Reference Data

The forensic community uses NIST Standard Reference Databases to assist with accurate:

• fingerprint matching;
• genetic mapping and identity testing;
• arson investigation; and
• cybercrime investigation.

Some NIST data resources are freely available online while others are fee-for-purchase. Many are available through the NIST Data Gateway. In addition, NIST offers modeling software and other tools for forensic laboratories.

Biology/DNA

• SRD 131 - Human Mitochondrial Protein Database
• SRD 130 - Short Tandem Repeat Database (STRBase)

Fire

• Fire on the Web
• Research Information Service
• Fire Simulation and Research Software
• Fire Forensics

Biometrics

NIST SD 4 - 8-Bit Gray Scale Images of Fingerprint Image Groups (no longer available)

NIST SD 9 - NIST 8-Bit Gray Images of Mated Fingerprint Card Pairs Volumes (no longer available)

NIST SD 10 - Supplemental Fingerprint Card Data (no longer available)

NIST SD 14 - Mated Fingerprint Card Pairs (no longer available)

NIST SD 18 - NIST Mugshot Identification Database

NIST SD 27 - Fingerprint Minutiae from Latent and Matching Tenprint Images (no longer available)

NIST SD 29 - Plain and Rolled Images from Paired Fingerprint Cards (no longer available)

NIST SD 30 - Dual Resolution Images from Paired Fingerprint Cards (no longer available)

NIST SD 130 - Short Tandem Repeat Database (STRBase)

NIST SD 300 - Uncompressed Plain and Rolled Images from Fingerprint Cards

NIST SD 301 - Nail to Nail (N2N) Fingerprint Challenge Dry Run

NIST SD 302 - Nail to Nail (N2N) Fingerprint Challenge

Digital/Computer Forensics

NIST SD 28 - National Software Reference Library

Computer Forensics Tool Testing Project

Computer Forensic Reference Data Sets

Chemistry

NIST Chemistry WebBook

See a full list of NIST chemistry databases, software, and tools online at www.nist.gov/srd/chemistry.cfm.