Free Online Resources

All sites listed have been reviewed by Association of College and Research Librarians (ACRL) and is considered scholarly, ad-free, and Open Access.

Art

Alfred Stieglitz Collection – Digital access to the photographs located in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Art History Pedagogy & Practice - a peer-reviewed open access e-journal devoted to scholarship of teaching and learning in art history.

Art History Teaching Resources - is a peer-populated platform for art history teachers. AHTR is home to a constantly evolving and collectively authored online repository of art history teaching content including, but not limited to, lesson plans, video introductions to museums, book reviews, image clusters, and classroom and museum activities.

ArtHistory.us Journal - Welcome to ArtHistory.us, an online, open access journal encompassing all aspects of art history and visual culture. We aim to intersect the academic and public realm by providing a platform for the open exchange of ideas between people regardless of where they are on their academic or professional journey.

Atlas Photography Gallery – An online gallery of over 40 selected artists and their work.

Getty Research Institute - The Getty Research Institute contains access to digital collections in the visual arts and their various histories.

John & Carolyn Grossman Collection – Digital collection of 250,000 ephemera items.

Library of Congress Digital Collections - This digital collections include manuscripts, photographs, maps, and video recordings.

MetPublications – Five decades of Met publications on Art History available in digital format.

Prints and Photographs Collection – Open Access and searchable collection of prints and photographs located at the Library of Congress.

Sheaff-Ephemera.com - Ephemera: includes billheads, trade cards, engravings, chromolithographs, early American glass, postcards, marbled paper, early letterpress printing, typography, and African art. 

Economics/Business & Finance

Business Commons – Open Access of scholarly works in Business Administration, Accounting, Marketing, Technology & Innovation and all other areas of general Business.

Data.gov – Hosted by the U.S. General Services Administration, Data.gov hosts over 300,000 datasets provided by government agencies at the federal, state and local level. The site’s purpose is to provide access to publicly available government data.  Users can complete basic keyword searching or browse by topic.  Featured topics include climate, consumer, education, finance, health, and science to name a few.

Department of Labor Data Enforcement - The Department of Labor enforcement agencies foster and promote the welfare of wage earners and retirees of the United States, by ensuring their safety, improving their working conditions, and protecting their retirement and health care benefits.

Federal Reserve System - The Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve publishes detailed information regarding: U.S. money supply and reserves; U.S. financial (macroeconomic) accounts; interest rates; industrial production and capacity utilization, and consumer credit.

GlobalEDGE – This business research site contains reports, data, and rankings sourced from US government agencies, international, and non-governmental organizations.

Government Finance Database - Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University is offering a single coherent resource that contains all of the census data from 1967 through the most recent update that uses easy to understand natural-language variable names, and can be extended when new data is available.

International Monetary Fund - The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online - The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. It contains 55 tables, comprising over 100 indicators, of monthly, quarterly and annual data on a variety of subjects illustrating important economic trends and developments, including population, industrial production indices, price indices, employment and earnings, energy, manufacturing, transport, construction, international merchandise trade, finance and national accounts.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research in a scientific manner, and without policy recommendations, among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.

Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development - OECD.Stat is the statistical online platform of the OECD (intergovernmental economic organization with 36 member countries) where users can search and access statistics.

Rank & Filed - SEC filings – live filings with the Securities and Exchange Committee.

SBDC Clearinghouse - The SBDC National Information Clearinghouse serving the Small Business Development Center Network and America's small business community. Includes statistics and links for entrepreneurial projects, including home healthcare, pet care, tourism, janitorial services and many others.

Tax Foundation - This site provides state-by-state and country-by-country information on a wide variety of taxes, including: tax rates; exemptions and credits; collections; and, total tax burden.

UN Comtrade data – Access to global trade data.  Repository of official international trade statistics and relevant tables.

