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AARP State Data Center

This site provides statistics and reports on Social Security, Medicare, housing, long-term care, poverty level, caregiver estimates and more on a state-by-state level.

Agricola

From the National Agricultural Library, search books and articles in agriculture related subjects like food and nutrition, natural resources and environment, and laws and regulation.

American National Election Studies

The American National Election Studies website provides survey data on public opinion, voting, and more. Registration and agreement to terms is required, however downloading of data is free.

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Offers data on indicators affecting children and families in the United States, including education, family and community, and well-being. Downloadable into graphs and reports.

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BioMedCentral

Science, technology, and medicine publisher of over 290 peer-reviewed journals in Biology, Clinical Medicine and Health.

Bloomsbury Open Archives 2008-2012

Bloomsbury Open offers selected research publications in the humanities and social sciences which are published on open content licenses (Creative Commons and Bloomsbury Open license). For other years, use the following links Bloomsbury Open 2013, Bloomsbury Open 2014, Bloomsbury Open 2015,and Bloomsbury Open 2016

Bureau of Justice Statistics

The Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics contains United States’ criminal justice statistics. Information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government can be found on this site.

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Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

Data sets from series and individual studies focusing on child development available for download and online analysis.

Child Stats

Publishes annual report “America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being.” Provides data on children by age group, ethnicity, economic status, and family structure. From the Federal Inter-agency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

Child Trends

Reports on national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being.

Children's Defense Fund

Contains extensive list of fact sheets/data with indicators pertaining to children divided by state, including child welfare, early childhood development, education, and youth at risk.

CiteSeerX

CiteSeerx is an evolving scientific literature digital library and search engine that has focused primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeerx aims to improve the dissemination of scientific literature and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness in the access of scientific and scholarly knowledge.

Comparative Agendas Project

This website collects information on policy changes across countries. Data may be exported into customizable charts.

Criminological Highlights

An open source Toronto-based publication, produced by academics, faculty, and librarians, which focuses on current criminological research. Archived from 1998 to present.

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Data USA

Visualizations of U.S. government data.

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)

Open Access database that includes critical appraisals of systematic reviews, particularly those addressing the effects of health interventions. While DARE doesn't include the full text of the systematic reviews, it does include citations to the original research.
Note: This is the archived version. The site was last updated March 31, 2015.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: DOAB

Free, academic books from over 100 publishers.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: DOAJ

Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. They cover all subjects and languages. There are over 6000 free, full-text available journals in the directory.

Disability Statistics

Created and maintained by the Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University. Includes an interactive search tool.

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E-Stats

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: E-Commerce Statistics

E-Stats is the U.S. Census Bureau's Internet site devoted exclusively to "Measuring the Electronic Economy." This site features recent and upcoming releases, information on methodology, and background papers.

EDGAR

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system

EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency.

Education Commission of the States

Search Education Commission of the States' database. Browse by education issue, legislation, or search the knowledge base for any topic. ECS partners with education policy leaders to address issues by sharing resources and expertise.

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is an intergovernmental organisation set up for the promotion of free trade and economic integration to the benefit of its four Member States: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.

Eurostat

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: European statistics

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.

Export.gov

Export.gov brings together resources from across the U.S. Government to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies and succeed in today’s global marketplace.

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F1000 Research

Open source, peer reviewed articles as well as posters and slides in science fields including health and medicine.

FAO Document Repository

FAO documents and publications, as well as selected non-FAO publications, in electronic format. It includes publications dealing with food, food security, agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, and rural development.

Federal Agency Participation

This website, hosted by the United States government works to make federal data accessible to the public.

FindLaw

FindLaw provides free, general information regarding various aspects of United States law.

Free Medical Journals

Indexes over 4000 free, full text journals from various medical publishers.

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General Society Survey (NORC)

The General Social Survey is a sociological survey designed to track changes in attitudes, practices, and experiences in the United States.

Google Books

You might find a free, full text book or limited preview at Google Books, along with options to buy print and digital copies.

Google Public Data DIrectory

Google collects publically available data from organizations like Eurostat, OECD, U.S. Census Bureau and World Bank and offers visualizations of this data. Users may also upload their own datasets to create visualizations.

GovInfo (formerly FDsys)

GovInfo is the United States government's database of government documents, covering documents and records from all three branches of the federal government.

Guttmacher Institute

The Institute produces a wide range of resources on topics pertaining to sexual and reproductive health. See also the "Data Center" page.

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HathiTrust

HathiTrust contains both full text and non-full text books. Many books in HathiTrust are not available in Google Books.

Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO)

The Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) database contains peer-reviewed scientific literature used by the Environmental Protection Agency to produce assessments. The literature relates to human health and ecological risk topics.

Health Services and Sciences Research Resources (HSRR)

A database from National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology for research datasets and instruments.

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: HCUP

Longitudinal hospital care data in the United States from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Highwire Press (Stanford Univ)

Facilitates access to 1.9 million full text articles mainly in the (bio)medical sciences. Most journals provide free access to back issues older than 12-24 months. Some journals also provide access to current issues.

