Databases, A-Z

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AATA Online: Abstracts of Conservation Literature
A specialized database focusing on the preservation and conservation of cultural objects. Includes archeology, artefacts, art history, material culture, and historic technology.

ABI/INFORM Collection
Contains news and scholarly publications relating to all aspects of business, trade, and economics. 

Academic Search Complete
A large, multi-disciplinary database of journals, magazines, and news articles covering a wide variety of topics. Contains full text for most items. 

AccessMedicine
Comprehensive medical resource containing textbooks, diagnostic tools, videos, interactive diagrams, and many reference works. 

Accounting, Tax and Banking
Contains essential publications on accounting, tax management, tax laws, financial laws, financial management, industry trends, and risk management, as well as company profiles for accounting and consulting firms. 

Ad*Access
(Open Access) Collection of over 7,000 advertisements published in the US and Canada between 1911 and 1955. Ads in this collection focus on radio, television, transportation, beauty and hygiene, and World War II.

Africa Bib
(Open Access) A collection of journals that specialize in African Studies or consistently discuss the African continent. 

AGRICOLA
(Open Access) The national library of the US Department of Agriculture. Contains a data repository, peer-reviewed journals, archival materials, and digital collections. 

Alcohol Studies Database
(Open Access) A large bibliography of research on alcohol published between 1956 to 2007. Maintained by Rutgers University.

AMICA Library (Art Museum Images from Cartography Associates)
(Open Access) Over 100,000 images of museum artworks from around the world. Contains paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, textiles, jewelry, and manuscripts from the Native American and Inuit peoples, as well as from Greece, Rome, Egypt, China, and Japan. 

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
(Open Access) Archive of publicly-funded radio and TV broadcasts ranging from the 1940's to today. All video and audio files were contributed by the individual stations that ran them.

American Prison Newspapers, 1800s-present: Voices from the Inside
(Open Access) Hundreds of newspapers and journals published inside American prisons, with special attention towards women-only institutions. 

APA PsycARTICLES
Large collection of full-text peer-reviewed journal articles in psychology from 1894 to present.

APA PsycINFO
Large index of research in psychology. Does not necessarily contain full-text for articles. 

APA PsycTESTS
Database of psychological tests and measuring tools for use in research or teaching. 

The Arts
Contains sources on all aspects of art and media: music, film, theater, television, dance, art, architecture, and design. 

ARTSTOR
(Open Access) Vast collection of open access images, videos, audio files, and documents from libraries, museums, and artists around the world. Although all subjects are represented, the collection is strongest in the arts, architecture, and the humanities. 

arXiv
(Open Access) Large open access collection of pre-prints in physics, math, computer science, statistics, electrical engineering, and economics. Note that all papers in this collection are pre-prints, which means they were not yet published when they were uploaded to the collection. These papers meet basic scholarly standards, but have not been peer-reviewed and may not make it to publication. Good for quickly-developing topics and finding open access versions of published papers. 

ATLA Religion Database
Comprehensive reference tool for religious and theological research published from 1949 to present day. Contains some full text and many abstracts. 

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Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements
(Open Access) Over 4,000 primary source documents covering civil rights activism by the Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities. Includes letters, demonstration plans, meeting minutes, worship programs, and audio/visual recordings. 

BioMed Central
(Open Access) Focuses on open access journals in biomedicine and biotechnology, but also includes some journals on the physical sciences, math, and engineering. 

bioRxiv
(Open Access) Collection of pre-prints on biology topics. Note that all papers in this collection are pre-prints, which means they were not yet published when their authors uploaded them to the collection. These papers meet basic scholarly standards, but have not been peer-reviewed and should not be relied on for clinical practice. Good for quickly-developing topics and finding open access versions of published papers. 

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
(Open Access) Collection of primary source documents covering critical events and people in African American history, from the abolition movement to Black Lives Matter.

Black Periodicals: From the Great Migration through Black Power
(Open Access) Archived periodicals from the Black Power movement in the 1960's and 70's.

Britannica Academic
Online reference source covering all subject areas. Includes encyclopedias, dictionary entries, and reference books.

Brown Judaic Studies
(Open Access) Collection of open access books on Judaic Studies published by Brown University. 

Business
ProQuest Research Library's business collection has full text articles from thousands of journals on various business-related topics, such as economics, management, accounting, finance, and strategies.

Business Market Research Collection
Industry and company reports from Hoover's Company Profiles, Barnes Reports and First Research.

