Guides: Finding Datasets: Subscription-based Data Sources

Certain types of data, such as business or financial data, are often proprietary information that is not publicly accessible. However, some collection of such data are available through the UNT Libraries. The following list provides the commonly used dataset platforms for coursework or research project for students and faculty. Many of them have built-in analytics and visualization tools to query aggregated datasets.

IBIS World

Social Explorer

Sports Market Analytics

Databases Provided Though the UNT Libraries

Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive
The Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive is a longitudinal national data series and provides ranges of annual data from 1815 for all countries with many associated variables. General categories include demographic data, social, political and economic topics.
IBISWorld
IBISWorld is a collection of U.S. and global industry market research and U.S. risk ratings. It contains business reports in five categories including industry market research, industry risk ratings, and company research for the U.S., global industry research, and selected economic and demographic data. Market analysis components include overviews, industry performance and outlook, competitive and regulatory environment, major competitors, operational conditions, and key statistics. U.S. risk reports discuss industry and market risk, including industry life cycle, growth potential, and economic sensitivity. Downloadable report elements include SWOT analyses, statistical tables, and graphs.
Social Explorer
Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. The easy-to-use Web interface lets users create maps and reports to better illustrate, analyze, and understand demography and social change. In addition to being a comprehensive data resource, Social Explorer also offers features and tools to meet the needs of both demography experts and novices. To learn more about Social Explorer, visit https://www.socialexplorer.com/product
Sports Market Analytics
Sports Market Analytics provides access to multiple resources, including industry-developed Market Research, Government Statistics, Facility Reports, News, International Market Publications, Customized Research, and Directors. SBRnet provides nationwide analysis of statistical trends in each major segment of the sports market and the extent to which they interrelate.
Statista
Statista aggregates statistical data on international industries from thousands of sources including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases. Statista provides access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and other areas of interest.
WRDS the path to business intelligence
WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services provides access to various business and financial data sets including Center for Research in Security Prices, Audit Analytics, Execucomp, and Standard and Poor's Compustat. Please note that UNT has access to only a select number of the data sets hosted on WRDS. To access WRDS, you will need to create an account using your UNT email address.

iPoll Databank
IPoll is a comprehensive, up-to-date source for US nationwide public opinion. A full-text retrieval system, the iPoll online database is organized at the question level, providing the tools to sift through nearly a half million questions asked on national public opinion surveys, 1935 to present.

To access the full list of subscribed datasets in our library catalog, click here to access.

Data Available on Request

Hathi Trust Digitial Library Datasets
Provides text data of public domain works for research. Follow the researcher agreement and request process on their site to access their data.
MIMIC-III - MIT Lab for Computational Physiology
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Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III is a database of de-identified health data from intensive care unit patients between June 2001 - October 2012. Researchers seeking to use this free database must formally request access.

Finding Datasets

IBIS World

Social Explorer

Sports Market Analytics

Databases Provided Though the UNT Libraries

Data Available on Request

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