Datasets & Statistics
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National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)Data on crime and justice since 1978, hosted by the University of Michigan.
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Correlates of War ProjectData on war and conflicts since 1816.
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START Data & ToolsDatasets and interactive data tools from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland.
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Global Terrorism DatabaseInformation on terrorist events around the world since 1970 (currently updated through 2020), hosted by the University of Maryland.
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Statistical Abstracts of the US (2013-present) This link opens in a new windowAn authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States with information for 2013 onward.
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US Data & Statistics This link opens in a new windowData about the U.S., such as maps and population, demographic, and economic data.
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UNdataInformation from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) covering numerous topics from for every country in the world.
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World Environment Situation Room (United Nations Environment Programme)Statistics and geospatial data sets (maps), covering themes like biodiversity and nature loss, climate change, disasters and conflicts, forests, freshwater, and energy.
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World Development Indicators Online (World Bank)Comprehensive overview of development drawing on data from the World Bank.
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Colorado Index of Complex Networks (ICON)Index of research-quality network data sets from all domains of network science, including social, web, information, biological, ecological, connectome, transportation, and technological networks.
Government Information
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GovInfo This link opens in a new windowProvides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the US federal government
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Congressional Research Service Reports This link opens in a new windowNonpartisan research and analysis on public policy issues including American Law; Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Government and Finance; Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowContains current news, laws and legislation, business and company information, country and state profiles, tax information, and more.
National Security & Terrorism
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Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new windowDeclassified documents from US foreign and military policy since 1945.
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Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new windowDocuments related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources including federal, state and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities.
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SAGE Encyclopedia of TerrorismOver 300 entries on the subject of terrorism worldwide.
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Encyclopedia of United States National SecurityA thoroughly interdisciplinary work, this Encyclopedia views national security from historical, economic, political, and technological perspectives.