• Location: Zoom (link provided upon registration) & Bing Wing Tierney Room 121A, Green Library
• Date and Time: 11AM–12PM, Tuesday, October 21, 2025
• Lead Instructor: Ron Nakao (Librarian for Social Science Data, Economics and Political Science) and Kate Barron (Research Data Curator)

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. As an ICPSR member, Stanford University affiliates receive full access to the data archive of more than 21,000 research studies. Topics include sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, international relations and more. Join us to gain hands-on experience navigating the basic search interface, Social Science Variables Database, specialized data collections, data-related publications, and restricted-use data access.

Ron Nakao is the Librarian for Social Science Data, Economics and Political Science at Stanford University Libraries. He also serves as Stanford University's Official Representative to  the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.

Kate Barron is a Research Data Curator at Stanford University Libraries. Kate also serves as Stanford University's Designated Representative to the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Join us in person or via Zoom!

Registration is required and limited to current Stanford affiliates on a first-come, first-served basis. Once capacity is reached, a waitlist will open. In-person attendees must present a Stanford ID or a valid government-issued ID for library access.