ICPSR (The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive, established in 1962, acquires, processes, and provides access to social science data for research and instruction. ICPSR data cover many disciplines, including political science, sociology, history, economics, gerontology, demography, criminal justice, public health, education, law, and international relations.ICPSR data can be analyzed and manipulated using standard statistical software such as SPSS and SAS, and much of this data can also be incorporated into geographical information system analysis

ICPSR Direct is a new service providing direct access to the ICPSR data holdings for all students, faculty, and staff at ICPSR member institutions. ICPSR Direct represents a significant advance in data distribution at ICPSR. Any user with an authorized IP address from a member institution such as UNH may download data from ICPSR, without going through a local campus representative.

You can find the link to ICPSR Direct on the UNH Library Online Database page at:

http://www.library.unh.edu/researchtools/databases/

Posted on March 16, 2005