Statistics

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LexisNexis Statistical is derived from the American Statistics Index (ASI), the master guide and index to all federal statistical data. The Essential Reference Collection is the full text of 800 U.S. government statistical publications from 1995 to 1997, 650 full-text statistical publications each year (with new titles added monthly) starting in 1998, and the full text of the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

Academic Search Complete Search for articles in statistical journals, or conduct a combined subject search (your topic and statistics) to locate articles discussing statistical information in other periodicals.

ICPSR is the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. It provides social science data and resources for researchers.

JSTOR is an archive of scholarly journals, including 12 journals covering statistics. Current issues are not available through JSTOR; its role is an archive, with new holdings added each year.

World Almanac Find facts, statistics, and much more. Subjects include American life, arts and entertainment, sports, the environment, national defense, and vital statistics. Over 6,000 articles culled from the following almanacs: World Almanac of the U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics, World Almanac for Kids, and World Almanac Knowledge Source.

Texas Almanac Search by subject and limit your search to "Tables" to locate statistical data about Texas. Data from previous years is included in many tables.

Internet Sites

General

• Statistical Resources on the Web Search in over 250 categories for statistics from government documents. Information provided from the University of Michigan Library.

• WWW Virtual Library: Statistics An enormous amount of information of interest to statistics educators at all levels.

• StatLib Hosted by Carnegie Mellon's Statistics Department, StatLib is a system for distributing statistical software, datasets, and information by electronic mail, FTP and WWW.

• Social Science Information Gateway Choose browse, and select Statistics.

• POPLINE A searchable database of over 250,000 records on the subjects of fertility, environmental health, diseases, and family planning, and reproductive health care.

• Statistical Assessment Service (STATS) is a "nonprofit nonpartisan organization" interested in promoting a better understanding of statistical information.

    Government Agencies

• FedStats Access official statistics collected and published by more than 70 Federal agencies.

• ChildStats.gov Official web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

• Encyclopedia of ED Statistics brings together data from several National Center for Education Statistics (NCTE) sources.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics Provides access to statistics related to social and economic conditions of the U.S., such as wages, consumer spending, safety, productivity, unemployment, and more. Search by topic, region, or state.

    Population Data

• Population Policy Research & Studies: Selected Resources Available Through the Internet Descriptions of and links to some of the major Internet sites on demographic and population studies.

• Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health and the environment.

• U.S. Census Bureau Look here first for census data.

• Statistical Abstract of the United States is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States, designed to serve as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. The latter function is served by the introductory text to each section, the source note appearing below each table, and Appendix I, which comprises the Guide to Sources of Statistics, the Guide to State Statistical Abstracts, and the Guide to Foreign Statistical Abstracts. Now searchable with a Google-powered search box. Excel spreadsheets allow site users to manipulate data.

• U.S. Historical Census Browser Offers statistics describing the people and the economy for each state and county of the United States from 1790 to 1960.

• Population Index Indexes information of interest to demographers. The entire database for 1986-1999 is available online and can be searched by author, subject matter, geographical region and year of publication.