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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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Provides free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials.

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

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

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.

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.

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.