UNCTADstat – United Nations Conference on Trade & Development provides digital access to economic data such as, Merchandise Trade tables, Country Profiles, Fact Sheets, and other media.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis – The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) provides statistics based on the national income and product (i.e., macroeconomic) accounts.  Topics include gross domestic product imports and exports, corporate profits, personal income, savings, and government receipts and expenditures.  Statistics are available at the national and regional level, with GDP available by state and metropolitan area.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics – The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) generates a large body of current statistical evidence on topics such as inflation, unemployment, employment, future job creation projections, pay and benefits, workplace injuries, and international labor statistics.

U.S. Department of the Treasury - This site provides summary statistics for various bond rates, and monthly updates on key economic indicators.

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Tax-Stats - The IRS publishes summaries of data taken from personal and corporate tax forms, as well as information for nonprofit and charitable organizations.

World Bank Open Data – World Bank Group provides digital access to economic datasets, world development indicators, global consumption data, and other electronic media.

World Economic Forum – Established in 1971, the World Economic Forum is a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Articles are arranged by topics like emerging technologies, behavioral sciences, and global risks. The articles range from opinion pieces to longer articles that include economic, scientific, and other data. Similarly, the authors range from political leaders, university faculty, scientists, and journalists.

World Inequality Database - The World Inequality Database (WID) is an open-access database of the world’s historical and current distribution of wealth and incomes within and between countries. It is funded by nonprofit and public institutions along with personal donations. Data is collected from several sources such as national accounts, survey data, fiscal data, and wealth rankings.

YaleGlobal Online – YaleGlobal Online is a publication of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. Authors of the site discuss aspects of globalization, defined as the “close interdependence and interconnectedness of the world.” Topics include Trade, Economics, and International Business 

Education

ck12.org - Free online textbooks - assortment of OER content, teachers will find full lesson plans that are easily incorporated into classrooms. Both Teacher and Student versions are available.

Classic Children's Books – Digital collection located at Library of Congress

Curriki – site allows sharing of resources for educators, students and parents.

Edmodo - Millions of free learning resources for students and teachers.

Educational Commons – scholarly articles in curriculum & instruction, assessment, evaluation, professional development and many other educational subject areas.

Gooru – Lesson plans and full-text, downloadable courses.

K-12 blueprint – toolkits available for building digital courses and resources.

Oercommons – helps teachers build lesson plans and courses and share them with others. 

OpenEd – ACT Academy - Assessments, videos, games, and homework which are aligned to standards.

PBS Learning Media - Digital educational resources in science, social studies, math, reading and many other subjects. Includes resources for both teachers and students.

English/Literature

Diffen – search and compare any subjects, including health, science, technology, and business. Includes charts and assistance with citing information in a paper.

Electronic Poetry Center – Online resource for digital poetry.

PEN America Digital Archives – This site captures more than 50 years of cultural programming at the intersection of literature and freedom of expression advocacy. With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the digital archive makes available valuable public and private programming featuring the world’s foremost writers, intellectuals, and artists.

Poet & Writers – Access to news, blogs, and videos regarding Poet & Writers.

ProCon.org - Founded in 2004, ProCon.org is the country's leading source for pro, con, and related research on controversial issues. As a 501(c) (3) nonprofit nonpartisan public charity, ProCon.org uses professional researchers and rigorous editorial standards to explore more than 70 controversial issues from gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material including general writing skills, subject specific writing, and research and citation.

Health, Medicine, & Physical Education

ClinicalTrials.gov - ClinicalTrials.gov is a resource provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The database contains information on privately and publicly funded clinical trials around the world.

Culture of Health – Building a culture of health is a movement to make health a national priority, valued and advanced by collaboration from all sectors.

Data.gov – Hosted by the U.S. General Services Administration, Data.gov hosts over 300,000 datasets provided by government agencies at the federal, state and local level. The site’s purpose is to provide access to publicly available government data.  Users can complete basic keyword searching or browse by topic.  Featured topics include climate, consumer, education, finance, health, and science to name a few.

Disaster Information Management Research Center - The Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) is part of the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Specialized Information Services Division, and works to collect, organize, and make available resources and research related to disasters of all types, from hurricanes and earthquakes to terrorist actions to disease outbreaks.

Human Development Reports – Worldwide data and statistical reports from the United Nations Human Development Reports

Life Sciences Commons – scholarly articles in kinesiology, physiology, food science, and nutrition.

