1960 for countries of the world.