Benjamin Franklin Fellows
Free Research Resources
Summer 2007
- News Sources
- Scientific and Medical Sources
- Statistical Sources
- Governmental and Policy Resources
- Think Tanks and Policy Organizations
Also...
News Sources
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- Medline Plus, Consumer Health Information
- PubMed Central, Free Online Science Journals from NIH
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- Science.gov
- Global Health Facts (From the Kaiser Foundation)
- HHS (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Statistical Sources
- EUROStat, Statistics from all European Countries
- Census Bureau list of international statistical agencies
- Bureau of Labor Statistics list of international statistics on the web
- US Statistical Abstract, US Census Bureau
- PollingReport
- UN Statistical Resources
- UN Economic Commission for Europe Statistics
- Offstats (Official Statistics Pages for countries of the world)
- NationMaster statistics based upon CIA World Factbooks
Governmental and Policy Resources
- United Nations
- European Union Online
- NATO
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization
- USA.gov (US Government Site)
- Directgov (UK's Government Site)
- International Documents Task Force (list of web resources)
- US Department of State
- International Red Cross
- Governments on the Web
- Center for World Indigenous Studies
- International Governmental Organizations
Think Tanks and Policy Organizations
- List of Non-Governmental Organizations, from Duke University
- Union of International Organizations
- Directory of Development Organizations
- Idealist.org, Action Without Borders
- Political Thought From Vanderbilt University, reveals bias.
- Public Policy, Advocacy, Research Institutes and Centers
- Public Policy Issues From the Electronic Policy Network.
- Public Policy Institutes From Yahoo!, includes info on partisanship.
- University of Michigan's Megalisting of Think Tanks
- C-SPAN Public Policy Organizations
Scholarly Internet Indexes
- Google Scholar
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- Infomine
- Voice of the Shuttle
- Librarians Internet Index
- Internet Public Library
- BUBL Information Service
- Intute
Education Resources
- ERIC, Education Resources from US Dept. of Education
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