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ASAM, founded in 1954, is a professional medical society representing over 6,000 physicians, clinicians and associated professionals in the field of addiction medicine. ASAM is dedicated to increasing access and improving the quality of addiction treatment, educating physicians and the public, supporting research and prevention, and promoting the appropriate role of physicians in the care of patients with addiction.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

he National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAAA supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse mission is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association

ASLU is an online American Sign Language curriculum resource center. ASLU provides many free self-study materials, lessons, and information as well as formal tuition-based courses.

California Deaf Blind Services (CDBS) serves individuals from birth through age 21 who have combined hearing and vision problems, with or without additional disabilities.

Ensures that California’s public programs are adapted to meet the communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing children, adults, and families so they may receive the public benefits and services to which they are entitled and achieve economic independence to fully participate in mainstream society.

Deafed.net has been a place where Deaf educators and those that wish to work in the field of deaf education and related fields can connect using our database of job postings and resumes.

The Described and Captioned Media Program provides premium media designed for students with disabilities and leads as a resource for families and teachers, supported by the Department of Education.

Civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America

Part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducts and supports research in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language.

A multidisciplinary professional organization that provides leadership to advance science and its application to the legal system. The objectives of the Academy are to promote professionalism, integrity, competency, education, foster research, improve practice, and encourage collaboration in the forensic sciences.

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is the world's largest organization of individuals interested in anthropology.

Ethnographic Resources related to Folklore, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and the Humanities. The American Folklore Society website connects the Society to its members, and also connects folklorists to each other and to the world at large.

A "project to investigate ancient humans from Palaeolithic and Mesolithic northern Europe."

Award-winning tutorials developed by the Palomar College Behavioral Sciences Department. Topics include evolutionary theory, heredity and genetics, primate evolution and behavior, and early hominid and modern human evolution.

Career and occupational, employment, and wage information for Anthropologists and Archaeologists. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.

A French database of radiocarbon dates for Europe and the Middle East. Use Google Chrome - it will automatically translate for you.

This website provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. The purpose of this site is to enable you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates and to gather information about them from our osteology database.

Provides guidance and procedures for safe and efficient methods of collecting, preserving, packaging, and shipping evidence and describes the forensic examinations performed by the FBI’s Laboratory Division and Operational Technology Division.

Contains detailed information on fossil hominin specimens as well as extant hominoid specimens. Create a free account for access by clicking on 'Need an account'.

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's program about human origins. Contains exhibits, news, interactive timelines, videos, and other resources.

Provides "global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for organisms of all geological ages, as well data services to allow easy access to data for independent development of analytical tools, visualization software, and applications of all types."

A portal of web resources, fossil guides, geologic time map of North America, and other information assembled by many sources.

The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center has created this database of fact sheets and directories on primatology.

A database for researchers who use metrical (including 3D) data to study aspects of primate morphology and evolution. Must request login for access.

This website represents the public face of the Center for a Public Anthropology. This site encourages scholars and their students to address public problems in public ways. The Center fosters accountability or more precisely social accountability in higher education. Phrased another way, the Center seeks to encourage academics to move beyond the traditional “do no harm” ethos of funded research to one that strives to do good, to one that focuses on helping others.

Contemporary architecture photographs and building plans.

Islamic architecture image library of historic and contemporary buildings and sites.

The largest library in the world

The Cities and Buildings Database is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world.

Free, digital titles from the Getty Publications Archives

ThomasNet is a comprehensive resource for finding information on suppliers of industrial products and services in North America. ThomasNet provides direct access to the detailed information needed to make a purchasing or specifying decision, including line-item product details, CAD drawings, and more.

Jalopnik is a news and opinion website about cars, the automotive industry, racing, transportation, airplanes, technology, motorcycles and much more.

Automotive News and Information site.

Allows the user to Search across multiple business-related search engines at one.

Provides links to hundreds of websites useful to managers and executives.

Find the SEC report for any company or mutual fund, dating back to 1993. The full text of all reports for the last two years may be searched at once.

Hundreds of links to valuable websites recommended by the Business Reference Service of the Library of Congress.

