We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Mis quiz 8 1 the most commonly used databases today are. Codis the worlds largest dna database last week we wrote a piece on the topic of dna privacy. National geographic kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Are there any public apis with databases of historical facts.
The database include 268 entries, sovereign countries, dependent territories, as well as oceans, world and european union. Includes online access to the content of over 430 journals published in 35 african countries. Full version include 362 facts, covering everything possible from geography, people and society, government, economy, energy, communications, transportations, military and security, transnational issues. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Top 10 largest databases in the world comparebusinessproducts. A government database collects information for various reasons, including climate monitoring, securities law compliance, geological surveys, patent applications and grants, surveillance, national security, border control, law enforcement, public health, voter registration, vehicle registration, social security, and. The choice of a world without databases is not ours gbg uk. Europa world year book an excellent source for basic country information.
Database, also called electronic database, any collection of data, or information, that is specially organized for rapid search and retrieval by a computer. Effectiveness of different databases in identifying studies. The way collectors get their knowledge of a 4obby has changed a lot over the last 30 years. An open source sql database for the list of towns cities by. Covers recent history plus the current political and economic system in each country of the world. These databases are some of the largest of their kind, and even the largest ever. When you buy a dna testing service from any provider such as 23andme, family tree dna, and ancestry dna, you are agreeing to certain privacy rules that dictate what your genetic information can be used for. Pcaxis is a program for handling tables in which the user has the possibility of choosing the. National inventory of documentary sources us nidsus.
These databases provide structure to many organizations, fields of business and to all kinds of occupations. New demands on databases veryhigh throughput requires large clusters to process all the operations low and predictable latency good customer experience for almost all customers not averagelatency, but 99,9th percentile always available think amazon, twitter, facebook failed operationslost business. Is there any opensource sql database available online which i can down. These are the categories, fields, and subfields of information generally recorded for each country. Lite version include area and population for all countries, as well as full facts for united states and united kingdom. Geobase is a multidisciplinary database of indexed research literature on the earth sciences, including geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation. Oct 31, 2011 the 10 most amazing databases in the world do more than store knowledge. Ip2location country multilingual database is a free database for your download. Archives usa is also available to staff and researchers on cdrom in the library at both archives i and archives ii. The most common source of free historical information is wikipedia, but i am missing an api that could be used to e. Conversely, extensive searches may yield unmanageable number of citations of which only few may be relevant. Any other reproduction of this webquest, in whole or in part, in any form, requires the express written permission of world book, inc.
Links are to the definitions and notes about each entry. These journals cover the full range of academic disciplines, with strong sections on medicine and health, agriculture, pure and applied sciences, environmental studies, and over two dozen interdisciplinary journals pertaining to african studies generally. Indexmundi contains detailed country statistics, charts, and maps compiled from multiple sources. Eiu country data annual, quarterly and monthly economic indicators and forecasts. Show only the best bets in country information policy for use of licensed electronic resources use of the databases linked from these pages is governed by the uconn librarys use of licensed electronic resources policy.
Use this mysql to import a list of countries into your database. A brief timeline event consequence pre1960s 1945 magnetic tapes developed the first medium to allow searching. Cia factbook the world factbook central intelligence agency. And, it is currently available in a csv text file comma delimited. The 10 most amazing databases in the world do more than store knowledge. Years ago, walmart was often cited as having one of the most extreme databases, with a table for example that supposedly contained every line item of every receipt from every customer visit dating back pretty much to the beginning of walmart. Toxnet retired and the content is in other databases, such as pubmed. Jan 15, 2020 integrates over 60,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single platform. Contains the full text of hundreds of reference books and the full collection of clymer. Includes some statistics, information on political parties and political structure, and media information. D a single instance of the entity the table represents. Today, genetic code data are being incorporated into law enforcement, commercial testing services and online ancestral databases. Evolution of information, from newsletters to databases.
They provide researchers with new ways to solve longcold crimes, predict economic recessions, measure your love life, map. Databases are structured to facilitate the storage, retrieval, modification, and deletion of data in conjunction with various dataprocessing operations. The ten most amazing databases in the world popular science. Country facts that helped me win the national geographic bee wojtanik, andrew on. Like many other businesses and industries that have been disrupted by technological advances, therell be a time when the data model under which businesses currently operate will cease to exist. Atoz world is a detailed country by country resource covering 175 countries. Learn how the world bank group is helping countries with covid19 coronavirus. Country profiles includes pest political, economic, social, and technological factors analysis, with pestle analysis addition of legal and environmental for major countries. Provides full text from military and general interest publications. The most commonly used databases today are called relational databases. Provides a listing of available world bank datasets, including databases, preformatted tables, reports, and other resources. Germany the world factbook central intelligence agency. Biography ref bank biography reference bank includes biographical information on over 500,000 people. Integrates over 60,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single platform.
