This video site, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research is a unit within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research is a membership-based organization, with over 550 member colleges and universities around the world.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research puts more emphasis on the late twentieth century. Data sets such as Historical and Contemporary Electoral Processes and 1790–1960 Censuses will be useful to studies of earlier periods. The site includes five special topic archives with data in linked sites geared to health, education, aging, criminal justice, and substance abuse and mental health concerns.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research also provides 45 links to related sites. The site is useful for those people doing serious research in social and political history. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research plans in the future to introduce a set of pages that focuses on the needs and interests of novice data users.
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