The Velma Denning Room is the consulting and computing facility for Social Science Data and Software (SSDS). SSDS is a group within the Stanford University Libraries that provides services and support to Stanford faculty, staff, and students in locating social science data, as well as selecting and using quantitative (statistical) and qualitative analysis software.

Resources include reference collections of data on CD-ROM, data set codebooks, software manuals, textbooks on quantitative and qualitative methods, and selected journals.