This paper examines 17 national datasets that are available for policy studies and research about college faculty. The datasets include 11 containing faculty information, two about student enrollment, two about degrees awarded, and two about institutional activity. Each of the following datasets is individually described: (1) National Science Foundation-National Institutes of Health Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering; (2) Survey of Earned Doctorates; (3) Survey of Doctorate Recipients; (4) National Survey of Recent College Graduates; (5) National Survey of College Graduates; (6) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Survey of Earned Degrees; (7) NCES IPEDS Survey of Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty; (8) NCES IPEDS Fall Staff Survey; (9) College and University Personnel Association National Faculty Salary Survey by Discipline and Rank; (10) Oklahoma State Faculty Salary Survey; (11) National Study of Postsecondary Faculty; (12) Higher Education Research Institute Faculty Survey; (13) Doctoral Program Rankings, 1995; (14) American Association of University Professors Faculty Compensation Survey; (15) NCES IPEDS Fall Enrollment Survey; (16) NCES IPEDS Institutional Characteristics Survey; and (17) NCES IPEDS Finance Survey. World Wide Web addresses are provided for datasets when available. (DB)