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  ICPSR [Details]
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research holdings include several time series and other types of aggregate data, its holdings consist mainly of raw data derived from surveys, censuses, and administrative records. The data holdings contain some 6,000 studies and 450,000 files that cover a wide range of social science areas such as population, economics, education, health, social and political behavior, social and political attitudes, history, crime, aging, and substance abuse. Click for searching tips.
  ICPSR Data Use Tutorial [Details]
Tutorial for Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research which has holdings that include several time series and other types of aggregate data; its holdings consist mainly of raw data derived from surveys, censuses, and administrative records. The data holdings contain some 6,000 studies and 450,000 files that cover a wide range of social science areas such as population, economics, education, health, social and political behavior, social and political attitudes, history, crime, aging, and substance abuse.
  Global Market Information Database (Euromonitor) [Details]
This resource is a database of demographic, economic, lifestyle, and consumer market information for over 350 markets and 207 countries. Statistics cover consumer lifestyles, retailing, and consumer market sizes and forecasts. The data includes 6-year historic market size data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries, plus 5-year forecasts. Lifestyle indicators for 71 countries, lifestyle reports for 65 countries, and country profiles for 250 countries are also included.
  Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 [Details]
A compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources last updated in the distant 1975 and has been expanded to include over 37,000 data series. Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. The fully searchable and downloadable edition will permit users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.
  China Data Online [Details]
One on-campus user; username: louiseg password: vufml2006 Focuses on the economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories. Coverage includes monthly and yearly reports on China's macroeconomic development, statistical databases on China's population and economy at the county and city level, and financial indicators of more than 568 industrial branches. Some of the major databases available are: China Yearly Macro-economy Statistics, 1949- ; China City Statistics, 1996- ; China County Statistics, 1997- ; China Monthly Macro-economy Statistics, 1998- ; China Industrial Data, 2001- Monthly Reports on Economy Development, 2002- ; Various statistical yearbooks, 2002-.

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  County and City Data Book [Details]
Presents statistics on such topics as population, health, crime, education, income, trade for each county and incorporated city with 25,000 inhabitants or more. CD-ROM; Ask at the Research & Consultation Desk.
  Data.gov [Details]
Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
  Economic Census: 1992 [Details]
Includes statistical information from the 1992 Economic Census and several related data sets. The "Report Series" includes data covering all sectors for the U.S., states, counties, places and metropolitan areas. Also the "ZIP Code Statistics" includes specialized set of data from the censuses of retail trade, service industries, and manufactures. CD-ROM; Ask at the Research & Consultation Desk.
  Governing State & Local Sourcebook [Details]
Data about the states and the largest U.S. municipalities, as well as contact information on state and local decision makers. This site contains essential information in 10 categories, including data on revenue, spending, employment, technology trends, health insurance coverage and other important topics. The data is customizable and searchable, and will be frequently updated. You can compare governments in key areas, monitor trends over time, create data tables.
  Polling the Nation [Details]
The database includes 12,000 surveys and 250,000 questions on more than 3,500 topics. Scope is international, from the United States, to more than 60 other countries.
  Social Trends and Indicators USA [Details]
"Provides detailed statistics on social issues paired with expert analyses of the statistics."
  STAT-USA [Details]
Economic, business and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government.
  Statistical (Lexis Nexis) [Details]
Provides the index and abstracts to American Statistics Index (U.S. government statistical sources). Contains over 100,000 statistical publications and is searchable by subject, category, title and author.
  UN Data: a world of information [Details]
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)provides search and download capability for a variety of statistical resources of the UN System.
  World Health Organization (WHO) - Data and statistics [Details]
Data and statistics from WHO, the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.

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