Basic information about companies, particularly small businesses. Information includes contact information, including address, phone number, website, social media, as well as financial information including revenue and number of employees.

A directory of manufacturers. Also includes many product catalogs.

The latest business news provided by a large variety of sources including Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and many others.

Find vendors for a wide variety of products and services.

A searchable database of products, services, companies, and trade names worldwide. Each profile includes general business information for each company and a list of products, services, or supplies that they provide.

A directory of manufacturers. Also includes many product catalogs.

A worldwide directory of suppliers.

LinkedIn Learning is an award-winning online learning site taught by recognized industry experts, offering more than 3,000 courses and 150,000 videos on business, technical and creative skills. When using the LinkedIn Learning app the Library ID to enter is lapl. Los Angeles Public Library card required. Los Angeles county residents may sign up online for free e-card: https://www.lapl.org/about-lapl/borrower-services

A joint project of the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Brown University and the Institute of Oral History at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Resources from the Library of Congress (LOC)

Subset of digitized ephemera from Princeton's collections; more is added continuously.

More than 2,000 posters from all over Latin America.

Celebrates Latino culture and achievement in America through exhibits, research, collections, and educational programs.

The Strachwitz Frontera Collection is the largest repository of Mexican and Mexican American popular and vernacular recordings in existence, containing over 100,000 recordings.

USC policy institute at USC contains research reports and other publications of interest to Latinos and other ethnic groups.

The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library was the first library in the United States to focus on the Mexican-descent population, and has one of the most important research collections on the Chicana and Chicano experience.

The Herman Baca Collection documents the contributions and accomplishments of the Chicano activist Herman Baca and the Committee on Chicano Rights.

The Farmworker Documentation Project includes photographs, oral histories, videos, essays, and historical documents from the United Farm Workers Delano Grape Strikers and the UFW Volunteers who worked with Cesar Chavez to build the farm worker movement.

The UC Santa Barbara Library, California Ethnic Studies and Multicultural Archive is a program that advances scholarship in ethnic studies through its varied collections of primary research materials, including its collection of Digital Chicano Art.

Short YouTube based videos that walk you through using a citation guide to format your document and create a reference list.

The Center for Public Integrity inspires change using investigative reporting that reveals the causes and effects of inequality.

Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.

Newswise gives journalists access to the latest news and provides a platform for universities, institutions, and journalists to spread breaking news to their audience.

World data on international criminal acts including drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism and other offenses.

Very thorough information on the criminal justice systems of countries around the world from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

National statistics on crime, criminal offenders and victims of crime put out by a division of the U.S. Department of Justice. These statistics are the United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics.

Reviews and ratings of the effectiveness of criminal justice strategies being employed in the U.S. These reports are researched and authored by a segment of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The FBI produces three annual uniform crime publications -- Crime in the United States, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, and Hate Crime Statistics -- which are available on this site. These reports are produced from data received from over 18,000 city, university/college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies.

Statistics, news, and most wanted information from the FBI.

Administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, this website provides access to research, reports, and other information about crime, the court system, and crime victims.

A division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the OJJDP has data on juvenile offenders, parolees, and juvenile crime victims.

A project of the University of Albany, the Sourcebook links users from their topic (example: arson) to sources of statistical information about the topic. The statistical information included comes from numerous governmental websites and focuses on national data.

The DEA's website includes information on illegal substances including the Controlled Substances Act and the federal penalties for Drug trafficking.

Information, reports, and data about cybercrime, human trafficking, and other offenses in the state.

Find local crime statistics as well as information about the police department and its programs.

California criminal justice statistics from 1985-2018.

Released in 2013 by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office, this report provides an overview of current California law and procedure as it relates to criminal justice. The report also includes key criminal justice statistics through 2011.

This site offers frequently requested economic data for the state of California, including industry, labor, demographics, agriculture, and more.

Access The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, videos, ebooks, and articles.

Geographic Federal Reserve Economic Data. Economic research from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

A list of blogs focused on Engineering and related topics. It isn't a complete list but is a very good starting place for gathering information about the people, science and industry of engineering.

Free, interactive engineering applications.

