Research Guides: Off-campus Resources for High School Students: Open Access Resources @UNM

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The University of New Mexico maintains a list of free, open access resources. You can access these online and don't need to be a UNM student to use them.

To access these resources:

Go to library.unm.edu
Click on the Databases box
Navigate to the By Type dropdown menu
Choose Community Researchers

NM Info

Several databases are explicitly tailored to issues affecting New Mexico populations:

Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) This link opens in a new window
Economic, demographic, and socioeconomic research and analysis related to New Mexico. Coverage: 2000-present
Indigenous Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
This resource contains scanned documents from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Documents include Indian school enrollment records, superintendent reports, land and water rights records of southwestern tribes Pueblo, Navajo and Apache.
New Mexico Digital History Project This link opens in a new window
Interpretive essays and digital images - arranged topically - from the New Mexico Office of the State Historian.
UNM Digital Repository This link opens in a new window
Hosts scholarly publications by UNM faculty, graduate student theses and dissertations, UNM administrative records, and more.

National Info

Find information about the United States OR search within these databases for information about New Mexico. Here are just a few to get you started.

Remember: go to library.unm.edu > Databases > Community Researchers for the whole list.

arXiv.org This link opens in a new window
Open access pre-print articles for Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics. Established 1991.
Bureau of Justice Statistics This link opens in a new window
Statistical information regarding United States crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
Bureau of Labor Statistics This link opens in a new window
Statistical information at national, regional, and industry levels for labor market activity, price changes, and working conditions in the economy. Coverage 1970s-present.
CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for most countries.
Data.Census.Gov This link opens in a new window
Access to the United States Census Bureau's population, housing, economic, and geographic data. Coverage: 2000-present.
ERIC (U.S. Dept. of Ed) This link opens in a new window
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) includes scholarly articles, reports, curriculum and teaching guides and conference papers covering multiple levels of education from preK to higher education. It is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the United States Department of Education.
Library of Congress Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
Primary source material such as letters, diaries, newspapers, maps and photographs, sound recordings of personal accounts of events, and streaming historic films. Subjects include American national and local history, African American history, world history, performing arts, government, law & politics, art & architecture, and extensive collection of New Mexico and Western materials. Coverage: 1580-current.
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
Open access digital archive of biomedical and life sciences peer-reviewed journal literature, made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Similar platoform as PubMed, but it searches a smaller collection of all full-text material.
Science.gov This link opens in a new window
Collection of United States government scientific and technical information including research and development results.

Research is...

Necessary to solve many of society's greatest problems. And we need you to help make this place better. Whether you plan to come to UNM, CNM, ENMU, NMMI, WNMU, NM Highlands or another university, you can make a difference. Research can help you make a difference.