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Statistics Subject Guide LRC@TCC
Scope: Basic print and electronic resources for locating statistical
data.
Call number areas to browse: HA, JS, AY
Keywords to search: *topic* AND statistics (ex. business AND statistics)
Subjects to search (Library of Congress): *topic*
with "statistics" as a sub-heading
(ex.1 War -- Statistics) (ex.2 Gun control -- United
States
-- Statistics)
Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Statistical Abstract of the United States (online
version)
Virginia Statistical Abstract (online
version)
County and City Data Books (online
version)
World Almanac and Book of Facts (online
version)
Demographic Yearbook
International Yearbook and Statesmen's Who's Who
Library Resources (r):
CQ
Researcher See the Maps / Graphs section of each report.
Issues
and Controversies See By the Numbers under Special Features and
the Almanac.
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center - See the Statistics result tab
World Almanac Are you looking for health statistics? Try our Health Statistics Subject Guide.
Internet Resources:
Statistical
Resources on the Web Documents Center of University of Michigan
offers links to statistics resources grouped by subjects such as agriculture,
demographics, environment, government finance, health, labor, etc.
Local
National
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American
Fact Finder A U.
S. Census Bureau site.
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FEDSTATS "One
stop shopping" for statistical information including agencies
of Agriculture, Crime, Demographics, Economic, Education,
Energy, Environment, Health,
Income, Labor, National Accounts, Natural Resources, Safety,
and
Transportation.
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Joint
Center Data Bank data on
racial populations offering fact sheets, tables,
etc. on topics such as hate crimes, family structure,
welfare,
and more.
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KIDS
COUNT Data Center allows you to generate custom graphs,
maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles.
International
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NationMaster is a vast
compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook,
United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources
Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD allowing you to generate maps
and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
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OFFSTATS
Offical Stats on the Web Free statistics from official
sources, current data, time series are frequently available,
many data
are downloadable as text or spreadsheet files, data for individual
countries can also be found in resources listed in the Regions
and the Topic pages.
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Statistics
Sweden (International) arranged by continent
and country.
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Media
Awareness Network Covering television, video and computer
games, the Internet, film and video, and the print media. The
emphasis is
on Canadian
statistics, but American and international figures are also included.
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United
Nations issues on the international agenda such as
children, drug control, food, population, refugees, etc.
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