Medicine and Sciences Commons – scholarly articles in sports sciences, anatomy, clinical nutrition and other areas.

Patient Care and Health Information – Consumer rights information provided by the Mayo Clinic this site enables A-Z searches in four areas: diseases and conditions, symptoms, tests and procedures, and drugs/supplements.

Public Health Image Library - Is a gateway to images held at the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The content is organized into hierarchical categories of people, places, and science, and is presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files. Images are either "Public Domain" (free use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

U.S. Center for Disease Control Statistics - The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics make available statistics related to births, morbidity, mortality, behavioral health, Food Safety, genetics, diseases, injury, violence, and many related topics.

World Health Organization  - Global data regarding health, nutrition, human development, sports, and other areas.

History

American Battlefield Trust - The Trust was created in 2018 through a merger of earlier organizations dedicated to preserving Civil War and Revolutionary War battlefields. The learning resources include lesson plans and programs for teachers. Materials are classified by type and collection, including videos, photographs, maps, articles, and primary source items. Notable collections include “Women in War,” “Civil War Music,” and “Christmas in Wartime,” along with biographies of prominent individuals and resources associated with specific battles.

Archives of African American Music and Culture - materials covering a range of African American music primarily from the post-World War II era. Highlights popular, religious, and classical music, with genres ranging from blues and gospel to R&B and contemporary hip hop. The AAAMC also houses extensive materials related to the documentation of black radio.

Black Grooves – Publication of African American Music and Culture

Civil Right Data Collection (CRDC) - The U.S. Department of Education [ED] conducts the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), formerly the Elementary and Secondary School Survey (E&S Survey), to collect data on key education and civil rights issues in our nation's public schools. The CRDC collects a variety of information including, student enrollment and educational programs and services, disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, limited English proficiency and disability.

Civil Rights Digital Library – Access to digital forms of primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale. 

Leventhal Map Center Digital Collection – Held by Boston Public Library, this collection offers digital maps from the American Revolutionary War Era, maritime maps, charts, and atlases, and other maps from early settled territories.

Library of Congress Digital Collections - This digital collections include manuscripts, photographs, maps, and video recordings for the subjects of American History, World Cultures, Social and Business history and much more.

Massachusetts Historical Society – As the nation’s first historical society, this site holds collections vital to understanding early American History. The website holds the papers of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, as well as early abolitionists and other important collections.

Mississippi Digital Library – Digital collections on all aspects of the history of the state Mississippi

National Museum of African American History & Culture – A digital offering of some of the collections located at the museum in Washington, D.C.

Presidential Libraries – The U.S. National Archives provides direct access to fourteen Presidential Libraries, America’s founding documents, and other educational material.

Smithsonian Digital Library - The Smithsonian Digital collection contains access to rare books, manuscripts, ephemera, photographs and other media.

Struggle for Civil Rights - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum provides a timeline for the Civil Rights Movement

Voices from the Southern Civil Rights Movement - presents educational and noncommercial radio programs from the 1950s and 1960s that offer historic testimonies – in interviews, speeches, and on-the-spot news reports – from many movement participants, both well-known and unknown.

Humanities - General

Arts and Humanities Commons – Open Access of scholarly works in Art, Literature, Religion and all other areas of the Humanities.

Digital Bodleian – Over 11 million digital artifacts in art, music, religious manuscripts, maps and hundreds of other categories.

Humanities Commons – Open Access scholarship and teaching material for humanities.

Public Domain Review – Founded in 2011, the PDR is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.

Syndicate: Humanities Journal - Syndicate is home to burgeoning intellectual community working within the humanities.

Tulane University Digital Archives – Digital collections of Art, Music, Photography, and other.

Web Cultures - Web Archive – Archives at Library of Congress of Web Cultures, including Urban Dictionary, Emojipedia, and 30 others.

Mass Communications

Archive of American Television – This site makes available more than 850 interviews with television industry professionals who work in front of and behind the camera.

