A Guide to Germanic Studies Resources

The Leibniz Insitute for the Social Sciences department Data Archive for the Social Sciences (DAS) is Germany’s central infrastructure for the registration, documentation and digital archiving of quantitative research data which can be used to analyze societal developments from a national, internationally comparative or historical perspective.

A data infrastructure for the social science community in Austria that makes social science data accessible, creating opportunities for research and data reuse.

FORSbase is an online platform that enables you to access data and obtain information about social science studies in Switzerland

The CESSDA Data Catalogue contains the metadata of all data in the holdings of CESSDA's service providers. It is a one-stop-shop for search and discovery, enabling effective access to European social science research data.

Full-text PDFs available online.

A compilation of historical data from 19th and 20th century German, including datasets and bibliography.

A list of helpful data sources compiled by the Berlin Social Science Center

Historical statistics on Germany on a wide variety of topics. Free registration is required.