Also called Engineering 360. A site designed for engineering professionals. The main feature of GloalSpec is a searchable database of suppliers, products, patents, standards, and material properties.

A project of the National Science Digital Library, This site allows the user to browse through carefully selected web sites of use to engineering students and professors. The site may also be searched using keywords.

A natural language computational engine that can provide results from identified reference sources on a variety of questions. The engine excels in complex computations.This page links to the Engineering examples.

A useful site to find resources to help students improve their familiarity with writing and grammar. You’ll find free writing resources covering capitalization, parts of speech, and punctuation. The articles on each topic provide additional guidance.

These OWL resources contain grammar exercises about adjectives, adverbs, appositives, articles, count and noncount nouns, prepositions, and tense consistency.

Created by an ESL teacher this site allows students to practice at their own pace and also allows students to communicate via forum. Additionally, the site offers many resources for teachers.

This interactive website allows students to practice their English skills and keep track of their progress, It is also available as a smartphone app.

This site uses news stories to help English learners practice their vocabulary and grammar.

This site allows users to test and practice their English pronunciation skills.

The BBC's YouTube channel provides video lessons for ESL students.

This website allows users to quiz themselves to improve their English language grammar skills

AmphibiaWeb provides information on amphibian declines, natural history, conservation, and taxonomy.

Online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan.

An encyclopedia that compiled information from a variety of sources, intended to have an article for every species of organism on Earth. Includes over 2700 fossil species.

A reference database on fish species.

Earth Science News, Maps, Dictionary, Articles, Jobs

The data sets accessible through GBIF relate to evidence about more than 1.5 million species, collected over three centuries of natural history exploration and including current observations from citizen scientists, researchers and automated monitoring programs.

This website contains information on how to control many invasive plants common to the Midwestern United States. Information was collected from both scientific literature and expert opinions and summarized.

A database of mammalian taxonomy that can be used as a convenient on-line reference for identifying or verifying recognized scientific names and for taxonomic research.

Each mineral has a page linked to tables devoted to crystallography, crystal structures, X-Ray powder diffraction, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana's New classification, Strunz classification, mineral specimen images, and alphabetical listings of mineral species. There also are extensive links to other external sources of mineral data and information.

The Plant List is a working list of all known plant species. Version 1 aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plant (flowering plants, conifers, ferns and their allies) and of Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts).

Information from the USDA runs the gamut from biotechnology to food safety to sustainable development.

Several of the DoI's bureaus deal with the environment of the United States

Provides news and education, as well as access to major databases in pollution and environmental quality.

Provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. A product of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Current and historical stock quotes, market and industry information, interactive charting, a stock screener and more.

Financial ratios and other industry data. Limited free information is available, but you must be a paying subscriber to access all of their data.

Find the SEC report for any company or mutual fund, dating back to 1993. The full text of all reports for the last two years may be searched at once.

Ian Giddy of the Stern School of Business at New York University, created this guide to valuable resources for students of Finance. An excellent place to start looking for reliable web sites.

A very well-organized site put together by the American Economists Association. Web sites are organized by detailed categories and given full annotations. It may be browsed by table of contents or searched by keyword.

The Cultural Services are a division of the French Embassy in the United States. Its mission is to provide Americans with access and resources to engage with French culture and promote it in their own communities.

Official website of the French consulate in Los Angeles.

This guide provides Library of Congress resources, including digitized primary sources, French literary prizes, journals, graphic novels, databases, information on French Women's Press, Contemporary Issues in France and Francophone Literature.

Browse free eBooks of French literature in the public domain.

Collaborative project between thousands of European archives, libraries, and museums, to promote a broader European project for cultural heritage. Searchable by theme, language, country, institution, or media.

Digitization project of the Bibliotheque nationale de France focusing on the cultural history of France and French-speaking areas throughout the world. Contains numerous electronic texts, images, maps, animation, and sound files of French and other publications in history, literature, science, philosophy, law, economics, and political science.

Online network of French sources, sponsored by the Organisation international de la francophonie. Preservation of French-language materials from libraries in a diverse selection of francophone countries.

