Data

Data resources are at the heart of good research.

This page lists data resources and services operating under or in collaboration with the D-Lab.

D-Lab Data Services support the social science data needs of UC Berkeley researchers. We provide access to a broad range of social science data and work with researchers to help them understand the content and use of these data. Part of our services are fulfilled through the D-Lab workshop and consulting programs. Additionally, D-Lab offers UC Berkeley faculty in-classroom training on public and restricted use census data resources upon request. We also partner with faculty to provide data analytics support on research projects.

D-Lab Data Partnerships

D-Lab is a partner of the U.S. Census Bureau's State Data Center Network(link is external) (SDB/BIDC) which seeks to empower scholars to discover census data products and help them utilize these in their research.

D-Lab is a member of the U.S. Census Bureau's Federal Statistical Research Data Centers Program(link is external) and as such we manage the Berkeley FSRDC lab.

Along with the Library(link is external), D-Lab is an official representative for both the ICPSR(link is external) and the Roper Center(link is external). We work with students to facilitate the use of these tools to locate and access relevant data.

D-Lab is the distributor for the California/Field and the IGS Polls. We provide access to these data to the entire UC Berkeley Campus.

Additionally, D-Lab has many other valued campus partners with whom we work closely to facilitate scholarly access to data resources. The new Berkeley Research Data Portal (https://researchdataportal.berkeley.edu/(link is external)) is a great umbrella portal to discover campus resources for data creation, access, use and sharing.