Library Guides: GEOG 325: Conservation and Resource Management: Find Data

Library Stats Databases

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista.com, by Statista, Inc. provides data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources, categorized into 21 market sectors. Statista.com provides quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas.
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research. Although most datasets are related to the social and behavioral sciences, there are many datasets about issues in geography, science, and the environment, especially if they relate to US federal law.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Complete text of the 5 volume Millennial edition, 2006. Provides data in electronic format useful for statistical analysis.

US Census
Data from the US Census. Demographics, population characteristics, local issues, and more.
Data | US Geological Survey
Search by topic (such as Coasts, Natural Hazards, or Water) or by search term (such as Delmarva, Assateague, or Eastern Shore).
UN Stats Environment
Browse by topic to find broad data at the country level.
Data.gov
One-stop-shop for data from various US government agencies. Datasets in agriculture, business, climate, education, science, and much more. Refine the dataset options using filters - topic, dataset type, format, organizations, and publisher.
NOAA OneStop
Data on climate, weather, oceans, and habitats.
PolicyMap
If asked to login, you can X out of the login box to access a limited, public version of this tool.
Use the filters to look at 'layers' of city demographics like housing, education, health, and quality of life (public transportation, farmer's markets in the area, quality of broadband internet access, etc.).
Statistics Canada
Canada's national statistics office. Key information on Canada's economy, society and environment.