Several atlases are available at this site that provide descriptions and statistics for the United States health care system. The reports are compiled by the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School.
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Data repository run by the University of California. Find freely-available data sets for re-use, and deposit your own data set.
Search data collected under the HealthyPeople2010 initiative with 427 objectives. National data with some information available at the state level.
Provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) and metadata for research data and a searchable database of full datasets, images, films, software, etc across all research areas. Good for finding raw datasets for analysis or obtaining a DOI for your own data.
An open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data from all different disciplines. Allows individuals to set up their own data repository. Good for satisfying funder requirements for data management.
Provides a searchable repository of sample data management plans for both public and private funding agencies. It has an interactive module for writing a data management plan. Good for finding guidelines for writing DMPs.
Europe's primary nucleotide sequence resource. (Users in the U.S. users may prefer to use NCBI GenBank site for sequence retrieval). Also known as EMBL-Bank; constitutes Europe's primary nucleotide sequence resource.
Searches across 39 molecular and literature database maintained by NCBI (the National Center for Biotechnology Information). Results are listed by database so a single search can lead to discover of different types of data. Good for a broad overview.
European Commission's database of statistics that enable comparisons between European countries and regions.
A meticulously researched global resource including political, economic and statistical information about more than 250 countries and territories, as well as international and regional organizations. The Europa World Year Book was first published in 1926 and, together with the nine Regional Surveys of the World, is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works.
Maternal and infant health data for the United States at the state or regional level. Developed by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center.
Comprehensive source of cancer information. Contains: PDQ Cancer Information Summaries, Editorial Boards, Levels of Evidence, NCI Drug Information Summaries; NCI Dictionaries, Cancer Genetics Services. Selected content available in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic.
A one-stop community platform for objective, fact-based research from the world’s leading policy experts, nonpartisan think tanks, IGOs and NGOs. Provides one-stop advanced search across millions of pages of books, articles, working papers, reports, policy briefs, data sets, tables, charts, media, case studies, and statistical publications. Archived reports from 200+ defunct think tanks. Licensed content from Council of Europe, African Books Collective, Environmental Law Institute, and more.
Interactive mapping tool for viewing and creating maps displaying economic, health, and social data.
A crowdsourced database of protocols in a wide-variety of biomedical research concentrations including animal techniques, histology, molecular biology, etc. Good for finding basic lab protocols.
Repository of chemical data focusing on biological activities of small molecules. Find physical, biological, and chemical properties, and relationships to health and disease.
Open access publications: PLOS One, PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Also includes other content such as Collections and Blogs.