Research, Citation, & Class Guides: Doctorate of Business Administration: Data Sources

Finding Datasets

In addition to library resources, lots of data, domestic and international, is freely available online. This page contains links to just a few potential sources.

Library Resources Containing Datasets

Business Insights: Global (Gale)
International business intelligence offering case studies, in-depth statistical data, and the ability to compare global economies, countries, and industries.
Census Business Builder
Displays selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau in a map-based interface. Use Small Business Edition to find key data for a single type of business in one particular geography.
Use Regional Analyst Edition to view data for all sectors of the economy and for a user-defined region. This version supports chambers of commerce and regional planning staff who need a broad portrait of the people and businesses in their service area.
Census Data
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The Census Bureau's data access point, including current data (back to 2010) from the decennial census, the American Community Survey, the Economic Census, and more.
Data-Planet
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Standardized and structured statistical data from more than 70 source organizations and governmental agencies.
Access provided by UW Madison.
IMF eLibrary Data
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Contains these economic datasets: International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payment Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Direction of Trade Statistics.
OECD iLibrary
The online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development features its books, papers, and statistics. Access for 2001 through August 2019 content.
Access provided by UW Madison.
PrivCo
Financial information for US-based private companies earning at least $1 million in annual revenue or have at least $1 million in venture capital backing.
Note: You must create an account using your UWW email address, and this is how you will log in after NET ID authentication.
Each individual account has privileges for:
150 unique private company profile views per month
150 unique private company profiles exported via Excel per month
150 unique private company profile PDF downloads per month
plus "Saved Searched", "Company Watchlists", and all PrivCo individual account features.

If you need the 150 limit increased, please contact the Business Librarian so we can make the request to PrivCo. This is done on a case-by-case basis and must be for academic research purposes only.
Reference Solutions
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Detailed information on US businesses, consumers, and job postings
Roper iPoll
Public opinion poll questions and answers on social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, science, the environment, and much more. Results from 1935 to the present from academic, commercial and media survey organizations.
Effective May 2020, pre-existing credentials for personal login will not provide access to new Roper iPoll platform. A new account will be required.
Simmons Insights
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Consumer survey data that brings a brand's target audience to life with vivid and complete profiles, including demographics, lifestyles, attitudes, brand preferences, and media use. Note: This resource is limited to 25 users at a time.
Note that data in this subscription is 2-3 years old. Please click Log Out (under the University of WI-Whitewater in the top right corner) when you are done. See http://libguides.uww.edu/simmons for assistance with searching.
Statista
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Statistics and other quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a variety of other areas of interest.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Selected statistics, up to 2012, on the social, cultural, political, and economic organization of the United States. For newer data, see the annual ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States in the Reference Section.
UN Comtrade
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Official trade statistics and analysis. Annual trade statistics since 1962 and monthly trade statistics since 2010.
UNdata
A single entry point to a variety of United Nations statistical databases, on themes from agriculture, health, education, industry, population, and the Millennium Development Goals.
USA Trade Online
Monthly statistical information on U.S. imports and exports of thousands of commodities.
Note: Create a FREE personal account to see the data. Click on the "Sign-Up Now" button and follow their directions.
Value Line
Descriptive information and performance projections for 1,700 stocks, plus analyst views on the economy and stock market.
Westlaw Campus Research
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Public company SEC filings, federal and state court cases, statutes & regulations, and some international legal resources.
Partial funding provided by UW System Shared Electronic Collection.
World Bank Open Data
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Access to all available World Bank datasets, including World Development Indicators and Global Financial Development.

Agriculture Data

Census of Agriculture Historical Archive
Contains data from 1840-2002. "The Census of Agriculture, taken every five years, is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. The Census looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures, and many other areas."
FAOSTAT
The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) data on agricultural production, food security, and sustainability for over 245 countries.
National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS)
"The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples."
Stanislaus County, CA Crop Reports
Crop reports from 1940-2013.
Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics
USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service
for Wisconsin.

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Criminal Justice Data

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Find data related to arrests, parole, probation, and more.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports
"The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation."

