Library Guide to Statistics on the Web

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Government Sites

• FEDSTATS
  An outstanding site that includes social, economic, business, crime, health, energy, transportation, census, financial data from more than seventy federal agencies. May be searched by keyword or agency. (www.fedstats.gov/)
• Bureau of the Census
  Excellent site for statistics population, social and economic data. Data ranges from national to local information.
  (www.census.gov/)
• American FactFinder
  The FactFinder offers new data access and dissemination system that provides useful facts and information about “your community, your economy, and your society.” The system will find and retrieve the information from some of the Census Bureau's largest data sets. It also will also create custom tabulations from microdata files; select the universe, variables, and geography you need; compute simple statistics; and obtain a thematic map.
  (factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html)
• Data Access Tools
  This section of the Census Website offers a number of tools useful in statistical research for population, housing, income etc. and includes thematic maps and other data sets.
  (www.census.gov/main/www/access.html)
• Statistical Agencies (International)
  Site for international statistical sites around the world offered by the Census Bureau. (www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html)
• State Data Center Program
  The data centers are clearinghouses for statistics about each state and their populations.
  (www.census.gov/sdc/www/)

• U.S. Department of Labor
  (www.dol.gov)
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Excellent site for employment, compensation, and labor economy data.
    (stats.bls.gov/)

• White House
  (www.whitehouse.gov)
  • Latest Federal Government Statistics
    Select links under "Federal Statistics"
    • Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR)
      (www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html)
    • Economics Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
      (www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html)
• United Nations
  (www.un.org)
  • InfoNation -
    Statistical comparisons of member states of the United Nations.
    (cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp)
  • Department of Economic & Social Affairs, Statistics Division
    (www.un.org/Depts/unsd)

• EuroStat
  Statistical Office of the European Communities
  Includes fee-based research and registration for some data. Read the homepage carefully to determine which data are free.
  (europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/)
• The World Bank Group - Data and Statistics
  Includes social, economic, environmental data and selected reports. Some data sets are free and others are available only through paid subscription.
  (www.worldbank.org/data/)
• Development Statistics: Latin America
  (qesdb.cdie.org/lac/index.html)
• USAID Regions & Countries
  Useful country information with statistics where available from the US Agency for International Development.
  (www.usaid.gov/regions/)
• National Science Foundation
  (www.nsf.gov)
  • SBE -The Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
    (www.nsf.gov/sbe/start.htm)
  • SRS - Division of Science Resources Statistic
    Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, this site has data about institutions, Science, and Engineering.
    (www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm)
• CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
  (www.cia.gov/)
  • Handbook of International Economic Statistics -1998 (latest available)
    Contains charts, graphs and tables including world wide comparative data. Please note that this file is quite large and is in the Adobe Acrobat format.
    (www.odci.gov/cia/di/products/hies/hies.pdf)

• Library of Congress
  (www.loc.gov/)
  • State & Local Governments
    This site offers excellent links to state and local government and data.
    (lcweb.loc/gov/global/state/stategov.html)

Educational Institutions and Commercial Sites

• OSEDA Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis - University of Missouri
  This site offers data on natural resources, agriculture, business, economics, health, education, youth and families. To expand your research, try the link to "Other Key Social & Economic Sites." This link provides data beyond Missouri.
  (www.oseda.missouri.edu/)
• SSDC - Social Sciences Data Collection
  Links to social science statistical data, government sites, libraries, social science gateways offered by the University of California - San Diego.
  (ssdc.ucsd.edu)
• WWW Virtual Library - Economics
  The "library" provides two resources RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet and WebEc: WWW Resources in Economics International and national economic information, guides and other related links are available.
  (www.hkkk.fi/EconVLib.html)
• The Dismal Scientist
  A Website for economists with graphs, charts, working papers.
  (www.economy.com/dismal/)
• Social Sciences Virtual Library
  Journals, directories, links to other Websites with related statistical information offered by the University of Florida Select "Directories & Data Archives" from the Table of Contents.
  (www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/)
• WWW Virtual Library - Demography & Population Studies
  Extensive list of international data links on this subject and related topics.
  (demography.anu.edu.au/VirtualLibrary)
  

Use search engines linked on the Internet Search Tools page to identify additional Web resources.

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