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Database Discovery: Find statistics and data-driven insights with Statista
Where can you find accurate statistics about world lithium reserves or which countries have the most TikTok users? ASU students, staff and faculty can find all sorts of facts and figures to fuel their research with Statista. Statista compiles statistics from a wide range of sources, provides data v...
Database Discovery: LGBTQ+ Source enhances inclusive research for LGBTQ+ studies
Looking for information about LGBTQ+ topics, including history, sociology, psychology, and gender studies? Do you need to learn about the history of LGBTQ+ movements, events and people? LGBTQ+ Progress Pride Flag by Daniel Quasar courtesy Wikimedia C...
Share, Use, Remix: Sites to Find Open Creative Commons Licensed Content
The seven CC licenses and their terms. CC0 1.0 This week, we’re celebrating Open Education Week and the continued exploration of open resources, practices, and tools! If you’re looking for media to spice up your work a...
Open Education Week 2024 and OERizona
March 4th to March 8th is Open Education Week, a global celebration of the open education (OE) movement and open educational resources (OER). What is OER? Simply put, instructors design open educational resources to be used free of charge for teaching and learning. OER content is growing quickly, ...
2024 March Mammal Madness tournament celebrates animals, the arts
As the seasons change, the month of March brings a special excitement to the air; 65 featured combatants are poised to enter “battle,” with only one to be crowned March Mammal Madness champion. The March Mammal Madness (MMM) tournament is back for 2024. Founded in 2013, this nature-based simulated ...
Fair Use Week 2024: Understanding the Classroom Use exemption and the TEACH Act
The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) was signed into law in November 2002 and expanded instructors' ability to use works that are protected by copyright without first obtaining permission from the copyright owner. The TEACH Act updated copyright law so that instruct...
Fair Use Week 2024: Fair use for educators
Understanding fair use is a very daunting task for most of us– and for good reason. When it comes to fair use, there are no clear answers. The doctrine is intentionally open and flexible, and without it, every time anyone wanted to use even a portion of copyrighted material...
Database Discovery: Mapping demographic data with PolicyMap
Do you need to find demographic or statistical data for a research paper or thesis project? If you are searching for data about population, ethnicity, income, housing, education, marital status, and many more topics, PolicyMap is the library database for you. Here are five things to know about P...
Celebrate Love Data Week 2024
Join the ASU Library Research Support Team and the Knowledge Enterprise Research Data Management Office as we celebrate all types of data during Love Data Week 2024 from Feb. 12 to the 16th. Have you ever felt your data doesn't get the love it deserves? Have you found data you thought was worth b...