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  • "Dataset Search is a search engine for datasets. Using a simple keyword search, users can discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web." <https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/help>
     
  • Example - Voter turnout presidential elections by ethnicity

    https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?src=0&query=voter%20turnout%20presidential%20elections%20by%20ethnicity&docid=L2cvMTFwd2Y1NGgzNQ%3D%3D

    One of the datasets: Voter turnout in US presidential elections by ethnicity 1964-2020

    Dataset updated Jun 21, 2022; Dataset authored and provided by Statista - http://statista.com/ Area covered United States
    Description
    United States presidential elections are quadrennial elections that decide who will be the President and Vice President of the United States for the next four years. Voter turnout has ranged between 54 and 70 percent since 1964, with white voters having the highest voter turnout rate (particularly when those of Hispanic descent are excluded). In recent decades, turnout among black voters has got much closer to the national average, and in 2008 and 2012, the turnout among black voters was higher than the national average, exceeded only by non-Hispanic white voters; this has been attributed to Barack Obama's nomination as the Democratic nominee in these years, where he was the first African American candidate to run as a major party's nominee. Turnout among Asian and...

  • Example - Food Security during COVID-19 > Topics> Social Sciences

    https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?src=0&query=Food%20Security%20COVID-19%20&docid=L2cvMTFocmg0bGY5OQ%3D%3D

    One of the datasets: - Food Access and Food Security During COVID-19 Survey- Version 2.1

    Unique identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4KY9XZ
    Dataset updated Jun 10, 2020 / Dataset provided by Harvard Dataverse; License CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. License information was derived automatically.

    Description:
    An updated version of the food access and security during COVID-19 survey, based on experience with V1 in Vermont. Includes the addition of several new questions for food assistance programs and dietary intake, which are summarized in the readme file. We are interested in collaborating with any individuals seeking to replication all or portions of the survey elsewhere...

  • Example - Hurricane Harvey flood

    https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?src=0&query=Hurricane%20Harvey&docid=L2cvMTFqbnpmdG1kZA%3D%3D

    One of the datasets: Hurricane Harvey Flood

    Unique identifier https://doi.org/10.11578/Harvey_Flood/1561271
    Dataset updated Sep 1, 2019; Dataset provided by Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States) Authors Wehner, Michael F.

    Description
    Online supplement to Attributable human-induced changes in the magnitude of flooding in the Houston, Texas region during Hurricane Harvey, by Michael Wehner and Christopher Sampson. Geospatial data to visualize the attributable flooding in the greater Houston during Hurricane Harvey as simulated by the Fathom hydraulic model in a geotiff file format is provided at https://portal.nersc.gov/cascade/Harvey/ ...

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