Research Guides: ECI 621: Selected Topics in Early Childhood: Find More: Specialized Information

Data and statistics

NOTE! Data and statistics can often be found in journal articles, so don't forget to search article databases.

Data Citation Index
Database for finding data sets, data repositories, and data studies.

Data.gov
Database of the US government’s open data. Provides federal, state and local data, tools, and resources to conduct research, build apps, design data visualizations, and more.

National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
re3data.org (Registry of Research Data Repositories)
A global directory/catalog of research data repositories covering all academic disciplines. Search by topic or keyword to find a database relevant to your project.
UNdata (United Nations Statistics Division)
Provides a single point of entry for all United Nations statistical databases -- find stats on demographics, health, environmental indicators, economics, education, and more.

Dissertations are a good place to get oriented on a topic and find reviews of the most current literature.

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (ProQuest)
A database of dissertations and theses from around the world, including links to full text for dissertations written since 1997 and some fulltext coverage for older works. If you're unable to access the full text of a document, please refer to the instructions to log in to ProQuest.

DART-Europe E-theses Portal
Database providing access to digitized theses from Europe.