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STEM Research Guide

How to conduct research in STEM subjects.
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Search terms could include:

  • Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Pythagorean Theorem
  • Biochemical Engineering

Subject headings could include:

  • Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Pythagorean Theorem
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence Ethics
  • Data Protection
  • Ethics of Data Gathering
  • Impacts of AI on Art

Use Boolean operators ANDORNOT to tell the search engine exactly what you're looking for.

Using AND: medical AND experimentation

Using OR: medical OR scientific experimentation

Using NOT: bioethic NOT medical

 

Analytics Magazine

Alternate Name(s) INFORMS, The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Analytics magazine provides the latest news and information on analytics and data science, including the areas of optimization artificial intelligence.

arXiv

Alternate Name(s) Arxiv

Preprint repository covering a wide range of scientific disciplines. Allows researchers to share and access scholarly articles and papers before formal peer review and publication.

Data is Plural

An archive of useful/curious datasets published via weekly newsletter. Users can complete a keyword search using Ctrl F.

Explore Census Data

Alternate Name(s) U.S. Census

Access the United States Census Bureau's search engine for population, housing, and economic data. Census Bureau statistics are organized by tables, maps, themes, and microdata.

Frontiers

Peer reviewed, open access to over 200 journals in fields of science, social science, engineering, and math.

OpenStax

Access Calculus Volumes 1-3 via OpenStax. Select Subject > Math, then click on title.

ORMS Today: Informs Membership Magazine

Alternate Name(s) Operations Research and the Management Sciences

OR/MS Today is the membership magazine of INFORMS. The bi-monthly publication provides a comprehensive look at operations research and analytics through news stories, feature articles, case studies, software reviews, and surveys by recognized leaders in the field.

Social Explorer

Visualization and data-mapping tool with hundreds of thousands of data indicators and across demography, economy, health, education, religion, crime and more.

UN Data

Alternate Name(s) United Nations Statistics

Access global statistical data and reports. A tool for researchers, policymakers, and organizations to inform evidence-based decision-making on a wide range of global issues.

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