General Statistics and Data
- ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
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A vast index of statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations. A great place to start if you're not sure who has collected data relevant to your research. - Data Planet This link opens in a new window
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Creates interactive statistical tables, charts and maps from over 4.3 billion licensed and public domain datasets on many areas of research, from traffic to international trade.
- Data, Datasets, and Statistical ResourcesGould Library general guide to data.
- Statista This link opens in a new window
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A vast statistics portal integrating data and facts onto a single platform, categorized into market sectors.
Legal Research
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Access to the full text of newspapers (foreign and domestic), as well as business, legal, medical, and reference publications. - ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
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Search for the text of bills and other federal legislation relevant to your topic. - ProQuest Regulatory Insight This link opens in a new window
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Find all the notices and the proposed and enacted rules associated with specific U.S. Public Laws and Executive Orders for 1936-2022.
- American Society for International Law - Electronic ResourcesResearch guides and databases from ASIL.
- GlobalexAn online international legal research portal published by the Hauser Global Law School program at NYU's School of Law.
- World Legal Information InstituteThousands of suggested websites and databases for researching international law.
Trade Information
- Treaties and Trade - Research GuideGould Library guide to treaties and international trade.
- Foreign Trade Statistics: Country and Product DataExtensive statistics on exports, imports, and trade balance by country, by product from the U.S. Census Bureau
- NAICS informationLook up your industry's NAICS code (North American Industry Classification System) here. You can use the official NAICS code to search the other government and subscription databases.
- TradeStates ExpressNational trade data and state export data, available through a data query tool: retrieve, visualize, analyze, and customize the data.
- UNCTAD-TRAINSDatabase on trade control measures from the United Nations Council on Trade and Development. Registration is required but currently limited access to TRAINS is available free of charge.
- USITC Interactive Tarriff and Trade DatawebDatabase of international trade statistics and U.S. tarriff data. Registration is required but there is no charge for use.
Environmental Statistics
- WDI: World Development Indicators This link opens in a new window
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Statistical data for over 1000 development indicators and time series data from 1960- for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.
For data documentation, see reference book: World Development Indicators, Ref HC 59.15 .W656.
- EPA: Environmental Protection AgencyWeb site allows access to environmental data, chemical factsheets, consumer information, and much more.
Business and Markets
- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
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Use this database to research specific industries and companies in depth. Limit your search to "industry profiles" and search by "your product" AND "global" to get an overview of an industry. Select the "company profiles" tab at the top of the page to search for a specific company overview. This is one of the best indexes to use when searching for manufacturing processes and consumer demand. - Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
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Extensive financial and business information for U.S. and international public companies. - Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
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Basic company information for public and private companies. Also includes industry profiles. - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Access to the full text of newspapers (foreign and domestic), as well as business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
