Social Sciences

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2016 (with annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period and now includes more than 170,000 cases.

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism—better known as START—is intended to propel the scientific study of terrorism, counterterrorism and community resilience forward. It collects and disseminates valuable datasets so that academics, analysts, and practitioners can take these objective baselines as their starting point for future analysis and decision-making.

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project. ACLED collects the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events across Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Southeastern and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The ACLED team conducts analysis to describe, explore, and test conflict scenarios, and makes both data and analysis open for free use by the public.

govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Very useful for acquiring primary sources by researching federal government documents.

Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information, providing timely information for Members of Congress and the public. Additionally, roll call votes are provided for both the House and Senate from 1989 to the present (101st to the 116th Congress).

Provides detailed information about Senators, committees, legislation and records, including recent roll call votes.

Provides detailed information about individual Representatives, leadership, committees, and legislative activities.

Provides information on President Trump's administration and public policies from the perspective of the President.