Additionally, it provides market research reports, industry reports, country. When at the library, you can access all our databases and esources on your. K12 students, kids, libraries, business and tourists. World history in context connect to database from antiquity to the present day, search a broad collection of scholarly analysis and fulltext periodicals, reference works and primary documents that cover the events, movements, and individuals that have shaped world history. Different data types are collected by different entities for different purposes, nominal or otherwise. This information is available for download in a csv text file comma delimited. Popular statistical tables, country area and regional profiles more information. We encourage students at home participating in online learning to use travel facts, as well as the world factbook, for their studies of geography and national. The 70 online databases that define our planet mit. Hcup inpatient data are based on administrative datadischarge abstracts created by hospitals for billing. Sources of information include market researchers, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. Dec 03, 2010 the 70 online databases that define our planet if you want to simulate the earth, youll need data on the climate, health, finance, economics, traffic and lots more. Rocks, baseball cards, barbies, perhaps even bugs we all tried to gather up as much stuff as possible to compile the biggest most interesting collection possible.
Free and open access to global development data, including world development indicators. The 70 online databases that define our planet if you want to simulate the earth, youll need data on the climate, health, finance, economics, traffic and lots more. They provide researchers with new ways to solve longcold crimes, predict economic recessions, measure your. Species range from microorganisms and invertebrates to fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and plants.
The world health organization has set up a program called hinari for researchers in developing countries that are at national universities, professional schools medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, dentistry, research institutes, teaching hospitals and healthcare centers, government offices and national medical libraries, and local nongovernmental organizations. Oct 16, 2015 the database include 268 entries, sovereign countries, dependent territories, as well as oceans, world and european union. Profiles country information sources research guides at. Dna testing around the world access to dna practices has traditionally been limited to those in scientific disciplines. The database can be used to display the country name in up to 81 different languages. Ip2location country information contains data of commonly used currency, commonly used language, population, capital, total area information and countrycode toplevel domain for each country. Country information cbs copenhagen business school. National union catalog of manuscript collections nucmc. World history in context the new york public library. The kids inpatient database kid is part of a family of databases and software tools developed for the healthcare cost and utilization project hcup. A government database collects information for various reasons, including climate monitoring, securities law compliance, geological surveys, patent applications and grants, surveillance, national security, border control, law enforcement, public health, voter registration, vehicle registration, social security, and statistics. All databases library resources northeast community. When you buy a dna testing service from any provider such as 23andme, family tree dna, and ancestry dna, you are agreeing to certain privacy rules that. I am looking for a list of towns, cities by country the countries i mean here are all countries that exist on planet earth.
References guide to country profiles the world factbook. They also contain previously unpublished statistics. Databank an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. Jan 21, 2020 the world health organization has set up a program called hinari for researchers in developing countries that are at national universities, professional schools medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, dentistry, research institutes, teaching hospitals and healthcare centers, government offices and national medical libraries, and local nongovernmental organizations. A limited version of the database business source complete for cbsalumni. These databases are especially imperative in the medical, accounting and human resources fields where data input and storage is an essential part of the occupation.
This modern economy features hightech agriculture, uptodate smallscale and corporate industry, extensive government welfare measures, comfortable living standards, and high dependence on foreign trade. The nrdb is a compilation of observations of flora and fauna made at open space and nature preserves in the greater san francisco bay area. You can search and browse medical encyclopedias, reference books, fact. World countries database 362 columns of facts and figures. The language and religion entries in the world factbooks travel facts have all. Various national databases of united states persons, and their activities, have been compiled by government and private entities. Includes full text country reports from countrywatch coverage. The database can be searched for available data on flora, mammals, birds, and reptilesamphibiansfishes seen at one or more preserves. The world factbook 1990denmark wikisource, the free. National databases of united states persons wikipedia. Known for their unprecedented depth of coverage, the subjectspecific databases cover a wide range of core curriculum areasfrom history, science, literature, and careers to geography, health, current issues and moreat the middle, high school, and academic levels. Isbndb is one of the most comprehensive book databases on the web. We have listed most popular databases with its pros and cons.
Text, images and maps give biological, ecological and geographical information. Using data from hundreds of libraries, publishers, merchants and other sources around the globe, isbndb compiles dozens of data points for millions of books including books in print, out of print and rare books in multiple languages. National geographic kids includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images. The global invasive species database contains invasive species information supplied by experts on biological invasion from around the world. Dec 31, 2019 toxnet retired and the content is in other databases, such as pubmed. Our online databases contain more than 75 years worth of authoritative content. Oracle, mysql, microsoft sql server, postgresql, mongodb, casandra, redis. A onestop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing countries. Country information database contains names of countries, fips code, iso2 and iso3 tags, name of capital, region information, name and code of currency used, time lag gmt, type of time format std, dst for day light saving time and languages spoken. Gareth stephens head of new proposition development, gbg. You can explore and analyze thousands of indicators. Highquality informational texts are available for primary, upper elementary, and middle school. The separate book database covers books, materials published in books, and collected essays. The computer revolutiondatabasesdbms wikibooks, open.
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