Major Research Tools A to Z

For complete lists of research tools, see Research Tools by Subject

NBER Working Papers
Full-text
Coverage: 1973-present
Searchable, full-text database of working papers from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Neighborhood Change Database
Data
From GeoLytics, the NCDB offers normalized Census Tract data from 1970 - 2000 for all urban areas of the country. One can generate custom reports and maps within the NCDB. Files are easily imported into GIS software or other statistical packages for analysis. Note: At present, this resource may only be accessed using Internet Explorer.
New York Times historical backfile
Full-text
Coverage: 1851-2006

Cover-to-cover, full image backfile of the New York Times from the first issue through 2006. (For an electronic version of articles from 2007 forward, use LexisNexis Academic.)