Members of the University of Notre Dame community now have access to Dewey Data, a platform that allows access to a wide range of datasets. 

“Dewey Data brings together dozens of proprietary datasets into one portal, allowing academic researchers to find and use them easily,” Mark Robison, department head, Academic Collections and Services, said. “The platform was created with university libraries in mind, simplifying the licensing process for previously difficult or even impossible-to-get datasets.”

The Hesburgh Libraries launched its subscription to Dewey Data over the summer to have it in place for the fall 2026 semester. The subscription offers researchers access to a diverse range of datasets, including cell phone location data from Advan, data on individual work history from People Data Labs, TenderAlpha’s data on government contracts, Serif Health’s data on four major insurance companies’ negotiated rates across hundreds of medical billing codes, and SimilarWeb’s website and mobile app traffic data. 

“Dewey is still growing,” Robison said. “As a relatively new product, it is rapidly expanding its offerings as it strikes deals with new data providers.”

According to Robison, Dewey datasets have potential for use across a variety of fields, including business, social science, STEM, and the humanities. 

“We’ve signed a two-year agreement with Dewey, and we will use this period to evaluate campus demand and to determine whether to subscribe to this resource on an annual basis,” he said. 

Robison went on to explain that researchers across campus were already using some of the datasets available through Dewey, either by purchasing individual datasets or subscribing to the platform. At the same time, Notre Dame users were discovering datasets of interest on Dewey, but, upon encountering the paywall, often moved on without accessing them.

“We are pleased to finally have this campuswide access in place, in order to provide simplified, streamlined access to all this data in a single location,” he said.

To access Dewey Data, users only need to sign in using their Notre Dame email address.

For more information, Robison invites users to register for a webinar scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 2.