Art of American Advertising – Harvard Business School - Drawing from Baker Library’s Historical Collections, The Art of American Advertising, 1865—1910 explores the role these burgeoning and extraordinarily inventive forms of advertising played in marketing mass-produced products to the evolving American consumer culture.

Modern Journal Project - The Modernist Journals Project is an archive of modernist magazines from the English-speaking world for the dates 1890 to 1922. It is a joint project of Brown University and the University of Tulsa. Their mission is “to produce digital editions of culturally significant magazines from around the early 20th century and make them freely available to the public.” The website contains cover-to-cover content of 28 journals, including advertising.

MUCKROCK - This nonprofit, collaborative news site for journalists, researchers, activists, and citizens allows users to request, analyze, and share government documents. MuckRock’s main goal is to make politics more transparent and democracies more informed. The site provides a repository of nearly 3 million pages of original government materials, information on how to file requests, and tools to make the requesting process easier.

Trade Card Place – History of advertising – Digital collection of Victorian Trade Cards used to advertise American goods and services during the late 1800s.

Vanderbilt News Archive - world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. Access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

Web Cultures - Web Archive – Archives at Library of Congress of Web Cultures, including Urban Dictionary, Emojipedia, and 30 others.

Music

Aaron Copland Collection – Digital collection located at the Library of Congress

Archives of African American Music and Culture - materials covering a range of African American music primarily from the post-World War II era. Highlights popular, religious, and classical music, with genres ranging from blues and gospel to R&B and contemporary hip hop. The AAAMC also houses extensive materials related to the documentation of black radio.

Association of Cultural Equity - Alan Lomax Music Collection - a priceless collection of recorded music, dance, and the spoken word. Our mission is to facilitate cultural equity through preservation, publication, and repatriation of our materials.

Black Grooves – Publication of African American Music and Culture.

Center for Popular Music - One of the nation's leading research and programming centers devoted to the full study of popular and folk music in the United States and beyond.

ChoralWiki – Home of Choral Public Domain Library.

International Music Score Library Project - The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) is a database dedicated to sharing scores, recorded music, and literature about music in the public domain. It is also known as the Petrucci Music Library, in honor of the first printed book of music in 1501. Tabs at the top of the homepage enable users to search scores by “Composers,” “All people” (performers, editors, and composers), “Nationality,” “Time period,” and “Instrumentation/Genre.”

Levy Sheet Music – Housed at Johns Hopkins University Library, the Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music.

Maine Music Box - The Maine Music Box collection has more than 22,000 musical works, consisting primarily of sheet music.

Music Copyright Tutorials – a series of video tutorials explaining music copyright.

New York Philharmonic  - New York Philharmonic Digital Archives

Political Science

Bureau of Justice Statistics - BJS is a central access point for statistics related to crime, corrections, law enforcement, criminal justice expenditures and employment, and victims.  Especially valuable are the Uniform Crime Reports which track crime throughout the U.S. at the local level.

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations - This database allows searching for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law. A wide selection of major foreign language law publications is also included. Publications from over 295 jurisdictions are featured in the Index.

Center for Immigration Studies - The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Providing immigration services since 1985 for policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.

Center for the Study of the American Constitution – The CSAC is a non-profit, non-partisan center dedicated to serving scholars, educators, and students who are interested in the American Constitution in its historical context. The Center is home to The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, an NHPRC- and NEH-sponsored project. 

CIA World Factbook - The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

Court Statistics Project - The Court Statistics Project is a joint effort of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and Conference of State Court Administrators (CCOSCA) which publishes caseload data at the state level.  They also provide information about state court structure and organization.

FairVote - FairVote is a nonpartisan champion of electoral reforms that give voters greater choice, a stronger voice, and a representative democracy that works for all Americans.

Federal Election Commission - The Federal Election Commission provides statistics related to campaign financing.

Hall of Justice - The Sunlight Foundation is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses the tools of civic tech, open data, policy analysis and journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all. The vision is to use technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation.

Justia - US Law – Access to US Case Law, US Codes & Statutes, and US Regulations.

