Web Sites
Providing Data and Primary Resources
Data
Warehouses
Primary
Documents
Links
to Data Warehouses
The Gallup Organization
http://www.gallup.com
This site contains many different types of data related to current
public opinion.
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
This page is the entry point for access to every imaginable type
of data from the U.S. Census. Also has data for each state.
National Climate Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Access to satellite, climate, and radar data. Also has links
to world climate data sources.
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww
This is the gateway to national and state data related to health,
deaths, births, etc.
Immediate Data: The World Wide Web as
a Resource for Teaching Research Methods
http://junior.apk.net/~jurczyk/eera.html
An online paper about this topic with links to many sites that
provide data and explanations of how they could be used.
Dr. B's Wide World of Web Data
http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~behrens/siip/webdata/index.html
Links to hundreds of data sets, organized by subject matter.
John Behrens, Arizona State University.
The Data and Story Library
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/
"DASL (pronounced "dazzle") is an online library
of datafiles and stories that illustrate the use of basic statistics
methods. We hope to provide data from a wide variety of topics
so that statistics teachers can find real-world examples that
will be interesting to their students. Use DASL's powerful search
engine to locate the story or datafile of interest."
Statistical Science web: Data Sets
http://www.maths.uq.edu.au/~gks/webguide/datasets.html
This one is a HUGE collection of web sources of data.
Data Sources
http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~faraway/data.html
A large list of links to archived data, which could be used with
students
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
http://stats.bls.gov/datahome.htm
Huge warehouse of economic data.
National Space Sciences Data Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) provides access
to a wide variety of astrophysics, space physics, solar physics,
lunar and planetary data from NASA space flight missions, in
addition to selected other data.
Amphibia Web
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw
Databases and articles about declining amphibians.
Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/
Large collections of data for analysis. This site also hosts
the U.S. Historical Census Browser, with data that describes
the people and economy for each state and county in the U.S.
from 1790 to 1070.
Math Forum Data Collections
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/workshops/sum96/data.collections/datalibrary
Links to many different sources of data. Designed to facilitate
math activities with students.
Data and Story Library
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL
Designed for teachers to use in teaching statistics, this site
has links to real-world data sets.
National Parks A-Z
http://www.nps.gov
Contains all types of data and information on National Parks
of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/resource.htm
This is the main entry page to all of their information and data
sources.
National Data Buoy Center
http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov
This is a compilation of data transmitted from buoys moored in
waters near the US coasts and all US islands. They report on
wind direction and speed, air and water temperature and other
variables.
Scorecard
http://www.scorecard.org
Scorecard lets you quickly access local environmental information.
It brings over 300 scientific and government databases into one
easy-to-use interface.
Major Market Indices
http://dynamic.nasdaq-amex.com/dynamic/majorindices_java.stm
Real-time data on how different markets are performing. Updated
every few seconds!
InfoNation
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
An easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and
compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States
of the United Nations.
Major League Baseball - Stats
http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/u/baseball/mlb/stats.htm
Data of every imaginable type!
Links to Sites with Primary
Documents
American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov
The granddaddy of all primary document sites! Over 80 collections
now online, with millions of text and multimedia documents.
Virginia Center for Digital History
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Contains thousands of primary sources that allow history students
to employ the same research methods that historians use.
Institute for Advanced Technology in
the Humanities
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/
A rich source of historical studies and documents. Although the
materials here are often complex scholarly endeavors, K-12 teachers
can adapt such resources to enrich their instruction.
Electronic Text Center
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
Online access to 45,000 humanities texts and 50,000 related images
(early American novels, African American and Native American
resources, including slave narratives, classical Japanese literature,
Civil War letters, etc.).
Digital Media Center
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dmc
Maintains a large collection of digital images, sound, and video
for use in instruction and research.
Digital National Security Archive
http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/nsaindexhome.htm
Contains the most comprehensive collection of primary documents
available: The database contains more than 35,000 of the most
important, declassified documents that led to the policy decisions.
Medieval History - Looksmart
http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus53706/eus53710/eus53828/eus79548/r?l&
links to sites with primary documents, sources, and accounts
of daily life.
A Hypertext on American History
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/usa.htm
From the colonial period until Modern Times. Click on the Documents
link for primary source material.
HistoryWiz Primary Documents (highly
recommended!)
http://www.historywiz.com/primary.htm
Includes both American and World history. Lots of text documents
as well as image collections.
Pearl Harbor - Primary Documents
http://www.bamaed.ua.edu/cse489/pearl
Primary Documents Relating to the Events at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Sunday, December 7, 1941.
The Authentic History Center
http://www.authentichistory.com/
The center contains original music, radio news broadcasts, images
of historical artifacts and photographs, and transcripts of documents
that are very hard to find.
The Great War Primary Documents Archive
http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one
This archive is international in focus and intends to present
in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.
The American Colonist's Library
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources
A massive collection, from 500 B.C. to 1800. Highly recommended!
National Geographic Education
http://nationalgeographic.com/education
Access to thousands of archived maps, photographs, travel accounts,
etc.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall
Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts
presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for
educational use.
Thomas Edison Papers Collection
http://edison.rutgers.edu
Collection of documents (1850-1898) on and by Thomas Edison.
American Folklife Center
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/ndl.html
Huge collection of music, text, and images. Designed to preserve
all aspects of American folklife.
More to come soon!