Business Source Elite
Covers a wide variety of business and management topics, as well as current company profiles. 

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Catholic Encyclopedia
(Open Access) Defines terms relevant to Catholicism, including people, places, events, and passages.

Catholic News Archive
Provides full-text access to many Catholic newspapers published between 1831 to present day.

CDC Data on the Internet Archive
(Open Access) An archive of all CDC datasets as they existed before January 28th, 2025.

CDC Wonder
(Open Access) Query system for analyzing public health data.

Census Bureau (U.S)
(Open Access) Provides information about the American people based on the most recent national census data.

ChemSpider
(Open Access) A chemical structure database providing information on over 120 million structures, along with their properties and any associated information. 

Chronicle of Higher Education
The premier news source for higher education topics, including news, opinion pieces, career resources, and technology.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
(Open Access) Full text access to millions of archived newspapers from 1789-1963.

CINAHL with Full Text
Search nearly 3,000 journals in nursing and allied health. Contains full text for approximately 600 journals, though additional full text may be available in other databases.

Clinical Trials
(Open Access) Database of publicly and privately funded clinical research studies from over 200 countries. All studies have been uploaded by their sponsors or authors, with a minimal review by the National Library of Medicine. 

ClinPGx
(Open Access)  Comprehensive pharmacogenomic resource for drug recommendations, gene and drug associations, and clinical practice guidelines.

CREDO Reference
Online reference source covering all subject areas. Includes encyclopedias, dictionary entries, and full-text reference books.

Criminology Collection
Database of scholarship on crime, its causes and impacts, social aspects of crime, corrections, law enforcement, and security.

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Data Rescue Tracker
(Open Access) A continuously updated list tracking backup locations of removed government data.

Database of Religious History
(Open Access) Database of reference entries on the history of religions. Browse by region, religion, place, text, and language.

Democracy and Elections 2024
(Open Access) Originally designed for the 2024 election season, this resource contains many full-text articles and resources on democracy, politics, voting, and elections.

Dietary Supplement Label Database
(Open Access) Information from the labels of various dietary supplements in the United States.

Digital Commons
(Open Access) Repository of full-text scholarly sources from universities around the world. May include journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original works. Breaks up papers into very specific subject areas. 

Digital Public Library of America
(Open Access)  Combines the resources of libraries, museums, archives, and cultural institutions across America into one searchable database. Includes images, texts, videos, and audio recordings. 

Digital Transgender Archive
(Open Access) Collection of archival materials related to global transgender history (including gender non-conforming history). All digitized items were either created before 2000, or discussing transgender history before 2000.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
(Open Access) Collection of high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals in all scholarly disciplines.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
(Open Access) Collection of high quality, open access, peer-reviewed books in all scholarly disciplines.

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Eagleton Poll Archive
(Open Access) Contains polling data from New Jersey residents on political and social issues from 1971 to present day. 

Ebook Central
A large hub of over 200,000 full text ebooks that Mahoney Library subscribes to. These books are also searchable in the library catalog.

EconPapers
(Open Access) Collection of pre-prints on economic topics. Note that all papers in this collection are pre-prints, which means they were not yet published when their authors uploaded them to the collection. These papers meet basic scholarly standards, but have not been peer-reviewed and may not make it to publication. Good for quickly-developing topics and finding open access versions of published papers. 

Education Collection (includes ERIC)
Combines full-text access to hundreds of journals with the index of ERIC to provide complete coverage of education topics from elementary school to adulthood. 

Education Research Complete
A large collection of full-text, open access, and indexed education journals.

End of Term Web Archive
(Open Access) An archive that saves the state of all U.S. Government websites at the end of each presidential administration. The EOT has thus far preserved websites from administration changes in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024.

ERIC
A vast collection of bibliographic information of journals, articles, and gray literature about education, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education. Provides full text access to some resources

ERICA (ERIC Archive)
(Open Access) A rescue archive of over 500,000 full text publications that were previously hosted on ERIC.

Europeana
(Open Access) Provides access to millions of resources on Europe's cultural heritage with images, books, videos, audio recordings, and 3-D animations. Items are provided by museums, galleries, libraries, and archives around the world.

Eurostat
(Open Access) The official statistics office of the European Union. Contains data on policies, regional statistics, economy and finance, social conditions, industries,.trade, the environment, energy, agriculture, transportation, science, and technology. 

