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Coverage: 2004 to present. Updated: Every two years.
Multi-country, regularly conducted survey of democratic values and behaviors in the Americas. From the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) at Vanderbilt University.
The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is a collection of geographic information from around the world. The content is frequently updated and intended for use with ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro software.
Currently, access is limited to current faculty and students for teaching, learning, and scholarly research.
Access prohibited from the following locations: Iran, Sudan, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, and the Crimea region in the Ukraine.
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Questions? Send email to geospatial@american.edu.
CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) is a non-profit that maintains a global environmental reporting system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts.
AU library has access to CDP climate change data 2010 through 2023.
You will be directed to a form to request access to the data and your request will be processed within two business days. Access is restricted to current AU students, faculty, and staff.
Information on over 7,000 living languages. Includes profiles for every language and country on earth, maps of where each language is spoken, search and cross-referencing.
** Currently, this database can only be accessed when connected to the secure campus network (includes AU VPN). **
Searchable resource of 70+ years of public opinion data and analysis compiled by Gallup, Inc. Includes answers to more than 125,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by the Gallup Poll since 1935. Data is available from the United States as well as 160 countries dating from 2005. User can create custom tables and export data.
U.S. statistical information from the American Statistics Index. Includes Statistical Abstract of the United States and a selection of full-text documents. Subject areas are wide ranging including population, health, industry, agriculture, culture and society, housing, labor, recreation, science and technology, education, energy, criminal justice, government, and politics.
Sage Data Core provides U.S. and international statistical information. Includes the American Statistics Index, Statistical Abstract of the United States and a selection of full-text documents. As of June 2021, includes SAGE State Stats and SAGE Local Stats featuring statistical data series created from government and non-government datasets, covering topics of research interest for U.S. states, counties, cities, and metropolitan areas. See a comprehensive list of datasets included in AU Library's Sage Data Core subscription.
Data Axle Historical US Business provides establishment-level information on businesses in the United States, at national, state, county, and ZIP code levels. Data on businesses in US territories are also included. Data are collected from multiple sources, including direct calls to businesses. The resource is a comprehensive source of information on small- and medium-sized businesses. This premium dataset is integrated in search on the Sage Data platform.
A collection of books, journal articles, case studies, videos and reference materials published by SAGE Publications on research methods and design. Includes Sage Research Video; Market Research; Practical Research and Academic Skills; Data Science, Big Data Analytics and Digital Methods; Deversifying and Decolonizing Research; Medicine and Health; Data Visualization; and Doing Research Online.
A statistics portal that provides data from marketing surveys and industry studies.
Contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It offers best estimates at multiple dates for each of the world's religions for the period 1900 to 2050.
Association of Religion Data Archives ARDA allows you to interactively explore data on American and international religion using online features for generating national profiles, GIS maps, church membership overviews, denominational heritage trees, tables, charts, and other reports.
Global Health Observatory (GHO) data The World Health Organization's gateway to health-related statistics, organized by sustainable development goals.
Migration Data Hub (Migration Policy Institute) The Data Hub showcases the most current national and state-level demographic, social, and economic facts about immigrants to the United States; as well as stock, flow, citizenship, net migration, and historical data for countries in Europe, North America, and beyond.
OECD.Stat (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) OECD.Stat includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies. OECD.Stat enables users to search for and extract data from across many databases under different themes such as agriculture and fisheries, development, economic projections, education and training, energy, environment, finance, globalization, health, national accounts, productivity, regional statistics, social and welfare, etc.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data for the sustainable development goals covering education and literacy; science, technology and innovation; culture; and communication and information.
United Nations Data, documents, committee reports, and informational essays on international law, peace and security, humanitarian crises, development, and issues of worldwide concern. Includes World Economic and Social Surveys and World Economic Situation and Prospects and other official UN publications.