- 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)
- White House
(www.whitehouse.gov)
- United Nations
(www.un.org)
- 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)
- 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.
For further assistance, please contact the
Miller Nichols Library Reference Desk at (816) 235-1534.
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