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Print resources are available in all University Libraries. One of the first sources to consult is the current Statistical Abstract of the United States [Ref. HA202 .A3] located at the reference desk of Pius XII Memorial Library. Two print indexes for statistics are the Statistical Reference Index (SRI) [Ref. Z 7554.U5 .S67] for state, local, and privately produced statistics and the American Statistics Index (ASI) [Ref. Z7554.U5 A46] for U.S. government produced statistics. Both are located on Index Table 5 in the Reference Area. Additional sources may be located by searching the Saint Louis Universtiy Libraries Catalog by subject such as United States Statistics or Statistics followed by a subheading that is your topic. For example, Statistics Afro Americans, Statistics Women, Statistics Education, Statistics Hispanic Americans, etc.
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Government - Federal
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Bureau of Justice Statistics: Statistics about. . .
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
From the U.S. Department of Justice this site includes statistics about crimes and victims, criminal offenders, courts and sentencing, law enforcement, the Federal justice system, and links to crime and justice data from other related sources.
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Drugs & Crime Facts
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/dcfacts.htm
From the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, this site updates statistics published in Drugs and Crime Facts, 1994. Includes statistics covering drug-related crimes, law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
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City & County Data Books 1988 & 1994
http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/ccdb/
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Consumer Price Indexes
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
Home page for Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) along with information about them and special reports.
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County Business Patterns
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/cbp/
Use this site to construct tables by industry, year, and selected variables.
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Economic Statistics Briefing Room - White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
Provides easy access to current Federal economic statistics.
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FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov
"The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies." Includes browse a topic A - Z, MapStats that give "statistical profiles of States, counties, cities, Congressional Districts, and Federal judicial districts", a list of government agencies with a description of the statistics each provides, and the ability to search across government agency Web sites.
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National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/
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Social Statistics Briefing Room - White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
Provides easy access to current Federal social Statistics: Crime, Demographics, Education and Health.
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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
Compiled in cooperation with the United Stated Bureau of Justice Statistics. This site in updated as new data becomes available.
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United States Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov The source for statistics gathered and made available by the United States government. Statistics include population and social & cultural demographics by all U.S. Census subdivisions such as United States, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, States, Counties, Places, Tracts, and Block Groups.
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Government - State
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Labor Market Information
http://www.ded.mo.gov/researchandplanning/community/
Contains definitions and links to specific statistics such as census data, Consumer Price Index, and Industry Employment & Earnings/Wages primarily related to Missouri.
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Missouri Census Data Center
http://mcdc.missouri.edu
"The Missouri Census Data Center (MCDC) is part of a cooperative program between the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri State Library in the Office of the Secretary of State. The goal of the program is to disseminate census information widely in a variety of useful and inexpensive formats." (March 15, 2001 news release from the Missouri Office of Administration)
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Missouri Monthly Vital Statistics
http://www.muhealth.org/~library/docs/mmvs.html
From the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri--Columbia this site "indexes the statistical data from the "Focus" articles which appear in each issue of the Missouri Monthly Vital Statistics from volume 29 (9) 1995-present." (text from site 4/18/00)
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State and County Quick Facts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
From the U.S. Census Bureau, this site provides the most requested information from the 2000 Census by state and by county compared to the country as a whole.
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State Data Centers
http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/ State sites for Census information.
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Organizations - National
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Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.agi-usa.org
Does reproductive health research, policy analysis, and public education and maintains data.
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Occupational Safety and Health Services Statistics
http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statstop.htm
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Organizations - International
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EUROSTAT
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/ rostat/serven/home.htm
Statistical Office of the European Communities. Select Online Indicators to get to data immediately available.
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FAOSTAT Statistical Databases - Food and Agriculture Organization
http://faostat.fao.org/
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International Monetary Fund
http://dsbb.imf.org
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Human Development Report
http://hdr.undp.org/
This report, published by the United Nations Development Programme, includes links to the Human Development Report [Ref. HD72 .H85] from 1990 to 1999. Reports show various statistics to rate the state of human development in various countries. The Human Development Index is on statistic that is reported.
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United Nations - Economic and Social Development
http://www.un.org/esa/index.html
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United Nations Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
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OECD Statistics (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
http://www.oecd.org/std/
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WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
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Foreign Countries
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National Statistics: The Official UK Statistics Site
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp
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Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
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Statistical Agencies (International)
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
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Statistics Sites with Links
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OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/
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Statistics and Demographics
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/statistics.html
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University of Michigan Library’s Document Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
This very extensive site provides links to Statistical Resources on the Web on the local, national, and international level.
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Last updatedDecember 15, 2007. |
