From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the AGRIS database contains 12,169,245 records - including 4,251 datasets - from 442 data providers.
AQUASTAT is the FAO global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. It collects, analyses and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country from 1960.
Produced by Cornell University, "arXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics."
Data-rich activities and case studies to high-quality videos and interactive media, our resources are designed to connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world.
"Dedicated to open research, we now publish over 290 quality peer-reviewed journals in Biology, Clinical Medicine and Health."
bioRxiv (pronounced "bio-archive") is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals.
Online publishing platform for achievements of CNKI project. The most comprehensive gateway of knowledge of China. Over 1,500 institutional customers overseas in 53 countries and regions, 25,000 institutional customers from a various of industries in China mainland.
When using Data Nuggets students are provided with the details of authentic science research projects.
All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
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"4832 Journals" - "Over the next years, the most important medical journals will be available online, free and in full-text. " Note, the site tells you which ones/when they are free.
The Global Invasive Species Database is a free, online searchable source of information about alien and invasive species that negatively impact biodiversity. The Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) is managed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 3/25/15, we are assisting in the online publication of 2,434,604 free full-text articles and 7,659,003 total articles.
medRxiv (pronounced "med-archive") is a free online archive and distribution server for complete but unpublished manuscripts (preprints) in the medical, clinical, and related health sciences. Preprints are preliminary reports of work that have not been certified by peer review. They should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior and should not be reported in news media as established information.
America's leading authority for environmental data, and manage one of the largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic research in the world.
This resource organizes information on genomes including sequences, maps, chromosomes, assemblies, and annotations.
PSL archives a wide range of data ranging from gridded climate datasets extending hundreds of years to real-time wind profiler data at a single location. The
"PLOS ONE features reports of original research from all disciplines within science and medicine. By not excluding research on the basis of subject area, PLOS ONE facilitates the discovery of connections between research whether within or between disciplines."
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
The ReefBase Global Database provides country-level data and information about coral reefs. The project is housed at the global headquarters of the WorldFish Center in Penang, Malaysia.
"ScienceDirect [...] combines authoritative, full-text scientific, technical and health publications with smart, intuitive functionality so that you can stay informed in your field, and can work more effectively and efficiently."
ScienceOpen is a freely accessible search and discovery platform that puts research in context.
Bringing you authoritative information on taxonomy, legislation, distribution and trade in MEA-listed species.
"200+ peer-reviewed fully open access journals across all areas of science."
The UCI Machine Learning Repository is a collection of databases, domain theories, and data generators that are used by the machine learning community for the empirical analysis of machine learning algorithms.
FoodData Central is an integrated data system that provides expanded nutrient profile data and links to related agricultural and experimental research.
"PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)."
Produced by the international biodiversity research and conservation organisation Operation Wallacea, it provides important datasets that students can freely access to guide and inform their learning activities.
From the World Health Organization. A variety of information and research on global health issues.
"Wiley Open Access publishes a number of online journals across biological, chemical and health sciences."
"It works by using its vast store of expert-level knowledge and algorithms to automatically answer questions, do analysis and generate reports."
Free and open access to global development data
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Knoema is the most comprehensive source of global decision-making data in the world. Our tools allow individuals and organizations to discover, visualize, model, and present their data and the world’s data to facilitate better decisions and better outcomes.
The Observatory of Economic Complexity is a tool that allows users to quickly compose a visual narrative about countries and the products they exchange. It was Alexander Simoes' Master Thesis in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab.
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.
Our main task is to supply users and customers with statistics for decision making, debate and research. We do this mainly through assignments from the government and other government agencies.
The United Nations Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. We compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries' efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems.