Category Archives: Downloadable Data

The Energy Data Initiative

The Energy Data Initiative is a Federal effort to “liberate” government data and voluntarily contributed non-government data as fuel to spur entrepreneurship, create value, and create jobs in the transition to a clean energy economy. As part of this initiative, … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania Geological Survey Publications

The Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey has streamlined access to their publications and digital data, making them available from one easy link. In addition, most of the publications from the Fourth Series have been scanned as free-text searchable … Continue reading

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Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON)

Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) is a product of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Core Science Analytics and Synthesis Program. BISON is an information system that allows users to access, explore, and download U.S. species occurrence data from participating data … Continue reading

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National Geothermal Data System (NGDS)

The National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) is a distributed data system providing access to information resources related to geothermal energy from a network of data providers. Data are contributed by academic researchers, private industry, and state and federal agencies. Data … Continue reading

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Data Citation Index Trial

Thomson-Reuters has added a Data Citation Index to it’s Web of Knowledge platform.  Product information is available here.   The University of Illinois Library has arranged a free trial to assess this new product. Try the Data Citation Index (from the … Continue reading

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What’s new in data?

New tools and information relevant to data access and data management: Grainger Engineering Library is testing a Dataset search option for EasySearch.  You can try it out on the Grainger  homepage.  The search box for datasets is at the top … Continue reading

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Illinois launches Open Technology Challenge

Read the full post from CivSource. Note that Champaign is one of the pilot communities. The state of Illinois has launched a new technology challenged aimed at helping local governments expand the amount of data available to the public. The … Continue reading

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Databib

Databib is a registry that identifies and locates online repositories of research data. Over 200 data repositories have been cataloged in Databib, with more being added every week. Users and bibliographers create and curate records that describe data repositories that … Continue reading

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NOAA’s Digital Coast

NOAA’s Digital Coast web site not only includes data for coastal managers, but also also provides the tools, training, and information needed to turn these data into the information most needed by coastal resource management professionals. The site includes a … Continue reading

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Census Bureau releases special edition of Profile America: Facts for Features in advance of Earth Day

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Facts for Features and Special Editions consist of collections of statistics from the Census Bureau’s demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news. … Continue reading

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