Exploring Race in Society
(Open Access) A free resource exploring the history and cultures that shape our society, with particular attention to the wide variety of the human experience in America. Contains essays, journal articles, reports, primary sources, and other resources.

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Films on Demand
Contains over 250,000 educational videos, documentaries, and movies in all subject areas.

Forensic Science
Encyclopedia of forensic science terms and topics. 

FRASER
(Open Access) A library of United States financial, banking, and economics history, particularly the history of the Federal Reserve System. Includes documents and texts as well as data.

FRED
(Open Access) Repository of raw economic data from the United States and beyond. Contains hundreds of thousands of data series from both the public and private sectors.

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
A basic encyclopedia.

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Gale eBooks
Smaller collection of ebooks that Mahoney Library subscribes to. All titles can also be found in the library catalog.

Google Scholar
(Open Access) Free index of all scholarly publications on the internet. Provides links to any full-text pdfs or links Google can locate. Great for locating the full text of known articles. 

GovInfo
(Open Access) Archive of official publications from all branches of the U.S. government. Not all government documents may be present, as publications must be submitted by their authors.  

GreenFILE
An index of publications about human impact to the environment, including global warming, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

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Handbook of Latin American Studies
(Open Access)  A bibliography of resources about Latin America from the 1960's to present day. 

HathiTrust

(Open Access) Collection of millions of digitized books, provided by academic and research libraries. Many items are in the public domain and available full-text. 

Health & Medicine
Part of the ProQuest Research Library, this database offers full-text sources on nursing, health, pharmacology, and medicine topics. 

Health Business Full Text
A full-text database covering hospital administration topics, like insurance, technology, HR, hospital management, and marketing.

Health Source: Consumer Edition
A database of consumer health magazines, pamphlets, and reference books. Intended for use by the general public.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
A full-text database covering nursing and health topics, aimed at academics and medical practitioners. 

History
Part of the ProQuest Research Library, this database offers full-text sources on ancient civilizations, US history, world history, military history, and time periods.

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Independent Voices
(Open Access) An archive of alternative press newspapers produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBTQ+ activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

Index of Medieval Art
(Open Access) An archive of images and descriptive data related to artworks produced between late Antiquity and the sixteenth century. Browse by subject, medium, type of art, creator, patron, location, style, script, liturgy, and language.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
A large index of sources in the social sciences, with over 3 million indexed items from all over the world. Primarily focuses on anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology, but also includes archeology, cultural studies, demographics, education, ethnology, and religious studies. 

IMF eLibrary
(Open Access)  Provides direct access to the works of the International Monetary Fund, including periodicals, books, studies, data, and statistical tools.

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JAMA on Covid-19
(Open Access) An open collection of research on Covid-19, provided by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Jersey Clicks
(Open Access) Various resources provided by the New Jersey State Library to everyone in NJ. The most relevant databases from JerseyClicks have already been added to this database list. 

Journals @ Ovid - Nursing
A collection of journals in clinical medicine, behavioral & social sciences, life sciences, and nursing.

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Legal Information Source
Provides full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal form examples. 

Library & Information Science Collection
Covers all aspects of librarianship, including archives, information technology, information retrieval, library management, library users, and reference. 

LISTA: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
An index of library science topics, including librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, information retrieval, and information management.

Linguistics Collection
Provides indexing and full text for all aspects of linguistics. This includes the structure of language, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, as well as how language is used, such as discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, learning disabilities, nonverbal communication, and anthropological linguistics. 

Literary Reference Center
Provides information on thousands of authors and their works across disciplines and time periods. 

Literature & Language
Part of the ProQuest Research Library, this database offers full-text sources on American literature, world literature, linguistics, and English topics. 

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MasterFILE Elite
Full text for magazines, publications, and images on general interest subjects like business, health, science, education, and culture. 

MEDLINE
Database for the National Library of Medicine. Contains full text for topic areas like biomedicine, life sciences, bioengineering, public health, clinical care, and plant and animal science. Searchable in PubMed. 

Medline Plus
(Open Access) The public-facing version of Medline, designed for the general patient to investigate and understand health topics.

medRxiv
(Open Access) Collection of pre-prints on medicine topics. Note that all papers in this collection are pre-prints, which means they were not yet published when their authors uploaded them to the collection. These papers meet basic scholarly standards, but have not been peer-reviewed and should not be relied on for clinical practice. Good for quickly-developing topics and finding open access versions of published papers. 