Law Commons – Open Access of scholarly works in International Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Legal Education, Civil Rights & Discrimination, and all other areas of Law.

Legal Information Institute – Housed at Cornell Law School, the not-for-profit publishes electronic versions of core material in numerous areas of the law.

Legiscan - Provides the nation's first impartial real-time legislative tracking service designed for both public citizens and government affairs professionals across all sectors in organizations large and small.

Legislationline – Provides access to examples of international norms and standards relating to human rights.  Some of the topics covered include migration, human trafficking, and the right to a fair trial.

MUCKROCK - This nonprofit, collaborative news site for journalists, researchers, activists, and citizens allows users to request, analyze, and share government documents. MuckRock’s main goal is to make politics more transparent and democracies more informed. The site provides a repository of nearly 3 million pages of original government materials, information on how to file requests, and tools to make the requesting process easier.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library - Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. NCJRS services and resources are available to anyone interested in crime, victim assistance, and public safety including policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and the general public.

National Institute of Corrections - NIC makes available state-by-state profiles that include state and some local statistics on the prison and jail system, incarcerations, probation, parole, cost of incarceration, and crime.

National Women's Law Center – Founded in 1972, the NWLC is one of the pre-eminent women’s rights organizations in the US.  This site provides information on current issues and also lists issues state-by-state.

OneAmerica - OneAmerica was founded immediately after September 11, 2001 to address the backlash, hate crimes, and discrimination against immigrant communities of color, primarily Muslims, Arab Americans, East Africans, and South Asians.

Open States – a collection of tools to track legislation in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. 

Oyez Project - The Oyez Project at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law is an unofficial online multimedia archive of the Supreme Court of the United States, especially audio of oral arguments.

United Nations Statistical Division - coordination of international statistical activities and support the functioning of the United Nations Statistical Commission as the apex entity of the global statistical system.

Psychology/Mental Health

Mental Health America - Mental Health America (MHA) – founded in 1909 – is the nation's leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all Americans.

MERLOT - MERLOT is a California State University initiative containing many OA learning materials. This website contains books, as well as other teaching material for psychology.

National Institute of Mental Health - Health Topics – This site contains topic pages including signs & symptoms, risk factors, and treatment for many health issues, such as depression, eating disorders, and bipolar disorder to name a few.

Psychology Commons - scholarly articles in clinical, social, cognitive, and developmental psychology. Also includes articles in experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis.

Science

Arctos - As a collection management information system and provider for research-grade data, Arctos integrates access to information from diverse disciplines: anthropology, botany, entomology, ethnology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, ornithology, paleontology, and parasitology. Data include specimen records, observations, tissues, endo- and ectoparasites, stomach contents, field notes and other documents, and media such as images, audio recordings, and video. 

Collected Papers of Einstein - an open-access site for the ongoing publication of Einstein's massive written legacy comprising more than 30,000 unique documents.

Earth Observatory - NASA’s Earth Observatory provides a wealth of physical data and remote sensing images related to environmental characteristics such as sea surface temperatures, ice cover, carbon monoxide, fires and rainfall. 

GreenFacts - factual content of complex scientific consensus reports on health and the environment to the reach of non-specialists. Publishes clear summaries of existing scientific reports on environmental and health topics: the GreenFacts Digests and the GreenFacts Co-Publications. These are peer reviewed under the control of an independent Scientific Committee.

Kew Science - Kew is a global resource for plant and fungal knowledge. Our unique combination of extensive collections, databases, scientific expertise and global partnerships gives us a leading role in facilitating access to fundamental plant and fungal information. 

Life Sciences Commons – scholarly articles in biology, plant science, biochemistry, and animal science.

National Centers for Environmental Information - NCEI is responsible for hosting and providing access to one of the most significant archives on Earth, with comprehensive oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical data. From the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun and from million-year-old sediment records to near real-time satellite images, NCEI is the Nation’s leading authority for environmental information.

National Climatic Data Center - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climatic Data Center allows download for detailed climate data for US and international locations for annual, monthly, daily, and in some cases hourly intervals.

National Science Foundation Special Reports - 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.