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Demographic Data

The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
The ARDA Data Archive is a collection of surveys, polls, and other data related to religion submitted by researchers and made available online by the ARDA.
Child Trends Databank
"The Child Trends DataBank examines and monitors more than 100 indicators that focus on risks and positive developments for children."
Department of Homeland Security Data & Statistics
Key data sets published by the Office of Immigration Statistics.
Disability Statistics (Cornell)
Find key disability data sources.
General Social Survey
"Contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have remained unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings."
Human Development Data (UN)
Find international data on education, gender inequality, life expectancy, and more.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
"ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields."
Mexican Migration Project
"The MMP Database is the result of an ongoing multidisciplinary study of Mexican Migration to the United States. It contains data gathered since 1982 in surveys administered every year in Mexico and in the United States."
Minnesota Population Center
Contains links to international population data.
A National Survey of Families and Houses
"The NSFH was designed to provide a broad range of information on family life.... Interviews were conducted in 1987-88, 1992-94, and 2001-2003."
US Department of Defense Data/Reports
"Contains links to sites with statistical information and published reports on subjects such as U.S. military casualties (DCAS), aggregated roster immunization reports (ICRS), and military training and readiness reports (START)."

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Digital Data

Datareportal
Global and regional data, insights and trends on digital usage.

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Economic, Finance & Trade Data

Bureau of Economic Analysis
The Bureau's webpage has information and statistics on regional, national, and international economic issues.
CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)
"The CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) is a key measure of market expectations of near-term volatility conveyed by S&P 500 stock index option prices."
Economagic
Find freely available economic time series data in one convenient location.
FDIC Bank Data & Statistics
"Use searchable databases to find information on specific banks, their branches, and the industry."
Federal Reserve Economic Data
Historical time series data for the U.S. economy which includes daily U.S. interest rates, CPI, PPI, GDP, monetary data, exchange rates, balance of payments and more. Data may be exported into Excel or text files.
globalEDGE Database of International Business Statistics
Create a free account to find data related to international business.
HMDA & PMIC Data Products
Find data on home mortgage lending activity and private mortgage insurance companies.
International Financial Statistics
The International Monetary Fund's IFS database contains data on exchange rates, commodity prices, consumer prices, interest rates, and other economic indicators.
National Association of Home Builders
"NAHB produces in-depth economic analyses of the home building industry based on private and government data. Our economics group surveys builders, home buyers, and renters to gain insight into the issues and trends driving the industry."
National Bureau of Economic Research
A list of datasets related to trade, healthcare, patents and more.
Survey of Income and Program Participation
"SIPP collects data and measures change for many topics including: economic well-being, family dynamics, education, assets, health insurance, childcare, and food security."
USAID-Foreign Assistance Data
"USAID maintains the official database for OECD/DAC and Greenbook reporting for assistance provided by the U.S. Government to the rest of the world, from 1946 to the present."

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Education Data

Childstats.gov
This page contains information about education data tools that are available from government agencies.
Kids Count Data Center
"Kids Count is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the well-being of children in the United States."
National Center for Education Statistics
Find data on colleges and universities, public schools, and private schools in the US.
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
Data on school construction and school buildings through 2012.

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Election Data

Constituency Level Elections Archive (CLEA)
The dataset and documentation currently include 1,494 elections from 129 countries.
Federal Election Commission Data Catalog
Contains data files on campaign finance.
Global Elections Database
"Provides information on the results of both national and subnational elections around the world.... All parties are included in the database regardless of the number of votes that they won. The data are based on countries' official election results and have been amassed from various government institutions."
Harvard Election Data Archive
"This archive contains data on election results, voting behavior, and electoral politics, with particular focus on the United States. The core data for the archive are state, county and district level election returns for all recent state and federal elections in the United States."
MIT Election Data + Science Lab
MIT's clearinghouse for data sets that can fuel studies on elections and how they're conducted.
US Election Assistance Commission
The Election Administration and Voting Survey "captures quantitative data pertaining to the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), and other election administration issues such as the counting of provisional ballots and poll worker recruitment. The second part is the Statutory Overview, which asks states a series of open-ended questions about their election laws, definitions, and procedures."

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Energy Data

Jodi Data
A collaboration between the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Data on oil and gas.
US Energy Information Administration
Data on coal, electricity, natural gas, and more.

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Environment Data

AQUASTAT
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN collects data on global water topics.
CEOS International Directory Network
Data relevant to global change and earth science research.
Earth Policy Institute Data Center
Data on population, natural systems, climate, agriculture, and more.
NASA Planetary Data System
Archives and distributes scientific data from NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements.
National Centers for Environmental Information
"NCEI is the world’s largest provider of weather and climate data. Land-based, marine, model, radar, weather balloon, satellite, and paleoclimatic are just a few of the types of datasets available."
Socioeconomic and Applications Center (SEDAC)
"SEDAC focuses on human interactions in the environment. Its mission is to develop and operate applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and Earth science data and to serve as an "Information Gateway" between the Earth and social sciences."
UNEPLive
The United Nations Environment Programme organizes data related to global environmental issues.
UN Water Facts
"UN-Water is the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater and sanitation related matters."

