Organizations and Associations

(Back to the Crossroads Search main page)

Association of Public Data Users (APDU) (Association of Public Data Users (APDU))
APDU is a membership organization for users, producers, and disseminators of U.S. government statistical data. In addition to information about membership, conferences, and publications, the APDU web site includes news items about public data and an occasional column on the 2000 Census.

Association of Research Libraries Statistics (Association of Research Libraries)
The Association of Research Libraries (a major organization in the field of academic librarianship) presents a site related to library data, particularly regarding collections, staffing, expenditures, and library and university characteristics. An interactive database interface allows users to produce rankings of member institutions by various criteria; generate summary statistics across member institutions; and extract and download data in comma-delimited format.

Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
These text reports, updated periodically, provide information on countries and international organizations.

Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS) (Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics)
Since 1980, the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics has provided an open dialog between its members and the Federal statistical agencies. Member organizations include professional associations, businesses, research institutes, and others interested in Federal statistics. Their site includes links to other Federal and international statistical agencies and also provides access to their excellent newsletters.

Division of Science Resource Statistics (SRS), National Science Foundation (NSF) (National Science Foundation (NSF))
The Division of Science Resource Statistics within the NSF's web site provides thematic links to reports, tables and data about science and engineering resources in the United States. Topics include research and development; science education; federal government; and workforce. See also their list of survey names and descriptions.

European Social Survey (ESS) (European Commission and European Science Foundation)
The European Social Survey (ESS) is a new survey encompassing 19 European nations and focusing on public attitudes and values related to the ongoing change in social institutions. An initial round of data collection was completed in 2001, using a core questionnaire and two rotating modules. The microdata was released in August 2003 via the NESSTAR system at http://ess.nsd.uib.no/nesstarlight/index.jsp. Funding for a second round of data collection has also been obtained, with data release scheduled for 2005.

Funded Research (Community of Science organization)
Forms-searchable databases of research grants funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and other federal agencies. Published by the Community of Science organization. Free login required.

International Association of Social Science Information Service & Technology (IASSIST) (International Association of Social Science Information Service & Technology (IASSIST))
IASSIST is an international organization of professionals who work in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences. In addition to information about membership, conferences, and publications, the IASSIST site includes a “toolbox” of data utilities and links to user guides for data products.

International Federation of Data Organizations (IFDO) (International Federation of Data Organizations (IFDO))
The IFDO federation was designed to enhance international social science research through coordination of international data organizations. A list of member organizations is available on their web site, in addition to various links and texts regarding social science data.

International Labour Organization (ILO) (International Labour Organization)
Available in English, French and Spanish, this site provides information on international labor standards and human rights, information services, programmes, as well as conferences, governing body and meetings. In addition to some facts-and-figures pages, data highlights include the freely-available LABORSTA database on labor statistics from 200 countries, the fee-based Key Indicators of the Labour Market; and links by country to labor-force survey web pages.

LABORSTA (International Labor Organization)
This database provides employment and consumer price statistics from the International Labor Organization. An online application allows you to select years and tables, and then either view in HTML or download as an Excel file. Not every variable is available for every country and year (though some go back as far as 1969). The International Labour Migration Database was integrated into LABORSTA in as of January 2008.

National Center for Charitable Statistics (National Center for Charitable Statistics)
The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research on the relationships between the nonprofit sector, government, the commercial sector, and the broader civil society.

NCCS was established in 1982 and has been a project of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) at the Urban Institute since July 1996, when it was transferred from the research division of INDEPENDENT SECTOR.

NCCS Data Web allows users to create their own summary reports. Registered users can also extract data for downloading into a variety of software database, spreadsheet, and statistical programs including dBase, Microsoft Excel, SAS, and SPSS. The Data Web can be accessed at http://nccsdataweb.urban.org.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (United Nations Children's Fund)
This is the official home page for UNICEF. There is a wealth of information available, as well as statistical data broken down by country, in addition to various world maps for selected indicators. Statistics may be accessed under the "Information Resources" link.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO))
This site offers information on current events, publications, information services, programmes, statistics, and legal instruments.

(Back to the Crossroads Search main page)