--- 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. 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. 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 3/4/19 12:26 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=350&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. **Investigative report provides statistics about recent climate and geophysical disasters:**  [**2018 Review of Disaster Events**](https://www.cred.be/sites/default/files/Review2018.pdf) Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters *Keywords: Disasters, Statistics, Earthquakes, Drought, Tsunamis, Floods* **Interactive map with updated data about tax rates in all states:** [**State and Local Sales Tax Rates, 2019**](https://taxfoundation.org/sales-tax-rates-2019/) Source: Tax Foundation *Keywords: Tax, Government, United States, Business* **Interactive chart provides information about what each state is doing (or not doing) regarding election security:** [**State-by-State Election Security Plans and Priorities**](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/cyber-vault/2019-01-30/cyber-brief-state-state-election-security-plans-priorities) Source: National Security Archive *Keywords: Elections, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Government* **Report describes "annual activity, workloads, and outcomes of the \[US\] federal criminal justice system from arrest to imprisonment."** [**Federal Justice Statistics, 2015-2016**](https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=6506) Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics *Keywords: DEA, Legal, Courts, Statistics, Prisons* **Report provides “a comprehensive statistical reference for all levels of education, from prekindergarten through graduate school*."*** "Data cover a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons.” [**Digest of Education Statistics 2017**](https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2018070) Source: National Center For Education Statistics *Keywords: Education, Colleges, Teachers, K-12, Higher Education* **Index ranks 180 countries on corruption:** [**Corruption Perceptions Index 2018**](https://www.transparency.org/cpi2018) Source: Transparency International *Keywords: Corruption, Politics, Governments* # Did You Know: Open Resources to Bookmark **Check out the** [**World Radio Map**](http://worldradiomap.com/map/). A resource, available in several languages, that provides information about radio stations around the world. If available, you will also find direct links to listen to a live stream of the station. 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