Recommendations and descriptions for 20 top Queer Theory books.

Links to resources, journals, and magazines related to topics of masculinity.

This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s.

GLAD works to legally support the LGBTQ community's rights.

ICRW works with local, national, and international partners to conduct original research addressing the most pressing issues facing women and girls today.

Open access encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture and history. Website is no longer updated.

Provides definitions to a variety of LGBTQIA-related words.

The collection consists of a variety of materials including newspapers, books, pamphlets, memorials, scrapbooks, and proceedings from the meetings of various women's organizations that document the suffrage fight.

From the Trevor Project, provides basic information about gender expression, identity, and presentation.

A collection of small-scale datasets, originally developed for the National Atlas, are now available through this site and the National Map site (linked from this page).

Includes information that used to be on the Thomas website (which was retired on July 5, 2016).

Clearinghouse site run by Cornell University that links you to government websites which include federal statutory, court, and administrative information.

On this site you can find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. The data catalogs will continue to grow as new data is added.

Easy search tool to use for tracking legislation

Govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch. Govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

Tracks campaign contributions

Oyez, a project of Chicago Kent's College of Law, provides access to the text of Supreme Court opinions and briefs, as well as audio recordings of oral arguments heard in the court.

Clearinghouse site run by Cornell University that links you to websites which include California statutes, case law, and administrative materials.

A list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965.

Contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.

Gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Over 2,000,000 images, texts, and recordings.

Collection of historical documents and sources.

Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction

Acknowledging the importance of immigrants and ethnic communities from South Asia in the past, strengthen such communities in the present, and inspire discussion about their role in the future.

Was established in 1969 to have a systemic impact on the campus, within higher education, and across society through original research on the Chicano and Latino communities in the U.S.

The Victorian Web presents its images and documents, including entire books, as nodes in a network of complex connections.

Website reviews describe online primary–source archives, evaluate resources, and provide classroom suggestions.

"A project of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center and the Carnegie-Knight Initiative, Journalist’s Resource is an open-access site that curates scholarly studies and reports."

By the Society of Professional Journalists, "...the nation’s most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi..."

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides guidance on Associated Press style news writing used by many newspapers and magazines in the U.S.

"Since 2004, Pew Research Center has issued an annual report on key audience and economic indicators for a variety of sectors within the U.S. news media industry."

Maintained by the Newseum in Washington, D.C. "The mission of the Newseum, located in Washington, D.C., is to increase public understanding of the importance of a free press and the First Amendment. Visitors experience the story of news, the role of a free press in major events in history, and how the core freedoms of the First Amendment — religion, speech, press, assembly and petition — apply to their lives."

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.

Search many libraries at once. Not all libraries are included - Pierce isn't.

Bartleby is a student success hub, developed by Barnes & Noble Education as part of its ongoing mission to serve all who work to elevate their lives through education.

Gale Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for titles of works into one source.

The world’s great literature is here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

British Library Sounds consists of selections from the British Library's unique sound recordings from around the world. The recordings include: accents and dialects, music, oral history, drama and literature, wildlife and environmental records.

The Hip Hop Archive at Harvard University was created in 2002 to facilitate and encourage the pursuit of knowledge, art, culture, and responsible leadership through Hiphop. The site has an extensive bibliography of hiphop scholarly and cultural materials. The site also has song lyrics, album information, and a blog.

The New York Philharmonic Digital Archive contains over 1.3 million pages of printed programs, marked conducting scores, business documents, and photographs.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. The site access to recordings and educational materials about a wide variety of music from the United States and around the world.

The Strachwitz Frontera Collection is the largest repository of Mexican and Mexican American popular and vernacular recordings in existence, containing over 100,000 recordings.

Women Who Rock is a collection of photos, videos, and oral histories about the role of women and popular music in the creation of cultural scenes and social justice movements in the Americas and beyond.

The ADN-BSN Community College Collaborative Program is a collaborative model for academic progression in Nursing that links CSUN with designated California Community College (CCC) partners. This program enables the ADN student to earn to a BSN degree in just approximately 3 years from the start of the ADN program to the BSN graduation.

The Board of Registered Nursing protects and advocates for the health and safety of the public by ensuring the highest quality registered nurses in the state of California.

A new and improved NCLEX exam is coming. The Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) exam asks better questions to help nurses think critically when providing care and make the right decisions

The most up-to-date career information. Including salary, education requirements, work environment, job outlook, etc.

This sites purpose is to enhance marine research, exploitation and development, by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States, and by meeting the needs of users for data and information products.

NASA is the exploration agency of the Federal Government. NASA Earth observing satellites often open up new vistas for Earth science research. All are meant to explore the envelope of what is known and understood about the physical, chemical and biological processes of the planet. Learn more about Ocean Exploration at NASA.

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) hosts and provides public access to one of the most significant archives for environmental data on Earth. Through the Center for Weather and Climate and the Center for Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics, we provide over 25 petabytes of comprehensive atmospheric, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical data.

From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting marine commerce, NOAA’s products and services support economic vitality and affect more than one-third of America’s gross domestic product. NOAA’s dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers and other decision makers with reliable information they need when they need it.

Located with this resource are links to national Governmental Agencies that deal with oceans and the law of the sea. Entries are in alphabetical order by country.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) works with many and varied partners to ensure that our Nation has the information it needs to understand, restore and protect healthy coastal and ocean resources and the communities who depend on them.

Environmental Science's mission is to be the most reliable and expansive advocate for environmental science education and careers. This site provides information, statistics, and data taken from federal and state agencies.

The Center is part of the USGS Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, which is the primary federal marine geology and physical science research program. The Center provides scientific information that contributes to decisions by other federal agencies, state and local entities, private organizations, industry, and the public about resource use and protection.

The American Philosophical Association promotes the discipline and profession of philosophy, both within the academy and in the public arena. The APA supports the professional development of philosophers at all levels and works to foster greater understanding and appreciation of the value of philosophical inquiry.

Founded in 1996, the University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children, connected with the Department of Philosophy, is an academic research center that is dedicated to empowering young people to think for themselves through introducing them to philosophy. The center is involved in both research and practice in philosophy for children and philosophy of childhood, and it serves as a national and international resource in the field of philosophy for children.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides access to detailed, scholarly, information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy.

PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy and hosts the largest open access philosophy archive.

The Philosophy of Education Society is an international forum that promotes the philosophic treatment of educational practice, policy and research, advances the quality of teaching the philosophy of education, and cultivates fruitful relationships between and among philosophers, philosophers of education and educators.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.

Art Photo Index (API) is a visual index of important art and documentary photographers, their images and their websites from throughout the world. The photographers included in Art Photo Index have been selected as a result of their accomplishments in the art or documentary photography field.

Find photo essays, slideshows, and featured galleries of images. Includes journalism photography and user-generated content.

An annual contest by the National Press Photographers Association that showcases exemplary photo, video, and web site work. You can browse past winners by category (Best Photojournalism of the Year, Best Published Picture Story, etc.) but you cannot search by picture content or even by photographer name.

A photo blog created by a select group of picture editors of The Boston Globe. Highlights high-quality, amazing imagery, with a focus on current events. The large-format photos are a pleasure to review.

CatchLight is a transformational force, urgently bringing resources and organizations together to nurture and grow a thriving visual ecosystem that supports, develops and amplifies the work of impactful visual storytellers and innovative leaders in the field of visual storytelling.

The Documentary Photography Project uses exhibits, workshops, grantmaking, and public programs to explore how photography can shape public perception and effect social change. The project supports photographers whose work addresses social justice and human rights issues that coincide with OSI's mission of promoting and expanding open society. (Note: Open Society Initiative is a grantmaking foundation established by investor George Soros aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform.)

Photo essays, video, audio, and more from Human Rights Watch, an independent organization dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.

The photojournalism blog of The New York Times. Presents photography, video, and visual journalism.

The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.

Magnum has documented most of the world’s major events and personalities since the 1930s; covering industry, society and people, places of interest, politics and news events, disasters and conflict. In short, when you picture an iconic image, but can’t think who took it or where it can be found, it probably came from Magnum.

