Research Guides: Data & Stats at Swarthmore: Home

Get Help with Research

You can get help from librarians with finding statistics and data.

Simon Elichko (they/them)
Social Sciences & Data Librarian

Andrea Baruzzi (she/her)
Science & Engineering Librarian

You can find data and statistics through Swarthmore library resources, including:

PolicyMap
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PolicyMap is an online data and mapping application that gives access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Data is available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries.
Statista: The Leading Statistics Portal
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Provides access to selected statistics and studies of over 600 industries gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources from 2007 to the present.
Roper Center Public Opinion Archives (iPOLL)
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Find results from US national public opinion surveys (1935-present). Includes public opinion research from 120+ countries. Use this database to find polls from Gallup, Pew, and more.
Eikon
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Provides real-time market data, news, ownership data and analysis tools covering public corporations and all types of investment vehicles. Formerly Thomson Reuters Eikon, now LSEG. Important access instructions for Swarthmore users

Our World in Data
Data visualizations and analysis on a broad range of topics including health, demographics, living conditions, and economic development. Allows you to trace changes over time and make comparisons across countries. Data sources include international institutions (e.g. OECD, UN) and research articles.

Social Explorer
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Offers access to reports and interactive maps for the U.S. Census (1790-present), World Development Indicators (1960-2013), and Eurostat (European Union data), among others. A project of Queens College, sponsored by the New York Times and the National Science Foundation.
Historical Statistics of the United States
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Contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations. Covers the colonial period to the present.

International Historical Statistics
Book series with extensive historical statistics from around the world, including:
• Africa, Asia, and Oceania, 1750-2000
• The Americas, 1750-2000
• Europe, 1750-2000

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive
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Provides access to an archive of online social science data, training facilities in basic and advanced techniques of quantitative social analysis. Provides a comprehensive list of ICPSR resources and services, information on membership and governance, links to national data archives affiliated with ICPSR, and contact information.