Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
Dataset Guides
CONSORTIUM FOR INTERNATIONAL EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION NETWORK
Overview
Dataset Guides offer information about most datasets accessible through CIESIN's Gateway. Each guide provides an overview of the dataset and details on its source and history; access to variable lists and dicti
onaries, if available; and guidance in using the dataset and in deciding whether it is appropriate for a particular application.
Dataset Guides include the following information:
- Abstract/Summary Information - an abstract or summary of the information found in the dataset with a link to the originating or developing organization, if available;
- Archival/Access Information - information on the organization(s) responsible for archival and on where and how you can access the dataset;
- Dataset Variables/Descriptions - a list of variables and their descriptions;
- Data Acquisition/Collection - information on how, where, and why the data were collected;
- Related Datasets - a list of related datasets with links to their dataset guides, if available;
- Contacts/References - points of contact;
- Keywords - words by which the dataset guides can be indexed.
Availability of Dataset Guides
Available datasets are accessible either through CIESIN's archives or through CIESIN's Information Cooperative Partners. The following dataset guides are either available currently or will be released soon:
- World Resources - World Resources Institute
- Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database (HAZDAT) - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) 1940-1990 - U.S. Census Bureau
- Current Population Survey Data - U.S. Census Bureau
- Economic Census Data 1987 - U.S. Census Bureau
- County and City Data Book 1988 - U.S. Census Bureau
- USA Counties, A Statistical Abstract Supplement - U.S. Census Bureau
- National Economic,
Social, and
Environmental Databank (Experimental) - Office of Business Analysis
- Regional Economic Information System - U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Environmental Subset of Collection of Multilateral Conventions - Fletcher School, TUFTS University
- UNCED Collection - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
- Register of International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of the Environment - United Nations Environment Programme
- EuroMab ACCESS - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- Michigan Resources Information System (MIRIS) County Base Maps - Michigan Department of Natural Resources/Michigan Resource Inventory Program
- Michigan Resources Information System (MIRIS) Land Cover Maps - Michigan Department of Natural Resources/Michigan Resource Inventory Program
- Michigan Resources Information System (MIRIS) Water Well Maps - Michigan Department of Natural Resources/Michigan Resource Inventory Program
- HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Database - U.S. Census Bureau, Center for International Research
- County Business Patterns - U.S. Census Bureau
- Polish General Social Survey 1992-93 - Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw
- Georferenced Population Data of Mexico - Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
- Social Indicators of Development (SID) - World Bank
- Trends in Developing Economies (TIDE) - World Bank
- World Tables - World Bank
- Mortality Database - World Health Organization
- IMAGE 2.0 - RIVM
- International Data Base - U.S. Census Bureau, Center for International Research
- Global Population Data Base - U.S. Census Bureau, Center for International Research
- Caring for the Earth - World Conservation Union
- IUCN Publications and Periodical Database - International Union for the Conservation of Nature
- International Documentation Unit and Library of Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development - Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development
- Public Opinion Item Index - Institute for Research in Social Science
- Gridded Population of the World (GPW) - National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Some dataset collections are also organized by topic:
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