Considers some of the major categories of federally produced data resources, mentions some of the means of access to those resources, calls attention to some of the difficulties confronted in their use, and notes several developments that look toward more effective access by social scientists to those resources. (Author)

Examines the expansion of data services in Western Europe after the computer revolution. Stresses that distinctive career lines and eventually a distinctive profession must be created to cope with the proliferation of data and the increase in demand for access to this data. (Author/DB)