Open Knowledge Maps - provides visual mapping of scientific knowledge.  Seventy percent of the collection is Open Access material.

Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons – Open Access of scholarly works in Computer Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and other areas of physical sciences.

Science Hub - a global science and technology publisher and provides free access to research articles and latest research information without any barrier to scientific community. Our internationally recognized publishing program covers wide array of science and technology disciplines. Website contains some ads.

Storm Data - Storm Data is provided by the National Weather Service (NWS) and contain statistics on personal injuries and damage estimates. Storm Data covers the United States of America. The data began as early as 1950 through to the present, updated monthly with up to a 120 day delay possible.

The Chymistry of Isaac Newton Project - Newton's alchemical manuscripts include a rich and diverse set of document types, including laboratory notebooks, indices of alchemical substances, and Newton's transcriptions from other sources.

U.S. Energy Information Administration - The EIA provides data at the national and state level related to energy consumption, production, marketing, distribution, efficiency, expenditures, and environmental characteristics.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Datafinder - EPA’s Datafinder provides access to a variety of topics regulated by EPA such as drinking water, air pollution, toxic substances, groundwater, and climate change. 

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication - The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) was established following a 2005 “Americans and Climate Change” conference. Now an established social science research center at Yale University, YPCCC conducts and publishes research on local, national, and global public perceptions of climate change. Focus areas include knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and policy preferences.

Sociology

Department of Labor Data Enforcement - The Department of Labor enforcement agencies foster and promote the welfare of wage earners and retirees of the United States, by ensuring their safety, improving their working conditions, and protecting their retirement and health care benefits.

Humanitarian Data Exchange – Database of international humanitarian efforts. The purpose of HDX platform is to enable the sharing of data across the humanitarian community - 1) data about the context in which a humanitarian crisis is occurring; 2) data about the people affected by the crisis and their needs; and 3) data about the response by organizations and people seeking to help those who need assistance.

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online - The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. It contains 55 tables, comprising over 100 indicators, of monthly, quarterly and annual data on a variety of subjects illustrating important economic trends and developments, including population, industrial production indices, price indices, employment and earnings, energy, manufacturing, transport, construction, international merchandise trade, finance and national accounts.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created by Congress in 2000 as part of the Children’s Health Act and this site provides access to best treatment practices and resources for trauma care providers.

Our World in Data – Maintained by Oxford University, Our World in Data covers a wide range of topics across many academic disciplines. Trends in health, food provision, the growth and distribution of incomes, violence, rights, wars, culture, energy use, education, and environmental changes are empirically analyzed and visualized. For each topic the quality of the data is discussed and, by pointing the visitor to the sources, this website is also a database of databases. Covering all of these aspects in one resource makes it possible to understand how the observed long-run trends are interlinked.

Social & Behavioral Sciences Commons - Open Access of scholarly works in Sociology, Communications, Psychology, Urban Studies, Social Work and other aspects of the Social Sciences.

Social Welfare History Project - The Social Welfare History Project (SWHP) is a digital archive created and managed by the libraries of Virginia Commonwealth University. The site’s content focuses on materials related to social welfare and social reform in the United States. In addition to an image portal, there are curated exhibits on various topics.

World Digital Library - The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world.  The WDL makes available significant primary materials from all countries and cultures. Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films. WDL items can be browsed by place, time, topic, type of item, language, and contributing institution.

World Inequality Database - The World Inequality Database (WID) is an open-access database of the world’s historical and current distribution of wealth and incomes within and between countries. It is funded by nonprofit and public institutions along with personal donations. Data is collected from several sources such as national accounts, survey data, fiscal data, and wealth rankings.

YaleGlobal Online – YaleGlobal Online is a publication of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. Authors of the site discuss aspects of globalization, defined as the “close interdependence and interconnectedness of the world.” 

Yearbook of Immigration Statistics - The Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who, during a fiscal year, were granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., admitted as immigrants or became legal permanent residents), were admitted into the United States on a temporary basis (e.g., tourists, students, or workers), applied for asylum or refugee status, or were naturalized.