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Academic Search Premier

AccessScience

America’s News

CIA World Factbook

Communication and Mass Media Complete

Country Reviews

EIU ViewsWire

Company and Non-Profits Research

ABI/INFORM Collection

BizMiner

Business Source Premier

CB Insights (Note: Users must register an account with a UNC email address. Contact Kenan Flagler Library Research Services at Researchtools@kenan-flagler.unc.edu with questions).

Charity Navigator

Corporation Search, North Carolina Secretary of State

Data-Axle Reference Solutions

EDGAR Company Filings

Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Network

Euromonitor Passport

Factiva (Tech Note: Click on Company/Markets to start).

GlobalData Intelligence (Note: From login screen, select “IP Access” to access database. Then select “Consumer” in the “Access Your Subscriptions” menu).

Google Finance

Guidestar

Hoover’s Company Records

IBISWorld Industry Reports

Mergent Historical Annual Reports

Mintel Academic (Note: Must create a free account with @unc.edu email to access Mintel).

Morningstar Investing Center

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Osiris (Begin typing “University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill” and select UNC-CH from the dropdown when it appears. Note: This resource does not currently work with Chrome browser).

ProQuest Business Market Research Collection

ProQuest Entrepreneurship Database

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022

Search for NAICS Codes

Tax Information for Private Foundations

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade & Development)

Value Line Research Center

Wise Giving Alliance

Data & Statistics

2020 LDC U.S. Latino GDP Report

ACC Statistics (ACC sports statistics. Choose a sport and then go to the statistics page. Statistics are not available for all sports).

Business-To-Business Marketing 2022 (pdf)

Census Reporter

Consumer Expenditure Survey

Consumer Spending

Data Axle Reference Solutions

data.census.gov

Entertainment & Leisure Business Market Research 2022 (pdf)

ESPN Men’s Basketball NCAA Statistics

ESPN NBA Statistics

ESPN WNBA Statistics

ESPN Women’s Basketball NCAA Statistics

Free Data Sources for Your Next Project

Hispanic/Latino Demographics

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition

International Programs – Information Gateway

KIDS COUNT Data Center

NCAA Statistics (Data for the current season. Choose a sport and then go to the statistics page. Some sports, including basketball, have both individual and team statistics).

Pew Research Center

PolicyMap

PRIZM®Premier Segment Storyboards

Roper Center’s iPoll

Simmons Insights

Simply Analytics

Social Explorer

SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Sports Business Research Network

Sports Marketing. 2022 (pdf)

Statista

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Think Tank Search powered by Google from Harvard University

UNdata

UNICEF Data

U.S. Census Quick Facts

WHO Data and Statistics

The World Bank: Data

Data-Driven Journalism

Investigative Projects

Nieman Reports

openDemocracy

ProPublica Graphics & Data (News Apps)

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Transparency International – The Global Anti-Corruption Coalition

The Upshot

Fact-Checking Sites

FactCheck.org

The Fact Checker

OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics

PolitiFact

Project Vote Smart

Finding Print Advertisements (Current & Historical)

Ad*Access

Adclassix.com

AdCouncil

ANA Educational Foundation Ad Award Archive

CLIO Awards

Communication Arts Print Ad Exhibit

D&AD Yellow Pencil Awards

Emergence of Advertising in America

Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965

One Show Award Winners

One Show Design

Retrolounge

Finding TV Advertisements

AdAge Curates YouTube

AdCouncil

AdViews

AdWeek.com

AdWeek’s Ad of the Day

ANA Educational Foundation Ad Award Archive

Clio Awards

Clio Awards advertising award reels through the University Libraries

ClipLand

Communication Arts TV Commercials Exhibit

D&AD Award Winners

D&AD’s YouTube Channel

iSpot.tv

The Living Room Candidate

The One Club

Superbowl Commercials on YouTube

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Black Illustration Image Packs

British Library Images

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Creative Commons Search

Cultural and Diverse Stock Photos | TONL

Disabled And Here

Europeana

flickr Creative Commons

Free Digital Photos

Free Range Stock

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Freepixels

The Gender Spectrum Collection

Google Images (Limit to “free to use or share” at the bottom of Advanced Search [next to “usage rights”]).

