For academic & newsroom libraries

A verified-data library for researchers, students, and journalists.

ctzn.pub licenses the way academic libraries already buy Social Explorer, Sage Data, or Statista — a subscription library of pre-verified, provenance-linked survey answers and interactive articles, with a free public layer and an API for computational researchers.

Request a demo See the free public layer

What's live today

The Reader and Workbench tiers build directly on tools already running in production, free to use right now — this is the direction, not a mockup.

published essays, each survey-weighted and sourced — browse the library

interactive atlases spanning politics, health, and trade

early analysis-builder prototypes already running in production — a first look at what the Workbench's compose-from-data experience becomes

Three tiers

Priced by institution size. Pricing available on request during a pilot conversation.

Reader

Search and read the full library, with provenance.

Campus-wide access to the full essay and atlas library, plus the growing card catalog as it ships, with every figure traceable to its source, method, and data vintage.

Full-text and semantic search across essays, atlases, and cards
Every figure sourced: dataset, vintage, and method visible on click
Campus-wide IP-range access — no per-seat login required

Workbench

Compose new documents from verified components.

For researchers and instructors who want to build on the library, not just read it: compose briefs, articles, and slide decks from verified data components.

Compose briefs and decks from existing charts and analyses
Swap variables, geographies, years, and subgroups on an existing archetype
Export to HTML, PDF, or a presentation deck

API

Programmatic and MCP access for computational research.

For research computing groups and newsroom tooling that want to query the catalog directly — including from an agent.

REST access to cards, claims, and chart payloads
MCP server access for AI research agents
Graph-traversal access to the catalog (datasets → methods → articles)

Built for how libraries actually provision access

Campus-wide IP access

IP-range allowlisting as the entitlement mechanism — no per-seat login required for on-campus access, which is how most academic libraries provision a reference database first.

SSO

Single sign-on for pilot institutions today; OpenAthens/Shibboleth federation is a fast-follow once an institution needs it.

Usage reporting

Per-institution usage reporting for renewal conversations. Not COUNTER-compliant today — that's a real standard we don't claim yet. We log usage events from day one so compliant reporting can follow.

Founding-partner pilot program

We're looking for 2–3 pilot institutions — ideally where a faculty member already relies on this kind of survey work — to help shape the Reader and Workbench tiers in exchange for founding-partner pricing and early access. In return, we ask for feedback and (with your permission) a citable case study.

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Request a demo

Tell us about your institution and what you're trying to do, and we'll set up a walkthrough of the library and the Workbench tools.

info@ctzn.pub