ICPSR Gateway
Search
Links to the ICPSR Search page and the special topics archives- Search the ICPSR Archive
Search data sets from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Note: you will be leaving UMBC's website.
- ICPSR Special Topic Archives
Projects that focus on the archiving of data in specific subject areas. Includes Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA); International Archive of Education Data (IAED); National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA); National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA). Note: you will be leaving UMBC's website.
Tools
Finding and using ICPSR data can be difficult. See the Thesaurus and SPSS guides below for help.- Importing into SPSS or SAS
How to Use SPSS & SAS Data Definition Statements, etc. (from ICPSR)
- SPSS Tutorial
Get started with SPSS 10.0.5 for Windows
- ICPSR Thesaurus
Includes a Subject Thesaurus, Personal Names Authority List, and Geographic Names Thesaurus.
Other
Other information, including ICPSR publications, and general information about ICPSR at UMBC.- What is ICPSR?
Information about the ICPSR data archive, history, UMBC's Membership, and the most recent Summer Program in quantitative methods.
- UMB Social Work Program
UMBC's ICPSR Membership has been expanded to include PhD candidates in the Social Work program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Click the link for more information
- ICPSR Publications
Links to the ICPSR Bulletin (1996-present), Summer Program Announcement, Annual Reports, and the ICPSR Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving.
Summer Program
Information about the most recent summer program, travel reimbursement, and scholarships.- Warren E. Miller Scholarship
A scholarship fund has been established in honor of Warren E. Miller...Awards will consist of a fee waiver and $1500 for 4 weeks or $2500 for 8 weeks.
- ICPSR Summer Program
UMBC will award a $250 travel stipend to one or more attendees. See contact information below.
Questions?
If you have questions you may contact:- Katy Sullivan
Web Services Librarian
UMBC Official Representative for ICPSR - Nicholas R. Miller
Department of Political Science
UMBC Designated ICPSR Representative