Icon Archive

IM Free

Image*After

InColorStock – Diverse Stock Images

Jopwell Collection

Library of Congress Image Sets

Microsoft Bing Images (Once you do a search, click ‘filter’. Then select the ‘license’ drop down to see free use images).

Morgue File

nappy.co

NASA Images

New York Public Library Digital Collections

NounProject

Open Clipart

Open Photo

Picjumbo

PicNoi

Pixabay

Prints & Photographs from the Library of Congress

“Queer in Tech” Stock Photos

Real Faces of Sales – LinkedIn Sales Navigator

RGBstock

Rudd Center Media Gallery Combating Weight Bias

Stockvault

Storyset Illustrations (FreePik)

UKBlackTech

UNC Photoshelter (Photos & video from UNC Office of Communication. Requires written permission to use for advertising or commercial purposes).

US Government Photos (Search for government photos and images by topic. Some photos are public domain, but some may be protected by license or copyright).

Unsplash

Wikimedia Commons

Women of Color in Tech Stock Photos

Longform Reports

Knight Foundation

Longform Articles by Topic

The Poynter Institute

News (Current)

AllSides

Alt-PressWatch

America’s News

AP Archive

AP Editorial Photos & Videos

Charlotte Observer Historical Archive

CQ Researcher

Ethnic NewsWatch

Factiva

GenderWatch

Google News

Greensboro News and Record Historical Archive

InfoTrac Custom Newsstand

International Newsstream

The Journalist’s Resource

Latin American Newsstream

New York Times access

Newspaper Source Plus

Nexi Uni (formerly Lexis Nexis)

TV NEWS from the Internet Archive

UNC’s Daily Tarheel (current issues)

UNC News

U.S. Hispanic Newsstream

U.S. Newsstream

Washington Post access

News (Historical)

Accessible Archives – African American Newspapers

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998

African American newspapers at Wilson Library on microfilm

African American Periodicals 1825-1995

American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Archive of Americana

Charlotte Observer Historical Archive

Chronicling America

C-SPAN Video Library

Gale Primary Sources: Associated Press Collections Online

Greensboro News and Record Historical Archive

The Liberator

Newspapers.com

Newsreels from the Internet Archive

Newsreels Archive’s YouTube Channel

North Carolina Newspapers

North Carolina Periodicals Index

ProQuest Black Studies Center Historical Newspapers

ProQuest Historic African American Newspapers

ProQuest Historic Mainstream Press Newspapers

ProQuest New York Times Historical Newspaper

ProQuest Wall Street Journal Historical Newspaper

U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present

North Carolina Information Sources

Access N.C.

Corporation Search, North Carolina Secretary of State

Data and Reports for North Carolina Schools

Data USA

EdNC

Labor and Economic Analysis Division of N.C. Commerce

LINC (Log into North Carolina)

NC.gov

NCPedia

North Carolina Association of County Commissioners

North Carolina Colleges and Universities (Last updated 2017)

North Carolina Department of Public Safety

North Carolina Prisoner Data

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Statistics

North Carolina Vital Statistics

Plural Policy: North Carolina

Prison Policy Initiative: North Carolina

Social Explorer

State Employee Salaries

UNC Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

UNC Employee Salaries

UNC Public Records Requests

U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard for North Carolina Colleges & Universities

Tools for Journalists & Advertising/PR

AP Stylebook Online (Note: Limited to 10 concurrent users)

Buzzfeed’s News Standards And Ethics Guide

Diversity Style Guide

Edelman’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

Global Alliance PR: Global Principles of Ethical Practice in Public Relations and Communication Management

Local News Initiative from Northwestern University

National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics

New York Times: Ethical Journalism – Pursuing the News

New York Times Social Media Guidelines for the Newsroom

Organization of News Ombudsmen

Poynter Institute Essays on Ethics & Trust in Journalism

PRWeek.com

Public Relations Society of America: Code of Ethics

Search PRSA Silver Anvil Awards

Society for Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics