Resources

Additional  Resources

Current Data References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. This site has the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics and more.

• Our World in Data
  We believe the best research and data should be accessible to everyone 

• ABC-CLIO Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society
  This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy, providing authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on today's most important issues. 

• Gale In context:  Opposing Viewpoints
  Covers today's social issues, from capital punishment to marijuana. Includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, and infographics that help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. 

• Gale General One File - Search by topic

• New York Times  1985-current

Historical Data References

• British Newspaper Archive
  The British Newspaper Archive is a partnership between the British Library and bright solid online publishing to digitize up to 40 million newspaper pages from the British Library's vast collection over the next 10 years. The British Library's newspaper collections are among the finest in the world, containing most of the runs of newspapers published in the UK since 1800.
  
  

• Chronicling America, Historic American newspapers
  Search America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress

• Digital Collections of the Library of Congress
  The Library of Congress has made digitized versions of collection materials available online since 1994, concentrating on its most rare collections and those unavailable anywhere else. The following services are your gateway to a growing treasury of digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, and books, as well as "born digital" materials such as Web sites. In addition, the Library maintains and promotes the use of digital library standards and provides online research and reference services.

• Google Arts and Culture
  The Google World Wonders Project is a platform which brings world heritage sites of the modern and ancient world online. Using Street View, 3D modeling and other Google technologies, we have made these amazing sites accessible to everyone across the globe. With videos, photos and in-depth information, you can now explore the world wonders from your armchair just as if you were there. 

• National Archives Experience
  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever. 
  
  Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you. 

• New York State Digital Collections Library
  The Digital Collections of the New York State Library include a large array of 18th and 19th century historical materials from many subject areas, including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Native American materials, New York State laws and natural history. While books make up the core collection, Digital Collections also include primary source materials such as letters, diaries and rare manuscripts as well as historic photographs, illustrations, maps, broadsides, drawings and music scores. 

• THOMAS, legislative information from the Library of Congress
  THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the features and content listed below.
  http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas
  https://www.congress.gov/help/faq#thomasretirement

• World Digital Library
  The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
  
  The principal objectives of the WDL are to:

  1. Promote international and intercultural understanding;

  2. Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;

  3. Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences;

  4. Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.

• Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
  The Andrew Heiskell Library provides talking books and magazines and braille for people who are blind, visually impaired, or are otherwise physically unable to read standard print. The library serves residents who live in New York City and Long Island. Fiction and nonfiction selections range from classics to bestsellers in many subject areas. 

• Library of Congress
  The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, map and manuscripts in its collections.