Middle English Dictionary
(Open Access) A database of Middle English vocabulary and usage from 1100-1500. 

Middle Search Plus
Full text access to over 150 magazines for middle schoolers, as well as thousands of additional resources for the middle school age group.

Military and Government Collection
Offers current news and research on all branches of the military and government around the world. 

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National Academies Press
(Open Access) Publishes the reports and books of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, as well as the Transportation Research Board. Offers full text for over 2,500 ebooks.

Native Land Digital
(Open Access) An Indigenous-led mapping project focused on mapping Indigenous territories, locations, languages, and histories around the world. Most of the current information is on the Americas and Australia.

NCBI
(Open Access) The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides access to biomedical and genomic information.

NJ Digital Highway
(Open Access) A collection of documented NJ history, culture, and land.

New Jersey State Library Archived Federal Documents
Includes archived data, website sources, and information that was removed from or made unavailable on federal government websites due to the 2025 presidential administration transition or in compliance with presidential executive orders.

New York Times
As one of the oldest, largest, and most well-respected news agencies in the United States, the New York Times is a great option for all kinds of news, culture, and opinion pieces. 

Newspaper Source Plus
A full-text collection of the world's major news content, in newspapers, news wires, and magazines, as well as TV and radio transcripts. 

NoveList
Provides a way to discover new fiction books, for readers of all ages. 

NoveList K-8
Provides a way to locate new fiction books for young readers in kindergarten through 8th grade. 

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OASIS
(Open Access) A large, federated search engine that searches many open educational resource databases at the same time. 

OER Metafinder
(Open Access) Another large, federated search engine that searches many open educational resource databases at the same time. 

Oxford Bibliographies Spotlight on 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
(Open Access)  A collection of resources related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. 

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Patent Public Search
(Open Access) The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's public search tool for locating patents and patent information.

Perseus Digital Library
(Open Access) Originally focused on the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world, this historical database has expanded to include Germanic, Arabic, and Renaissance-era history. 

Pew Research Center
(Open Access) A social science research center that conducts surveys and collects data on public opinion, demographics, and social issues. 

PhilPapers
(Open Access) A comprehensive index of philosophy papers, submitted and maintained by philosophers. It also contains the largest archive of open access philosophy research. 

Points of View Reference Source
Contains hundreds of persuasive and informational essays on popular topics. Useful for finding writing examples.

Politics Collection
Contains international literature on political science, public policies, government, and public administration. Many full text articles in addition to abstracted articles. 

PrepSTEP for Colleges & Universities
A hub for developing academic skills, preparing for tests, practicing core math and english skills, preparing for grad school, exploring careers, and being successful in college. Contains activities, lessons, practice tests, videos, and more. 

Primary Search
Designed for children's librarians and elementary schools, this resource gives full text access to dozens of elementary school magazines. 

ProQuest Research Library
One of our largest databases, providing full text access and indexing for thousands of journals in all subject areas. 

PsyArXiv
(Open Access) Collection of pre-prints in psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience. Note that all papers in this collection are pre-prints, which means they were not yet published when their authors uploaded them to the collection. These papers meet basic scholarly standards, but have not been peer-reviewed and should not be relied on for clinical practice. Good for quickly-developing topics and finding open access versions of published papers. 

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
A full-text database for hundreds of psychology journals, many of which are indexed in APA PsycInfo. Subjects include anthropology, emotions, behavior, mental processes, experimental methods, child/adolescent psychology, counseling, and psychiatry and psychology in general. 

PTSDpubs - Traumatic Stress Research
Produced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD, this database indexes international literature of PTSD and the effects of trauma on the human mind (including assessment and treatment). 

PubChem
(Open Access) A database of chemical research maintained by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Contains information on individual chemicals and their physical properties, molecular structure, medical use/biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more. 

Publicly Available Content Database
(Open Access) This database bring together open access research from around the world in all subject areas. Content includes journal articles, books, conference papers, reports, and pre-prints. Note: pre-prints meet basic scholarly standards, but have not yet been peer-reviewed or edited. 

PubMed
(Open Access) The largest index of biomedical literature, maintained by the U.S. National Institute of Health's National Library of Medicine. Contains international research, with many full-text links available. All literature in PubMed Central and MEDLINE are also searchable within PubMed.

PubMed Central
(Open Access) PMC is very similar to PubMed, but only contains full-text articles and does not index unavailable articles. Serves as the archive for the U.S. National Library of Medicine. 

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Reference USA
A powerful online reference and research tool providing access to real-time in-depth information on over 115 million active U.S. businesses and 328 million consumers. Also contains information on historical and closed U.S. business, Canadian businesses, and Canadian consumers. 

Referencia Latina
A comprehensive Spanish-language database, offers content from a variety of sources including 49,000 encyclopedia entries.

Regional Business News
Contains regional business publications, including magazines, newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, and newswires. Updated daily. 

REHABDATA
(Open Access) A large index of research on disabilities and rehabilitation, including some that are available full-text. Hosted by the National Rehabilitation Information Center. 

Religion and Philosophy Collection
A full-text database for theology and philosophy covering world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Religious Minorities Online
(Open Access) Database of scholarly research and reference works on minority religions around the world. 

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Salem Press Books
Small collection of additional ebooks that Mahoney Library subscribes to, mostly in history. 

Science and Technology
Part of the ProQuest Research Library, this database offers full-text sources on agriculture, biology, chemistry, environmental science, materials science, computing, and engineering. 

Science Direct
Contains thousand of books, journals, and reference works on all science topics. 

Smithsonian Open Access
(Open Access) View the Smithsonian Institution's millions of images from museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

Social Justice Suite
(Open Access) Provides five different social-justice related databases: Civil Rights and Social Justice, Gun Regulation and Legislation in America, LGBTQ+ Rights, Open Society Justice Initiative, and Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law. Each topic area contains legal documents, Supreme Court records, reports, scholarly articles, and general overviews.

Social Science Premium Collection
Large database that combines multiple social science collections into one. Included collections are the Criminology Collection, the Education Collection, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), the Library & Information Science Collection, the Linguistics Collection, the Politics Collection, the Social Science Database, and the Sociology Collection.

Social Sciences
Part of the ProQuest Research Library, this database offers full-text sources on sociology, psychology, communications, political science, linguistics, criminology, and education. 

Sociological Collection
Covers a broad range of subjects relevant to sociology and its related disciplines including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, and social/cultural structures. 

South Asia Open Archives
(Open Access) This digitized archive covers print materials from South Asia in the late eighteenth century into the twenty-first century. Includes newspapers, and journals, colonial reports, government documents, works of art, literature, economics, politics, social structure, and  reference works.

SpeechBITE
(Open Access) A speech pathology database focusing on clinical interventions and treatment efficacy. It is maintained by the The University of Sydney and Speech Pathology Australia. Mainly an index with some links to full text where available. 

SpringerOpen
(Open Access) Combines all of Springer Nature's open access resources into one searchable database, with a wide variety of subject areas. 

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(Open Access) A large reference work breaking down philosophy terms, key figures, movements and theories, and more. 

Student Activism
(Open Access) A digital archive documenting student protests, political actions, and equal-rights advocacy from the 20th and early 21st century in the United States. Includes circulars, fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, campaign materials, protest literature, periodicals, bulletins, letters, press releases, ephemera, meeting notes, and event documentation.

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Taube Archive of the Nuremberg Trials
(Open Access) A collection of documents, images, audio recordings, and videos from the Nuremberg Trials. Types of documents include transcripts of hearings, written pleas, evidence submitted by the prosecution and defense, papers from the investigation committee, and judgments. 

The American Soldier in World War 2
(Open Access) An interactive digital publication and archive, preserving the thoughts, opinions, and experiences of US service members in letters, surveys, and more.

Teacher Reference Center
Contains magazines and peer-reviewed journals covering education at all levels, from preschool to higher education to continuing education. Topics include: assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary education, higher education, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, school administration, science mathematics, and teacher education.

TRID
An integrated database that combines the records from TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to 1.4 million records of transportation research worldwide.

TRIP Medical Database
(Open Access) A search engine for locating clinical research. Contains primary research, guidelines, systematic review, clinical trial, reference works, evidence based synopses, and patient information leaflets. Mostly an index of articles, but many are available full-text.

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UN data
(Open Access) Official statistics, estimates, and projections compiled by the United Nations Statistics and Population Divisions and other UN agencies

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Vatican Digital Library
(Open Access) Provides access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections of manuscripts, incunabula, archival materials, inventories, graphic materials, coins and medals, and printed materials (special projects).

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Updated 11/10/25