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# News From the Open Web

Posted by [Duncan Whitmire](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/duncan-whitmire) on 8/29/19 1:00 PM

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![news_typewriter](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/news_typewriter.jpg?width=221&name=news_typewriter.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.

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# In Case You Missed It: New Open Resources

These helpful sources are open and offer background on current events of global importance. 

**A new report details smart speaker usage in the United States:**

[**The Smart Audio Report, Spring 2019**](https://www.edisonresearch.com/the-smart-audio-report-from-npr-and-edison-research-spring-2019/)  
Source: NPR and Edison Research

*Keywords: Audio, Smart Speakers, Podcasts*

**Data and analysis on temperature and climate around the world:**

<https://www.infodocket.com/2019/07/25/just-released-preliminary-2017-2018-data-on-crime-violence-discipline-and-safety-in-u-s-public-schools/>**[Climate Monitoring](https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-monitoring/national/110/1/201907)**   
Source: National Centers for Environmental Information

*Keywords: Climate Change, Environment*

**New analysis of immigration cases filed in U.S. courts:**

<https://www.infodocket.com/2019/07/25/just-released-preliminary-2017-2018-data-on-crime-violence-discipline-and-safety-in-u-s-public-schools/>[**ICE Fails to Target Serious Criminals in Immigration Court Filings**](https://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/566/)  
Source: Transactional Records Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University

*Keywords: Immigration, Criminals, Courts, Immigration & Customs Enforcement*

**Data from police agencies across Canada to support research around cybercrime, hate crimes, and organized crime:**

<https://www.infodocket.com/2019/07/25/just-released-preliminary-2017-2018-data-on-crime-violence-discipline-and-safety-in-u-s-public-schools/>**<https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-monitoring/national/110/1/201907>[Canada: Police-Reported Data on Cybercrime, Hate Crime and Organized Crime, 2016, 2017 and 2018](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/190722/dq190722g-eng.htm)<https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-monitoring/national/110/1/201907>**   
Source: Statistics Canada

*Keywords: Canada, Crime, Statistics*

**Survey examining what Americans know about world religions, and what the Constitution says about religious freedom and protections: **

<https://www.infodocket.com/2019/07/25/just-released-preliminary-2017-2018-data-on-crime-violence-discipline-and-safety-in-u-s-public-schools/>**<https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-monitoring/national/110/1/201907>[What Americans Know About Religion](https://www.pewforum.org/2019/07/23/what-americans-know-about-religion/)<https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-monitoring/national/110/1/201907>**   
Source: Pew Research

*Keywords: Religion, Surveys, Constitution, Demographics, United States*

# Did You Know: Open Resources to Bookmark

[**Protected Areas Database of the United States**](https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/science/protected-areas): This geospatial database and interactive map from the USGS provides the, “official national inventory of U.S. terrestrial and marine protected areas that are dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and to other natural, recreation and cultural uses, managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means.” Version 2.0 of the database was recently released.<https://www.c-span.org/about/videoLibrary/>

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