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General Data

Afrobarometer Online Data Analysis
A free and easy way to find, access and use quality data on Africa. It contains data from all of Afrobarometer’s Rounds 1-5 (1999-2012) covering 33 countries.
DataUSA.io
A searchable database with comprehensive visualizations of data drawn from many different sources. Data is US demographic and geographic focused -- cities, counties, states; jobs and industries; universities and schools.
Data.gov
Contains over 186,770 datasets from government entities. Find information on everything from student loans, precipitation rates, and consumer complaints.
Data.World
Called the "social network for data people," this relatively new site lets you sign up and share datasets with other researchers, or download datasets that may have been manipulated or changed to be just what you need for your own research.
DBpedia
"DBpedia is a crowd-sourced community effort to extract structured information from Wikipedia and make this information available on the Web."
Eurostat
Statistical office of the European Union.
Global Data on Events, Location, and Tone
"Creating a platform that monitors the world's news media from nearly every corner of every country in print, broadcast, and web formats, in over 100 languages, every moment of every day and that stretches back to January 1, 1979 through present day, with daily updates..."
Historical Business Data Sets
A collection of great animated graphs and some numerical data sets illustrating the history of business in America, generally from 1900-present.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The data base contains all the latest available data and indicators, for education, literacy, science, technology and innovation, as well as culture. It also contains updated country and regional profiles, global rankings and other interactive tools.

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Health Data

CDC National Center for Health Statistics
The NHCS conducts a number of health-related surveys and makes the data available via their website.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database
Find global HIV/AIDS data.
KFF
Formerly known as the Kaiser Family Foundation, this site contains data from health tracking polls and surveys.
NIH DASH
The National Institutes of Health's Data and Specimen Hub contains de-identified data from studies funded by NICHD.

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Labor Data

Bureau of Labor Statistics
The United States' primary fact-finding agency in the field of labor economics and statistics.
Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts
"The ICTWSS database covers four key elements of modern political economies: trade unionism, wage setting, state intervention and social pacts. The database contains annual data for all OECD and EU member states."
International Labour Organization
"Labour statistics describe the size, structure, characteristics, outputs and contributions of the participants in the labour market and how these change over time. From an economic perspective, these statistics are useful to analyse, evaluate and monitor the way the economy is performing and the effectiveness of current and longer term economic policies."
MISSOC Comparative Tables Database
The MISSOC Comparative Tables Database contains detailed information on social protection in 32 countries, including financing, healthcare, sickness, maternity/paternity, invalidity, old age, survivors, accidents at work and occupational diseases, family, unemployment, guaranteed minimum resources and long-term care.
Online OECD Employment Database
Find up-to-date employment statistics for making comparisons between countries and identifying trends over time.
UNCTADstat
Contains data the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development from national and international sources. Most of the time series cover long periods, with some dating back to 1948, for almost all economies of the world.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
"This database is maintained by the Statistical Division of the UNECE Secretariat. It provides free access to data structured to facilitate easy retrieval of statistics by users. It is organised by subject or policy areas. Multi-dimensional tables present data by country, by various socio-economic classifications related to the context, and by time period."

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News Databases

Access World News Research Collection
Database with global, national, and regional news, featuring newspapers, newswires, magazines, and video in English and many other languages.
Partial funding provided by UW System Shared Electronic Collection.

PR Newswire
For press releases from Fortune 500 companies and more.

US Newsstream
Current and archival to 1980s U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune.
Access provided by Wisconsin DPI via Badgerlink.

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Public Opinion

Odum Institute
Archive of public opinion data
Pew Research
Pew Research Center is a repository of public opinion polls and analysis on various issues.

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Sports Data

ASA Statistics in Sports Section
Sports statistical data resources compiled by the American Statistical Association.
Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool
"[Brought] to you by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education. This analysis cutting tool was designed to provide rapid customized reports for public inquiries relating to equity in athletics data."
Forbes Sports Money
Sports business news, and search team names for information on franchise value as well as other key team details.
NBA.com Stats
Historical stats and data dating back to the NBA's first season in 1946.
NCAA's Growth, Opportunities, Aspirations and Learning of Students in college
"GOALS is an NCAA study of the experiences and well-being of current student-athletes."
Official Olympic Games Results
Find results for a specific sport or medalist.
Sports-Reference.com
"A combination of sites providing top notch statistics and resources for sports fans everywhere."

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Transportation Data

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Find and download data for various modes of transportation, specific regions, and different subjects.
International Transport Forum
"The International Transport Forum collects data relevant to a range of transport policy issues. It maintains historical databases and publishes analysis and indicators regarding the transport sector."
MIT Global Airline Industry Program Airline Data Project
"The Airline Data Project aggregates airline data from the U.S. DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)."

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