Free registration provides more images.

News21 is a program of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that is helping to change the way journalism is taught in the U.S. and train a new generation of journalists capable of reshaping the news industry. It is headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. The site includes the results of national investigations conducted by students.

A website that hosts online exhibits of documentary photography concerned with the human condition.

The PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations.

Great guide to physics news, information, and links.

Wolfram Alpha is a computational knowledge engine or answer engine developed by Wolfram Research. It is an online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from externally sourced "curated data", rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might.

To inspire and promote an inclusive global community committed to advancing fundamental knowledge and innovation in the botanical sciences for the benefit of people and the environment.

Leading the study and understanding of California native plants

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

Promoting Research, Education, and Awareness of Weeds in Managed and Natural Ecosystems

Scientific research conducted by psychologists, organized by topics, publications, news, and events.

The leading international organization dedicated to advancing scientific psychology across disciplinary and geographic borders.
A great source of research ideas, sources and news.

Online Psychology Laboratory provides highly interactive resources for the teaching of psychological science. The peer-reviewed materials include online studies and correlational studies, large data sets, demonstrations, and teaching aids.

Financial ratios and other industry data. Limited free information is available, but you must be a paying subscriber to bizminer.com to access the entire site.

The ASA website provides links to sociological journals, research briefs, reports on trends in sociology, and information regarding earning a Bachelor's and Master's degree in sociology.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics is the United States government office responsible for collecting and disseminating data on crime, incarceration, and policing in the United States. The site contains a wide variety of publications, data sets, analysis tools, and statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the United States government office responsible for collecting and disseminating US employment data. The site contains a wide variety of publications, data tools, economic releases, and educational materials.

The California Digital Newspaper Collection contains over 1.5 million pages of significant California newspapers published from 1846-present.

A website that offers useful information related to the social sciences, including a knowledge base covering a range of topics, a guide to using statistics, and more.

Chronicling America is a collaborative project between the US Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities to offer a selected collection of digitized newspapers published in the United States between 1789-1943.

This database by the British newspaper the Guardian is perhaps the only systematic effort to count the number of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, and collect data on the circumstances surrounding their deaths.

The Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is a non-profit organization that studies campus climate and safety for LGBT youth.

A nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing and defending human rights around the world. The website provides news, multimedia, and publications related to human rights issues.

A nonpartisan organization that researches and distributes information related to public opinion, demographics, mass media, and other topics influencing contemporary society.

The PRB website provides statistical information and analysis related to health, poverty, gender, families, environmental justice, and more.

The RAND Corporation website provides access to 20,000 publications that researchers at RAND have produced since 1946. The publications deal with a wide variety of national and international issues such as: health, economics, labor, and the environment.

Short social change videos from TED, the award-winning nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas Worth Spreading."

Short videos on society from TED, the award-winning nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas Worth Spreading."

Official site for the Presidency of the Government of Spain. Contains historical, cultural, and recent news

Information about Spanish speaking countries, including links to individual countries with information on demographics and key facts

This link is an overview of Spanish literature but also has links to other information about Spain

Guide from University of Nevada, Reno, on using the Data-Planet database to find charts, maps, views, rankings, and tables.

California data

A comprehensive visualization of US public data

On this site you can find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. The data catalogs will continue to grow as new data is added.

Find data about the U.S., such as maps and population, demographic, and economic data.

The Agriculture Network Information Collaborative (AgNIC) is a voluntary alliance of members based on the concept of “centers of excellence”. The member institutions are dedicated to enhancing collective information and services among the members and their partners for all those seeking agricultural information over the Internet.

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access), a database produced by the National Agricultural Library (NAL), includes citations for journals and articles related to agriculture.

A concise, easy-to-use, comprehensive reference that covers the diversity of species and animal diseases worldwide.

Contains technical and industry content, video lectures, and worksheets for students

Circuit Lab allows you to simulate circuits and schematics with their easy to use platform. Create professional schematics PDFs and wiring diagrams.

Industry related news regarding electronics and electrical engineering

The world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity

Offers educational opportunities that include online courses. These learning initiatives cover topics from welding basics to technology updates

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