Library Guides: Guide for Data Use Agreements: Finding Restricted Data

Considerations

Before you embark on this time intensive journey towards access to restricted use data, ask yourself the question. Can I get the answer to my question from publicly accessible data?

Restricted Data Providers

Federal Statistical Research Data Centers

Federal Statistical Research Data Center
Federal Agencies partnerships with the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers
Penn State Research Data Center
Penn States RDC was founded in 2014. Information about applying for access can be found here:

Other Federal Agencies

Other Research Centers and Data Archives

re3data.org Registry of Research Data Repositories
NORC
Provides data enclaves with access to: General Social Survey (NSF), Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID), America National Elections Study (NSF)
Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey
Rand Corporation
AdHealth
Carolina Population Center provides access to the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research