Finding & Using Data from ICPSR

Guidance for locating and using data from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

ICSPR Support & Contact Info

Explore the website - www.icpsr.umich.edu
Sign up for email announcements - www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/membership/lists/index.jsp
“Like” ICPSR on Facebook/follow ICPSR on Twitter
Attend or view webinars; recordings & slides found on ICPSR’s YouTube channel
Find presentations on www.slideshare.net – user: icpsr
Contact user support – help@icpsr.umich.edu

ICPSR Help Center

The ICPSR Data User Help Center provides the basic steps for finding, accessing, downloading, and describing the software and statistical skill level needed for using the datasets, plus video for getting set-up files to run in Windows, reading data into SPSS, reading data into SAS, and reading data into STATA.

Glossary

Global Glossary
Extensive glossary of terms related to data use and analysis, study design and more created by the Cross-Cultural Survey Guidelines Initiative.

ICPSR Guides & FAQs

ICPSR Summer Programs

Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
ICPSR offers over 80 courses through their summer program, ranging from 4 week courses to 3-5 day courses. Scholarships to support participation are available.

Library Guide: Finding & Using Data

Finding & Using Data Library Guide
Provides information for campus support, key concepts, and locating public use and library-licensed data.