We Love Datasets! Take the Leap During Love Data Week

This Love Data Week, Cats everywhere are asking: “Where’s the data?” 

Behind sundry beeps, blips, and whirring data viz machines resounds the answer: “At the Libraries!”

With more data available than ever before, UK Libraries plays a critical role in guiding access to the wide and wild world of data. We invest in high-quality datasets and sources that provide our users with an astounding range of raw materials not otherwise publicly available, from climate data and public opinion polls to health statistics and 16th century sermons, and everything in between.

From February 9–13, our Digital Scholarship & Data Librarians will lead daily online sessions that take a deep dive into a single popular dataset. Find information about each of these events and register for the sessions below.

Monday, February 9 

• Love Data Week Kick-Off
  • The Stacks
  • 11am – 2pm
  • Stop by The Stacks: Digital Scholarship Center to learn about the week’s events, enjoy some snacks, learn about the services and datasets that the Libraries make available to users.
• Dataset of the Day: Statista
  • Zoom 
  • 1pm – 1:45pm
  • This session will introduce Statista, which integrates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from over 22,000 sources onto a single platform, providing researchers direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. It also provides data on market forecasts, white paper studies, dossiers, industry reports, digital market outlooks, and consumer market outlooks.
  • Register here.

Tuesday, February 10

• Dataset of the Day: PolicyMap
  • Zoom 
  • 1pm – 1:45pm
  • This session will profile PolicyMap, a web-based online data and mapping application that provides access to over 75,000 indicators focused on topics like demographic, housing, health, education, and more. The primary focus is on the United States with datasets available at different geographic scales. Users can easily create customized maps that allow for straightforward analysis and compelling data visualizations. Additionally, datasets are available in multiple formats, including tables and reports, with some public datasets available for download. 
  • Register here.

Wednesday, February 11 

• Dataset of the Day: Roper iPoll
  • Zoom 
  • 1pm – 1:45pm
  • This session will profile Roper iPoll, a database of polling and survey data from U.S. and international polling firms. Researchers can investigate topics such as politics, social issues, pop culture, and international affairs, and directly download raw data files or generate charts and tables for quick visualizations. 
  • Register here.

Thursday, February 12 

• Dataset of the Day: Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
  • Zoom 
  • 1pm – 1:45pm
  • This session will profile Data Citation Index (part of Web of Science), which includes records for over 2 million datasets and studies across a wide variety of disciplines. Records include information on authors, affiliations, subject keywords, citations, and links to related peer-reviewed studies, making Data Citation Index a valuable resource for discovering new research datasets or accessing dataset metadata in bulk for analysis.
  • Register here.

Friday, February 13 

• Dataset of the Day: Sage Data
  • Zoom
  • 1pm – 1:45pm
  • This session will feature representatives from Sage Publishing to profile Sage Data, a central home for datasets with a multidisciplinary and global scope that can be used for both independent research and classroom instruction. It enables users to create custom data visualizations such as maps and trend charts easily and includes a reference library to master data literacy essentials. While UK Libraries does not currently license Sage Data, we are looking for your feedback on whether it fits your research and teaching needs. Attendees will have an opportunity to provide their perspectives after the session.
  • Register here.

Positioned at the doorway to an exponentially expanding universe of information, UK Libraries can help you discover the data you need – and make sense of what it means. 

Our librarians simplify the search process, help you access the data you need, and bring it to life with analysis and visualization tools, including specialized software and equipment in The Stacks. We can also help you find data generated by the UK community, or store your own and make it freely accessible to scholars around the world. 

Check out resources to help navigate and evaluate data sets or browse data sets available to UK researchers by subject.

Love Data Week is an international celebration of data hosted by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) that raises awareness and builds community around research data.