National Criminal Justice Reference Service, includes search engine; numerous full-text materials.
The Sentencing Project, Readers can avail themselves of high-quality and reliable content, data-driven analyses, and best practices and principles in the areas of sentencing, incarceration, racial disparity in the criminal justice system, drug policy, and felony disenfranchisement survey. This multifaceted Web site on the elusive global trade in small arms, so-called light weapons, ammunition, and related equipment is remarkably relevant to a wide range of users, from criminal justice professionals to scholars, researchers, activists, and policy makers.
Addiction Search, site focuses on well-respected, reliable sources, not personal or self-help sites
Catalog of Nonprofit Literature, A searchable interface to approximately 28,000 citations for articles, books, media resources, and grey literature from the nonprofit sector
Explore Census Data, Learn about America’s People, Places, and Economy (U.S. Census)
Gapminder: Unveiling the Beauty of Statistics for a Fact Based World View, Founded in 2005, Gapminder is registered as a Swedish foundation. The Web site allows comparison of countries by displaying charts and maps on the fly for some 500 indicators.
Media Cloud, Developed by Ethan Zuckerman and others at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, Media Cloud allows users to compare and contrast news coverage in three ways in up to three sources.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being. It is the largest funder of alcohol research in the world.; .gov
NCJRS Virtual Library, The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library contains bibliographic information and abstracts of more than 230,000 collection resources and over 80,000 online materials, including all known Office of Justice Programs' works. Use the search filters and sorting options below to narrow down your results from the Abstracts Database.
Pew Social and Demographic Trends, More than 100 full-text reports as well as substantial datasets
Tax Policy Center, Brookings Institution; This vast, professionally arranged site provides a comprehensive overview of US tax policy for the public, government officials, journalists, and researchers.
Web Center for Social Research Methods, Cornell; well-designed, searchable site focused on applied social research
Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE), Claremont University; 9 tutorials and related applets simulating and exploring various statistical concepts.