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

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Restricted–Use Data Procedures Guide
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Limited Data Sets Request
National Institute on Aging, Access to Restricted Data
USDA: FoodAPS National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey
On-site Visiting Researcher Program: Access to Confidential Data Files at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Institute of Educational Science / National Center for Education Statistics
Center for Disease Control & Prevention
How to Apply for Access to Restricted-Release Airline Data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Medical Expenditures Survey Restricted Use Data and Access Application and Requirements (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

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