LibGuides: SUS 220: Data & Statistics

Google Dataset Search

Google Dataset Search
A great searching tool to find open access or open datasets about potential topics or regions that may have recently been published, as this web crawler feature from Google is fairly new.

Environmental Sustainability - Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
The SEDAC Thematic Portal on Environmental Sustainability provides access to the latest global data, documentation, and visualization and analysis tools for those interested in the subject of environmental sustainability.
Data.gov
Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
EPA Data Finder
This site is a single place to find a vast selection of EPA data sources, organized into topics such as air and water that are in easily downloadable formats.
Geography & Environment from the U.S. Statistical Abstract
This section presents a variety of information on the physical environment of the United States. The subjects covered are mostly concerned with environmental trends but include related subjects such as land use, water consumption, air pollutant emissions, toxic releases, oil spills, hazardous waste sites, municipal waste and recycling, threatened and endangered wildlife, and the environmental industry.

International Financial Statistics Online
International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a source of international statistics on aspects of international and domestic finance. Users can download the data, but in order to use the download function, you need to first sign-in/create a free user account. This source includes current data for the analysis of problems of international payments and of inflation and deflation. Covers most countries.
Time series data from 1948

OEC
The Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC) is an online data visualization and distribution platform focused on the geography and dynamics of economic activities. The OEC integrates and distributes data from a variety of sources to empower analysts in the private sector, public sector, and academia. Search by your mineral name in "product" search.

USGS General Website
USGS National Minerals Information Center
Commodity reports on specific ores and minerals from past years as well as the most recent 2021 report are available here.
Mineral Sources Online USGS Maps
Maps for spatial observation of mines and mineral data. Be sure to check out the major deposits map.
USGS Science Data Catalog
USGS ScienceBase

Mindat.org
Find comprehensive information about particular minerals, rocks, and other resources either through locality, mineral search name, chemical name, etc.
Mineral Images Database
Find images of your minerals, ores, and materials at this website; be sure to give appropriate credit through citing.

Sustainability Indicators
Call Number: Gen Collection GE140 .B45 2008
ISBN: 9781844072996
Sustainability Indicators reviews the development and value of sustainability indicators and discusses the advantage of taking a holistic and qualitative approach rather than focusing on strictly quantitative measures. They also provide an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of projects that undertake work in the general field of sustainable development.
GIS for Sustainable Development
Call Number: General Collection HC79.E5 G54 2006
This volume reviews leading GIS science, providing an overview of research topics and applications that enable GIS newcomers and professionals to apply GIS methods to sustainable spatial planning.
Use of Satellite and in-Situ Data to Improve Sustainability
The presented papers provide information on how to use operational satellites and in-situ measurements for early detection of large-scale droughts, floods and fires, diagnose crop and pasture annual losses, predict periods with health/unhealthy vegetation based on such climate forcing events as ENSO, monitor air quality and geomagnetic activities, assess land cover trends in response to global warming etc.