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Data & Visualization Services Department

This department provides training and computing resources related to data analysis, data management, and data visualization. The department provides free consultive and instructional assistance to UM-affiliated patrons. 

This guide can be used to help you locate data, data repositories, and statistics to use in your research.

Finding Data and Statistics

The Finding Data and Statistics section of the guide links out to the Data & Visualization Services departmental page where you can learn more about the services that the department provides around finding and working with data.

Data at UM

The Data at UM section of the guide highlights the data sources that the University of Miami Libraries has purchased or subscribed to for the University community. 

Open (Free) Data

The Open (Free) Data section of the guide shares selected open data sources where you can access data for free. 

Data Purchase Program

The Data Purchase Program section of the guide provides you with an opportunity to request data for the University of Miami Libraries to purchase. 

The University of Miami Libraries supports access to data and statistics via subscriptions to data access databases and the purchasing of licensed datasets. Find a list of these data resources below. For additional data access resources, refer to the Databases A-Z list or see the lists at the very bottom of the page.

- Data source accessible via subscription paid for by the University of Miami Libraries (UM authentication required)

 - Free (Open) data source

 - Must be accessed on campus

The following is a list of licensed datasets that have been purchased by the University of Miami Libraries.

• Power outages in Florida by city and utility. 
  • Dataset of electrical power outages in Florida at the city level, organized by utility provider and recorded at hourly intervals from 2018 through 2025. The data were derived from PowerOutage.us, an online platform that aggregates and tracks power outages across the United States in near real time. The dataset supports analysis of outage patterns, infrastructure reliability, and the impact of extreme weather events on electrical service.
• Property Appraiser of Miami-Dade County data. 
  • Collection of datasets containing property assessment, ownership, tax roll, sales, land, building, and tangible personal property information maintained by the Property Appraiser of Miami-Dade County. Includes current assessment data, historical tax roll event snapshots, sales records, and property characteristics for real estate parcels and tangible personal property accounts. Data covers the timeframe from 2009 to May 4th, 2026. 
• US Consumer Historical Dataset. (Data Axle)  
  • Consists of annual snapshots of historical address level data from Data Axle (previously known as InfoGroup) US Consumers database. Includes annual datasets with household, marketing and geographic information. The data can be represented as a time series of consumer records from 2006 to 2025.

If you are looking for a data source or dataset that we do not yet provide access to, please consider submitting a data purchase request for the data. See the Data Purchase Program section of this research guide for more information on how to apply. 

ARL Annual Salary Survey 

ARL Statistics 

Business Insights: Global 

Business Monitor International (BMI) Industry Reports 

Candid Ultimate 

Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online 

ComAnalytics 

ERIC (EBSCO) 

ERIC (ProQuest) 

Erudit 

Essential Science Indicators 

Gale Digital Scholar Lab 

Gale In Context: Environmental Studies 

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints 

Healthcare Administration Database (ProQuest) 

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)  / 

InCites 

Journal Citation Reports 

Knovel Library 

Mergent Market Atlas 

Mass Observation Project (Adam Matthew Collection) 

Morningstar Investing Center 

MRI Simmons 

Political Risk Yearbook 

RAND State Statistics 

S&P Capital IQ Pro (formerly S&P Global Market Intelligence)  / 

Sage Data 

SAGE Research Methods Datasets 1 

SciVal 

SHELDUS 

Social Explorer 

Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage  

Stateman's Yearbook (SYBWorld) 

Statista 

Statistics Canada E-STAT 

WebCSD 

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)  (Access only for faculty and PhD students)

In addition to the data sources above, the following sections will highlight selected free data sources.

Program Overview

The University of Miami Libraries’ Dataset Purchase Program is designed to support the University of Miami research community by providing the opportunity to request specific datasets to be purchased by the Libraries. 

Who Can Request a Dataset Purchase

University of Miami affiliated faculty, staff, and students are eligible to submit a request for the purchase of a dataset. 

Datasets that are Eligible for Purchase

The Dataset Purchase Program can only consider purchasing datasets that: 

• Can be purchased one-time. Datasets available through a subscription are not eligible for the Dataset Purchase Program. 

• Can be made available to all University of Miami faculty, staff, and students. 

• Do not have restrictions on access.  

• Do not require proprietary software for use. 

It is important to properly cite data just like you would cite other scholarly publications such as articles and books. Citing data ensures that the author or creator of the data receives appropriate credit. Additionally, citing data can improve the credibility of your research and allow anyone who is reviewing your work to have a better understanding of the sources used and where to locate the data themselves. 

While the citation standards for datasets are not uniformly agreeded upon, most citations will include the following elements:

• Author/Creator
• Title
• Publication Year
• Publisher
• Version (if relevant)
• Access Information (such as a DOI)