ICPSR, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, established in 1962, provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction and offers training in quantitative methods.  All staff, students, and faculty have access to the extensive ICPSR Web site by going through the Auburn University Libraries’ homepage ( click on the Databases by Title link located under the Articles and Databases link on the A.U. Libraries’ homepage ).  First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your e-mail address and password to download data.  Please contact Barbara Bishop at bishoba@auburn.edu for help or more information.

Find publications based on ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) data via the Bibliography of Data-Related Literature, a searchable database that contains over 41,000 citations of known published and unpublished works from analyses of data held in the ICPSR archive.

By Kenneth Jost and published by CQ Press in 2007, this 622-page volume is located on the Third Floor under call number KF 8742 .A35 S8 2007.