Resource Review: Free Range Databases

Resource Review: Free Range Databases

Provides a list of free databases that are a bit 'under the radar' as they aren't indexed by Google (in most cases.) Subject areas cover anthropology, sociology, statistics, medicine, economics.

ENERGY EFFICIENT

Ed Lazowska, the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, has been named to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (http://www.energy.gov/news/9792.htm). The committee’s 19 members will meet twice a year and report directly to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. They will advise him on long-range strategies, program funding and other issues in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.