Library: GC2Y: Big Data and Technology: Data Sets

Online Datasets

Data.gov
Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
Data.gov.uk
Since 2010 data.gov.uk has been helping people to find and use open government data, and supporting government publishers to maintain data.
EU Open Data
Gateway to data produced by EU member institutions.
open AFRICA
openAFRICA aims to be the largest independent repository of open data on the African continent.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center makes its data available to the public for secondary analysis after a period of time.
Population Estimates Program
For data about population from the U.S. government.
UN Data
Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies. T
UN Statistical Databases
Directory of UN statistical databases from the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library.
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data
Data Catalogs.org
This site provides a browseable or searchable of open data catalogs around the world, including government and non-government sources.
Data Cite
Locate, identify, and cite research data with the leading global provider of DOIs for research data.

Finding Datasets Online

Google Dataset Search is a search engine across metadata for millions of datasets in thousands of repositories across the Web. Similar to how Google Scholar works, Google Dataset Search lets you find datasets wherever they’re hosted, whether it’s a publisher's site, a digital library, or an author's personal web page.