Datasets
IPUMS (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series): Harmonized Micro Census Datasets
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): Public Available Data Archive
NBER Data Archive
Economics of Digitization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Dataverse: Data on Agricultural Spending, Research and Development, and Hunger
DEVECONDATA: Datasets for Development Economists
PolityIV: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2015
World Bank Open Data
US Government's Open Data
Barometer on China's Development (中国发展数据库): Economic and Political Indicators about 333 Prefectures and 2,862 Counties in China
OECD International Migration Database
UN Global Migration Database
Afrobarometer: An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa
DHS: Demographic and Health Survey
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): Public Available Data Archive
NBER Data Archive
Economics of Digitization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Dataverse: Data on Agricultural Spending, Research and Development, and Hunger
DEVECONDATA: Datasets for Development Economists
PolityIV: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2015
World Bank Open Data
US Government's Open Data
Barometer on China's Development (中国发展数据库): Economic and Political Indicators about 333 Prefectures and 2,862 Counties in China
OECD International Migration Database
UN Global Migration Database
Afrobarometer: An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa
DHS: Demographic and Health Survey
GIS Resources
Masayuki Kudamatsu's GIS course: Useful ArcGIS instruction
spmap: STATA Command to Draw Maps (Guide)
IPUMS-USA GIS Boundary Files
National Historical Geographic Information System: Aggregate Census Data and GIS-compatible Boundary Files for the United States between 1790 and 2015
RandyMajors.com: Historical US Historical County Boundary Maps
China Historical GIS: Database of Populated Places and Historical Administrative Units of China between 221 BCE and 1911 CE
GeoCommons
WorldClim - Global Climate Data
Wikimedia Commons Old Maps
Harvard Map Collection
David Rumsey Map Collection
Open Access Maps at New York Public Library
spmap: STATA Command to Draw Maps (Guide)
IPUMS-USA GIS Boundary Files
National Historical Geographic Information System: Aggregate Census Data and GIS-compatible Boundary Files for the United States between 1790 and 2015
RandyMajors.com: Historical US Historical County Boundary Maps
China Historical GIS: Database of Populated Places and Historical Administrative Units of China between 221 BCE and 1911 CE
GeoCommons
WorldClim - Global Climate Data
Wikimedia Commons Old Maps
Harvard Map Collection
David Rumsey Map Collection
Open Access Maps at New York Public Library
Historical Datasets and Archives
Datasets
EH.net Databases: Economic History Datasets on EH.net
Social, Demographic, and Educational Data for France, 1801-1897
Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002
International Migrations, Vol 1 Statistics by Ferenczi and Wilcox
Economic History Data at Lund University
World-Historical Dataverse: University of Pittsburgh Archive of World Historical Data
Canadian Families Project: Historical Census of Canada
Historical Statistics of the United States - Millennial Edition Online
Professor Georgory Clark's Data Archive: Data on the History of the English Economy, 1150-1914
Maddison Project
Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database: Macroeconomic Historical Data of 17 Advanced Economics since 1870
China Biographical Database Project
Society for Qing Studies
Skinner Regional Systems Analysis Dataverse
Archives
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: The Life in 17th Century London
Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room
Open Collections Program: Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930: Collection of Historical Materials of the US Immigration
EH.net Databases: Economic History Datasets on EH.net
Social, Demographic, and Educational Data for France, 1801-1897
Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002
International Migrations, Vol 1 Statistics by Ferenczi and Wilcox
Economic History Data at Lund University
World-Historical Dataverse: University of Pittsburgh Archive of World Historical Data
Canadian Families Project: Historical Census of Canada
Historical Statistics of the United States - Millennial Edition Online
Professor Georgory Clark's Data Archive: Data on the History of the English Economy, 1150-1914
Maddison Project
Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database: Macroeconomic Historical Data of 17 Advanced Economics since 1870
China Biographical Database Project
Society for Qing Studies
Skinner Regional Systems Analysis Dataverse
Archives
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: The Life in 17th Century London
Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room
Open Collections Program: Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930: Collection of Historical Materials of the US Immigration
Miscellanea
Advice for Young Scholars by Andrew Oswald
Rome Reborn: A Digital Model of Ancient Rome
Orbis: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
Famous and Infamous Census Records
Rome Reborn: A Digital Model of Ancient Rome
Orbis: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
Famous and Infamous Census Records