--- title: News From the Open Web description: This blog series provides easy, free access to open web resources and content that support affordable learning opportunities. image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/news-644847_640.jpg --- ![credoreference](https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Reference/Reference%20Logos/Credo%20Logos/Credo_Landingpage_header-Blog.jpg "credoreference")   - [Credo in Action](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/credo-in-action) - [First Year Experience](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/first-year-experience) - [Il Learning Community](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/information-literacy) - [Affordable Learning Solutions](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/affordable-learning-solutions) # News From the Open Web Posted by [Duncan Whitmire](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/duncan-whitmire) on 4/11/19 1:27 PM [Affordable Learning Solutions](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/affordable-learning-solutions) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![news-644847_640](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/news-644847_640.jpg?width=300&name=news-644847_640.jpg)This blog series provides easy, free access to open web resources and content that support affordable learning opportunities. A wide variety of resources published by government entities, think tanks, and more are curated to demonstrate what may be relatively unknown or ‘buried’ in the internet. Resources reflect issues happening today for the use of librarians, students, and all audiences. Peruse, collect, distribute, save time and energy for enhancing information awareness in libraries around the world. We encourage you to share. # In Case You Missed It: New Open Resources These helpful sources are open and offer background on current events of global importance. ***“More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in 2018.”* New report explores global food insecurity:**  [**Global Report on Food Crises 2019**](http://fsinplatform.org/global-report-food-crises-2019) Source: Food Security Information Network *Keywords: Food, Hunger, Nutrition, Food Insecurity, Statistics, Data* **Roundup of data and statistics on U.S. immigration in 2019:**  [**Snapshot Of U.S. Immigration 2019**](http://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/snapshot-of-u-s-immigration-2017.aspx) Source: National Conference of State Legislatures *Keywords: Immigration, Statistics, Data* **Insights into illegal activities surrounding the narcotics trade:**  **
2019 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report** [**Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control**](http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/290501.pdf)[**Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes**](http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/290502.pdf) Source: U.S. Department of State *Keywords: Drugs, Narcotics, Money Laundering, Crime* **Snapshot of global trends across fuels, renewable sources, and energy efficiency and carbon emissions, in 2018: ** [**Global Energy & CO2 Status Report**](https://www.iea.org/geco) Source: International Energy Agency *Keywords: Energy, Environmentalism, Carbon Emissions, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change* **New analysis of college graduate earnings:**  [**Skills and the Earnings of College Graduates**](https://www.ets.org/s/research/pdf/skills-and-the-earnings-of-college-graduates.pdf) Source: Educational Testing Service (ETS) *Keywords: Higher Education, Salaries, Education, Labor* **Study offers analysis on misinformation online and approaches to combat:**  [**Automated Tackling of Disinformation**](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2019/624278/EPRS_STU(2019)624278_EN.pdf) Source: European Parliament Research Service *Keywords: News, Fake News, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning* # Did You Know: Open Resources to Bookmark [**Open Knowledge Maps**](https://openknowledgemaps.org/) allows users to get an overview of a topic, find relevant research papers, and identify relevant concepts. *Keywords: Open, Science, Data, Visualization, Research* [*![Affordable Learning Solutions banner](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/CTA%20Images/Affordable%20Learning%20Solutions%20banner.jpg?width=533&name=Affordable%20Learning%20Solutions%20banner.jpg)*](https://mktg.credoreference.com/affordable-learning-using-credo) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ## Follow us and like us! ### [![Follow by Email](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flat_email.png?width=44&name=flat_email.png "Follow by Email")](http://www.specificfeeds.com/widgets/emailSubscribeEncFeed/VzVRak5yeThnRTgrY1lseUtIRlZmQVI1WkNDbGdldkxBWndST1RBYk9oMEcwS1lraFNVZHVKTkc3cDNndjBQN1p5KzdUTDVXL3VtdGRyUVdRb0tRVEFDZlR4djI5YUxPQUZ0aXU1WnR0Wi9XMmh2bkhvYWtzK2h5aXUvdzhXV0R8dHJCdklmdEIwM2dzaytjY1B1UTVIak9RYzIrZjI2a1NhTW1CbWE0a0hNMD0=/OA==/) [![Facebook](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flat_facebook.png?width=44&name=flat_facebook.png "Facebook")](https://www.facebook.com/credoreference) [![Twitter](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flat_twitter.png?width=44&name=flat_twitter.png "Twitter")](https://twitter.com/credoreference) [![LinkedIn](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flat_linkedin.png?width=44&name=flat_linkedin.png "LinkedIn")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/826388)  [Tweets by credoreference](https://twitter.com/credoreference) ### Recent Posts