The Open Data Handbook describes Open Data as, “…data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone – subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and share-alike.” Information obtained from websites that allow users to search apartments, find out game statistics, or look up famous names are all practical examples of Open Data.
Here are a several Open Data resources that provide general information, datasets, and other important Open Data output to support research and scholarship.