The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/) has added microdata for the exit polls from the 2008 presidential election. Data for a national exit poll and for exit polls from 48 individual states are available. See the following for more information:

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/center/announcements.html

The World Bank has announced that the contents of its subscription-only databases such as the World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance will now be available on-line for free. See http://go.worldbank.org/MZ29WQLWK0 for more information:

The library now has on-line subscriptions to the following IMF databases:

* Balance of Payments Statistics

* Direction of Trade Statistics

* Government Finance Statistics

These subscriptions are in addition to our International Financial Statistics on-line subscription. If you are familiar with the on-line interface to the IFS, the interfaces for these additional databases are very much the same in terms of layout and functionality.

Representatives from the ICPSR will be on-site at Emory University on Friday, March 19, to demonstrate the ICPSR's Resource Center for Minority Data (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/RCMD/).  The demonstration will last from 10:00AM - 12:00PM and will take place in Room 215 in the Woodruff Library and will focus on accessing the contents of this collection and on the various on-line learning tools that are part of it.  Refreshments will be provided.

http://maps.nypl.org/warper/

The NYPL Map Rectifier is a tool for digitally aligning ("rectifying") historical maps from the NYPL's collections to match today's precise maps. Visitors can browse already rectified maps or assist the NYPL by aligning a map. Play the video above to tour the site and learn how to rectify a map yourself.

The ICPSR has unveiled the NCAA Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NCAA/. This archive will be populated with data gathered by the NCAA for the purpose of evaluating the experiences and academic performance of NCAA athletes.

Understanding Geographic Information Systems

Professor Chris Blattman at Yale is a participant in a project titled the Survey of War Affected Youth.  The project, which focuses on northern Uganda, studies the impact of conflict on youth and the impact of programs intended to encourage post-conflict recovery. See http://chrisblattman.com/projects/sway/ for more information.

The Electronic Data Center will be closed for the holidays from 12/23/2009 through 1/1/2010.  The Center will resume its normal hours of operation on Monday, January 4.

http://www.thearda.com/Archive/Files/Descriptions/ISLAMVAL.asp - "Comparative Values Survey of Islamic Countries," available at the Association of Religion Data Archives. The data are an extract from the World Values Survey, focusing on 15 countries with majority-Muslim populations. ARDA data are available as SPSS portable (.por) files.