Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD) from ICPSR

RCMD is a recent initiative of ICPSR. The changing demographic composition has expanded the scope of the U.S. racial and ethnic mosaic. As a result, interest and research on race and ethnicity has become more complex and expansive. Initially, ICPSR tapped its archives to assemble existing data files that focused upon communities of color. Since the late 1990's, there has been a marked increase in studies and projects on more minorities communities and exploring a wider range of experiences and relationships.

The Bibliography of Data-Related Literature is a continuously-updated database of thousands of citations of works using data held in the ICPSR archive. The works include journal articles, books, book chapters, government and agency reports, working papers, dissertations, conference papers, meeting presentations, unpublished manuscripts, magazine and newspaper articles, and audiovisual materials.

Browse by topic

• Crime
• Discrimination
• Education
• Employment
• Health and Well-Being
• History
• Housing
• Immigration
• Minority Populations
  • African American
  • Asian
  • Latino
  • Native American
• Political Participation
• Poverty and Income
• Public Opinion
• Race and Ethnicity

RCMD seeks to assist in the public dissemination and preservation of quality data to generate more "good science" for years to come. Finally, RCMD wants to be part of an interactive community of persons interested and be involved in minority related issues/investigations in order to make possible the broadest scope of research endeavors and examinations.

Other databases for:

• Article searching
• Conference papers, preprints, and working papers
• Countries and cultures
• Reports, standards, and financials
• Statistics and data sets
• Theses and dissertations
• Restricted to Virginia Tech users

Other databases covering:

• Health and medicine
• Social sciences and education