--- title: News From the Open Web description: A wide variety of resources published by government entities, think tanks, and more, curated to demonstrate what may be relatively unknown in the internet. 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 8/1/19 11:03 AM [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.  **Global benchmark study ranking 129 economies using 80 indicators ranks Switzerland as the world’s most-innovative country.** [**2019 Global Innovation Index (GII) Published**](https://www.wipo.int/global_innovation_index/en/2019/) Source: World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University, INSEAD, and Others *Keywords: Business, Innovation, Economics, Development, Statistics* **New data released on violence in K-12 public schools in the United States.** [**Preliminary 2017-2018 Data on Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools**](https://www.infodocket.com/2019/07/25/just-released-preliminary-2017-2018-data-on-crime-violence-discipline-and-safety-in-u-s-public-schools/) Source: National Center for Education Statistics *Keywords: Education, Students, Schools* **Report looks at the deaths and number of executions in prisons in the U.S.** [**Capital Punishment, 2017: Selected Findings**](https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=6586) Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics *Keywords: Death Penalty, Executions, Prisoners, Statistics* **The economic costs of natural and weather disasters around the World during the first half of 2019.** [**Global Catastrophe Recap: First Half of 2019**](http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/Documents/20190723-analytics-if-1h-global-report.pdf) Source: Aon *Keywords: Weather, Storms, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Floods* The most current report on trust in the consumer packaged goods marketplace.  [**Total Consumer Report 2019**](https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/report/2019/total-consumer-report-2019/) Source: Nielsen *Keywords: Consumers, Trust, Data, Technology* *Keywords: Gender, Economics, Equality* # Did You Know: Open Resources to Bookmark **[Windy](http://windy.com/)**: This incredible interactive data resource provides real-time weather data for the entire globe. A mobile version is also available. A MUST for anyone interested in weather. **** [*![Affordable Learning Solutions banner](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/CTA%20Images/Affordable%20Learning%20Solutions%20banner.jpg?width=500&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