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IBM Technical Paper Search

IBM's Technical Paper Search provides the scientific community with access to technical reports written by members of the IBM Research community. Some reports are available for download. Once a technical report is published in either a journal or conference proceedings, it is sometimes replaced with a reference to the external source.

ICT Statistics

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: ITU-D

The Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) fosters international cooperation and solidarity in the delivery of technical assistance and in the creation, development, and improvement of telecommunication and ICT equipment and networks in developing countries.

ILOSTAT

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: International Labour Organization

ILO’s central statistics database ILOSTAT provides information for for cross-country statistics on the labour market. The database contains over 100 indicators covering more than 230 countries and economies.

International Federation of Social Workers Archives

The International Federation of Social Worker's (IFSW) archive contains information dating back to 1846. The archives contain historical documents, newsletters and photos.

IRMA International

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: Information Resources Management Association

The Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) welcomes professionals, students, and academicians to search thousands of peer-reviewed works covering all areas of technology applied to modern organizations. Aiming to enhance knowledge of current topics in Information Resources Management, Research IRM, powered by InfoSci-OnDemand, makes thousands of proceedings papers, scholarly journal articles, and book chapters available for download.

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Kaiser Family Foundation

Public opinion and research statistics on public health and healthcare policy.

Kids Count Data Center

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Merck Manual

Merck Manuals provide medical information, diagnostic criteria, and clinical decision support for healthcare providers and patients in ten languages, separated into professional and consumer versions. Browse by topic, symptoms, emergencies, drug information, news & commentary. The Professional version also has case studies and quizzes.

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a free online collection of learning materials and exercises submitted by community members designed to enhance and inspire the online teaching experience. There are over 40,000 pieces of content spanning from case studies, assessment tools, online course modules, reference material, tutorials, syllabi, as well as many others in over 21 different fields of study.

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NAMI

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: National Alliance on Mental Illness

Holds infographics with statistics on mental health facts for children, teens, and adults in the United States. Focuses statistics on prevalence of mental illness, consequences of lack of treatment, and social statistics.

National Academies Press

Hundreds of books which can be downloaded as PDF for free by the chapter or the entire book. Topics include: Agriculture, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Conflict and Security Issues, Education, Energy, Environmental Studies, Food & Nutrition, Industry and Labor.

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect

Provides microdata from researchers and national data collections about child abuse and neglect in free data sets for secondary analysis. From Cornell University.

National Science Foundation, The

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: NSF

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense...". The NSF provides federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.

NCES Publications

Contains publications from the National Center for Education Statistics. NCES is the primary (U.S.) federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

Neuroscience Information Framework

Provides a wide variety of data, materials, and tools on neuroscience topics. Categories include datasets, disease, drugs, and people.

NTIS

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: Public National Technical Reports Library

The National Technical Information Service serves as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. NTIS provides businesses, universities, and the public timely access to approximately 3 million publications covering over 350 subject areas.

NTRL

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: National Technical Reports Library

The National Technical Information Service serves as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. Through NTRL, NTIS provides businesses, universities, and the public timely access to approximately 3 million publications covering over 350 subject areas.

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OECD iLibrary

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It also contains content published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF).

Open Book Publishers

"We are a Social Enterprise run by scholars who are committed to making high-quality research available to readers around the world. We publish monographs and textbooks in all areas, and offer the academic excellence of a traditional press[...]. All our books are available to read for free online"

Open Library

Open Library has well over 20 million edition records, provide access to 1.7 million scanned versions of books, and link to external sources like WorldCat and Amazon.

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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks.

PTSDpubs

PTSDpubs database (formerly PILOTS) is a freely available, online database providing access to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. It is produced by the National Center for PTSD.

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ScholarWorks

ScholarWorks makes publicly available the scholarly and creative output of the Walden University community. The searchable database includes Walden dissertations and Walden's open access research journals.

SciDev.Net

SciDev.Net is the world’s leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis on information about science and technology for global development.

SDSU Test Finder

SDSU Test Finder from San Diego State University. Searchable database (compiled by San Diego State University) for locating known assessment instruments.

Social Mention

Social Mention is a social media search and analysis platform that aggregates user generated content from across the universe into a single stream of information. It allows you to easily track and measure what people are saying about you, your company, a new product, or any topic across the web's social media landscape in real-time. Social Mention monitors 100+ social media properties directly including: Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google etc.

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UN Data

Provides free data access to UN statistical databases through a single entry point. Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system.

UNESCO Documents Database

Collection of publications from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO’s mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.

UNICEF

Offers statistics on a diverse range of subject areas pertaining to children across the world, such as child mortality, child health, early childhood development, and education.

United Nations Public Administration Network

The United Nations Public Administration Network contains a large e-library that contains a variety of information including surveys and policy information.

US Department of Health and Human Services

Child welfare information gateway statistics. Links to reports, databases, and other sources of statistics and demographic data on topics, including child and family well-being in the United States, child abuse and neglect, children and youth in foster care, and domestic and international adoption.

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World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (The)

The World Bank is the largest single source of development knowledge. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank's official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products.

World Health Organization

Provides current list of data on many health related topics on an international scale, including subtopics: alcohol, tobacco, substance use disorders, and general mental health.

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