For instance, our homicide data set users are able to link with the 1990 Census STF3A data set based on the geography codes in both data sets which include the census codes for state, county and tract. This allows researchers to enhance the richness of their collected data sets by dynamically adding more variables from the Census data such as population or income. The Data Center maintains several large public use data sets central to the study of inter-personal violence. How to Access the Data Currently access to the data warehouse requires the use of the Oracle Discoverer tool. Oracle Discoverer is a Microsoft Windows-based software tool that allows users to access our data sets through an Internet connection.
Discoverer is also now available as a web-based application.
We are currently testing this version, which you can access and use. For details, please go to the web access page . This section describes the necessary items required to gain access to the Data Center data warehouse. Access to the data warehouse requires the use of Oracle Discoverer User Edition version 3.1.x or higher . Anyone can use the web version of Discoverer free of charge .