Amazon Web Services
- Amazon Web ServicesBrowse Amazon Web Services' Public Data Sets by category for a huge wealth of information. Search NASA's satelite images of Earth and climate projections.
arXiv
- arXiv
"Open access to 1,409,359 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics."
Atlas of Living Australia Data Sets
- Atlas of Living Australia
Much of the content in the Atlas of Living Australia, such as occurrence records, environmental data, images and the conservation status of species, comes from data sets provided by collecting institutions, individual collectors and community groups.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ABSThe ABS Australia's national statistical agency, providing trusted official statistics on a wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters of importance to Australia.
Australian Data Archive
- Australian Data Archive
The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data. ADA disseminates this data for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users.
For search and citation assistance: https://ada.edu.au/accessing-data/
Australian Government Data Sets
- Australian Government Data Sets
"Most of the data available is free of charge and can be visualised using the in-built mapping tools. Individuals and organisations are encouraged to use the data on this site for research, study or applications that add value to the global community. In addition to open datasets, data.gov.au now includes information about unpublished data and data available for purchase." Contact the Library if the data you wish to access is not free.
Biointeractive
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Search the Institute's Data points for your topic.
Brown University - Biomedical and Life Sciences Data
- Brown University - Data
A collection of Data Sets curated by Brown University Library.
Climate Data
- Climate Data - Bureau of Meteorology
"Use the Text or Map search to view daily and monthly statistics, historical weather observations, rainfall, temperature and solar tables, graphs and data."
CSIRO Data Access Portal
- CSIRO Data Portal
"The CSIRO Data Access Portal provides access to research data, software and other digital assets published by CSIRO across a range of disciplines."
Data Catalog
DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them. Watch the tutorial and read the FAQs.
Gapminder
- GapminderGapminder produces free resources making the world understandable based on reliable statistics. They collaborate with universities, UN, public agencies and non-governmental organisations.
Geographic Information Systems - Data for the World
- GIS - Data for the WorldMIT libraries curated list of geographic information systems comprising data from around the world.
Global Development Data
- Global Development DataFree and open access to global development data, browse by country or indicator (that is, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator?tab=all)
Google Public Data Directory
- Google DataThe Google Public Data Explorer makes large, public-interest data sets easy to explore, visualise and communicate. This tool was built for students, journalists, policymakers, and data lovers.
HILDA Survey
- HILDA Survey
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a household-based panel study that collects valuable information about economic and personal well-being, labour market dynamics and family life.
Internet Archive
- Internet Archive
"Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more." Search the metadata for your topic and then narrow your results by selecting only data results.
National Centers of Environmental Information
- NCEINCEI is the world's largest provider of weather and climate data. Land-based, marine, model, radar, weather balloon, satellite, and paleoclimatic are just a few of the types of datasets available.
Nordpil
- NordpilNordpil has prepared geographic data and visual material that has been published in National Geographic, Nature and major newspapers.
106 Free Data Sources
- 106 of the Best Free Data SourcesAccess free data sources for the following areas: General/Academic, Marketing, Crime, Drugs, Entertainment, Environmental/Weather Data, Financial/Economic Data, Government/World, Health, Human Rights, Labor/Employment Data, Politics, Social, and Travel/Transportation.
Queensland Government Data
- Queensland Government Data
Search over 2,400 data sets held by the Queensland Government
RDataSets
- Rdatasets"Rdatasets is a collection of 1147 datasets that were originally distributed alongside the statistical software environment R and some of its add-on packages. The goal is to make these data more broadly accessible for teaching and statistical software development."
Scientific Data
- Scientific Data
"Repositories included on this page have been evaluated to ensure that they meet ... requirements for data access, preservation and stability. Please be aware, however, that some repositories on this page may only accept data from those funded by specific sources, or may charge for hosting data."
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Centre
- SEDACSEDAC focuses on human interactions in the environment, SEDAC has as its mission to develop and operate applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and earth science data and to serve as the "information Gateway' between earth sciences and social sciences.
UNICEF
- UNICEF DataUNICEF's work is grounded in empirical data, rigorous research and thoughtful analysis.
University of Auckland
- Statistics and Numeric Data - NZNew Zealand and international data sets on economies, trade, lifestyles, labour statistics and more.
World Health Organisation
- World Health Organisation Data Sets
Choose to search from one of the following:
Global Health Observatory (GHO)
WHO's portal providing access to data and analyses for monitoring the global health situation. Provides critical data and analyses for over 30 health themes ranging from health systems to disease-specific themes, as well as direct access to the full database.
Global Health Estimates (GHE)
The GHE provide a comprehensive and comparable assessment of mortality and loss of health due to diseases, injuries and risk factors. Global, regional and country estimates for all-cause mortality, and deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) by age, sex and cause, are available for download.
WHO Mortality Database
Database of annual death registration data on causes of death by age and sex as reported from civil registration systems of more than 100 Member States.
