Social Science Data Services
Finding and Managing Data for Research

Social Science Data Services
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Data Access
- By Subject
- Data Centers
- Locating Data
- Responsible Use
- Citing Data
- Restricted Data
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Training
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Software & Hardware
- Software
- Hardware & Facilities

Archiving & Disseminating Your Data
- Overview
- Metadata Standard: DDI
- Metadata Services Unit
- Data Management and Publishing

Welcome to Social Science Data Services

Social Science Data Services provides assistance with finding, understanding, and managing statistics or numeric or tabular data in the social sciences, management, and related areas. Browse the lefthand navigation bar for information about accessing data, training, software and hardware, and archiving and disseminating your data. See also how Social Science Data Services relates to the Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

If you're searching for data, see our resources by subject and consider searching in one of several data centers such as the Harvard-MIT Data Center and ICPSR.

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- Win an award for using IPUMS data in your research

Subject Expert

Katherine McNeill
Social Science Data Services and Economics Librarian
Dewey Library

mcneillh@mit.edu
617-253-0787

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Quick Links

- Harvard-MIT Data Center

- ICPSR

New Resources

- China Data Online (MIT only)
- Historical Statistics of the United States (MIT only)