Research Guides: INF 240: Digital News Reporting (Loggins): Finding Data

Statistics Databases

Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Contextual information and opinions on hundreds of social issues. The resource includes continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio and links to vetted websites.
Global Issues This link opens in a new window
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, relevant sources for analysis of these issues. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal.

Gallup
Poll results analyzing public attitudes, opinions, and behavior
PollingReport.com
Public opinion on national security, the state of the union, etc.
Pew Research Center
Public opinion surveys and demographic reseach
Roper Center
Public opinion survey data archive

Census Data
A list of tools you can use to analyze census data
PRB Datafinder
Data on all areas of life from all over the world
Prosperity Now Scorecard
Explores the economic status of residents in all 50 states
TRAC
Data about the US federal government
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
International data on education, science and technology, culture, and communication
UNRIC Statistics
Data from UN member nations
World Bank Open Data
Free global development data