30 Minutes on Data

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

What we'll go over:

Data resources that you can access through the Libraries, including licensed resources that you can use for free as a Swarthmore student.
Expertise on-campus that can support you in finding and analyzing data

Use academic research to identify relevant datasets
- Find relevant research, check their sources
- What data did they use?
- Who collected it? Who provides access?
Explore curated data tools
- Organize data by topic,
- Examples include Social Explorer and Policy Map
Data providers and repositories
- Includes ICPSR and IPUMS, Census Bureau

Resource	Topics	Access Notes
Social Explorer	US Census and ACS data, some other govt and private data sources (1790-present)	Use the link here or connect through Tripod
PolicyMap	US Census and ACS data, wide range of other gov and private data sources (2010s-present)	Use the link here or connect through Tripod
Statista	Market research and other data across wide variety of topics	Use the link here or Tripod
ICPSR	Datasets from social science research	Account needed to download data. Must be created while on-campus or using VPN.
LSEG Eikon	Financial information including company data, market data, news, country and economic data. Coverage generally back to 1970s.	To get Eikon username and password, follow prompt to sign in through Swarthmore. Then use separate username and password to access Eikon. Single shared login, logout when you're done.
Roper iPOLL	Results from US national public opinion surveys (e.g. Gallup, Pew) and surveys from 120+ countries. (1935-present)	Use this link or connect through Tripod

Social Sciences Quantitative Laboratory
- Workshops on R, Stata, data visualization, quantitative research
- Hear about upcoming workshops: tinyurl.com/ssql-interest
Peer Assistants
- Study sessions & support, generally subject-specific
- Also see NSE Student Toolkit
AESOP Academy (Career Services)
- Tableau Basics Level 1 10/12/24 & Tableau Advanced L2 10/13/24
- Business Strategy & Analytics Client Simulation 10/19/24
LinkedIn Learning (ITS)
- Also you can get the downloadable version of Excel through ITS
Lib/Lab Fellowship (Libraries)
- Paid year-long fellowship, weekly seminar and project-based work
- Student projects have included working with a variety of datasets from the libraries and beyond.

Talk with a librarian!

Find your subject librarian
General data question? Not sure who to ask?
- Simon Elichko - Social Sciences & Data Librarian
  - Find a time to meet: b it.ly/selichk1
  - Email: selichk1@swarthmore.edu

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