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Air University LibrarySearch the Air University Library’s Index to Military Periodicals or the Library’s catalog. Also offered on this site are bibliographies on military science, aeronautics, and related topics. American Memory
American Memory
provides digitized collections of photographs, maps, music, paintings, and
other visual objects from the collections at the Library of Congress. This page covers all subject areas
and searches by format, time, region, and also searches across
collections. A learning page for
teachers and students is also available. Child Abuse and Neglect Clearinghouse Online Database and DirectoriesThis database contains
over 22,000 records on child abuse and neglect and child welfare issues. This site also contains a Treatment
Directory. CIA Electronic Document Release CenterThe CIA Electronic
Document Release Center presents declassified CIA documents that are accessed
through a searchable (title work, keyword, creation date, release date)
database. [Note: some parts of a document may be
blacked out] Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts, U.S. Bureau of Justice StatisticsCrime and Justice
Electronic Data Abstracts are aggregated data from a wide variety of
published sources that are presented in spreadsheets to facilitate use with
analytic software. Files are
displayed by jurisdiction and time. Federal Justice Statistics Resource CenterThe Center’s database
of information on suspects and defendants processed in the Federal court
system allows downloading of data about specific events and outcomes, such as
the number of defendants prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced in a given
year, etc. Online versions of the Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics
are also offered. Geographic
Names and Information System
Developed
by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN),
GNIS contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural
geographic features in the United States.
The United States and Territories GNIS
searchable online database allows searches for any United States
feature. A search retrieves
basic information about the feature including latitude, longitude, type of
feature (populated place, cave, river, etc.), and the USGS 7.5’ X 7.5’
quadrangle map on which the feature may be found. You may click to view a location map. An Antarctica
Geographic Names Database is also included. GEOnet Names ServerThe GEOnet Names Server
(GNS) provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency’s (NIMA)
database of foreign geographic feature names. Approximately 20,000 of the databases 3.5 million features
are updated monthly. Search for
world geographical names by specifying name and country (or coordinate
bounding rectangle). NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL) Nail is the National
Archive’s database of holdings both in Washington, regional centers and the
Presidential Libraries. Text, pictures, maps and recordings are described and
links provided to selected digital collections. National Anthropological ArchivesThis site, which is
part of the Smithsonian Institute’s extensive site, includes online
exhibitions as well as a guide to the Association’s collections (click on
guides to the Collections), which describe the letters, manuscripts,
photographs, and other materials that are available for research. The site also provides information
about ordering copies. National Archaeological DatabaseThe National
Archaeological Database page connects to the National Archaeological Database
Online System, a database which consists of more than 100,000 archeological
citation references relating to archaeological sites in the area which is now
the United States. Information on the North American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act and a GIS Package are also included on the site. National Archive of Criminal Justice DataThe National Archive of
Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) offers “downloadable access to over 550
computer-readable data collections relating to criminal justice.” Abstracts of datasets and survey data
are provided. National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts DatabaseThis searchable
database contains summaries of more than 140,000 criminal justice
publications, including federal, state, and local government reports, as well
as books, journal articles, and unpublished research.” Time period covered includes 1970’s
to the present. Smithsonian Institution Research
Information System (SIRIS) Search 5 Smithsonian
databases including the Library, catalogs of paintings and sculpture,
archival material, sound recordings, films and photographs.
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