Research Guides: Free Resources : Websites

Websites-General

Google Dataset Search Discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web.
Internet Archive The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites & other cultural artifacts in digital form.
The New Yorker: Documentary Uncommon perspectives on issues that matter to us now.
NROC Project Dedicated to creating and maintaining open educational resources (OER), including free educational websites and digital textbooks, designed to broaden learners’ access to high-quality educational opportunities.
OER Commons A public digital library of open educational resources.
Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University Provides writing & instructional services.
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) A search tool that makes the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 127 different sources and contains 448,732 records.
Saint Vincent College Magazine Saint Vincent College Magazine & newsletters
WorldCat Open Content Find open access materials for research and study

Websites by Discipline-Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Association of Religion Data Archives
ARDA strives to democratize access to the best data on religion.
Atla Digital Library
The Atla Digital Library is a searchable digitized collection of texts, records, maps, photographs, recordings, & other materials.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary Sources
Features select primary source documents related to critical people & events in African American history.
Catholic Library Project
Catholic Source Texts from Scripture, Tradition, Liturgy, and the Magisterium
Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA)
Digital collection by Cornell University Library of agricultural texts published between the early 19th century & the middle to late 20th century.
Holy See (Vatican City)-Guide to Law
Constitution; executive, legislative and judicial branches; & legal guides regarding the jurisdiction of the Holy See (Vatican City).
Illuminated Manuscripts Full-codices & manuscript fragments dating from the mid 13th century.
Linguistics: A Resource Guide The study of the structure and function of language, linguistics is a large field with branches in the humanities and sciences. This guide provides research strategies and lists materials available both at the Library of Congress and online.
Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL)
OADTL provides open access to high-quality religious studies content.
Princeton Chinese Studies Resources
Detailed directory of resources in Chinese Studies listed by type of resource
Princeton Theological Seminary, Theological Commons A digital library of over 150,000 resources on theology & religion, containing books, journals, audio recordings, photographs, manuscripts, and other formats dating from 975 C.E. to the present.
Vatican Library’s Digital Collections
A digital library that provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections.

Websites by Discipline-Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Openly available biodiversity literature and research.
Europe PMC
Search life sciences literature from trusted sources around the globe, all in one search, accessible by anyone anywhere, for free.
HippoCampus
HippoCampus is a growing repository of thousands of multimedia learning objects from NROC and other respected providers, including Khan Academy, PhET, and NOAA.
Medical Heritage Library
Collaborative digitization & discovery organization committed to providing OA resources in the history of healthcare & the health sciences.
PubMed Central® (PMC)
PMC is a free full-text archive of biomedical & life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.
Radicle-Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve
Radicle is a brand new way to experience nature

Websites by Discipline-Business, Economics and Government

American Presidency Project
The only free online searchable database of presidential documents on the internet.
Law Library of Congress
Research guides provide a starting point for researching legal topics and recommend relevant materials in the Law Library's collections and online
LOC Economics Research Guides
Library of Congress guides on Economics
LOC Government Research Guides
Library of Congress Government Guides
Patent Law: A Beginner's Guide
This guide provides a foundation for researching patent law and the patent process
U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: A Resource Guide
U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: A Resource Guide
World Bank data
The World Bank coordinates & maintains a number of macro, financial & sector databases.

Primary Documents in American History: Digital collections of the Library of Congress- contains a wide variety of primary source materials. Including government documents, manuscripts, and broadsides. Provided below is a link to the home page for each relevant digital collection