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CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS (CIS)
CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS
(CIS). The Current Index to
Statistics is a bibliographic
index to publications in
statistics and related fields.
The CIS Extended Database (CIS-
ED) includes coverage, in most
cases from 1974 (or first issue
if later) to the present from
selected journals, and selected
books in statistics published
since 1974.
URL: http://query.statindex.org/
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EDS - ELECTRONIC DATA SERVICE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
EDS is CU libraries and ACIS service that
supports CU community in the use of
statistical data sources. It provides
statistical sources, software as well as
offers Reference assistance in using
statistical data,including raw data sets,
GIS, etc. Offers DataGate,the local archive
comprised of ICPSR, Roper, SSEDL, etc. EDS
is physically located at the CU Lehman
Social Sciences Library on the Morningside
Campus.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/
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INFOSHARE ONLINE
A database of statistics about New York
City.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3105451.html
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LEXIS NEXIS STATISTICAL
'Provides statistical data from U.S.
government publications from 1973, state
and private sources from 1980, and
international organizations from 1983.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APK8288
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MEDLINE (OVID)
Three separate components of
Medline
available through OVID interface:
Medline 1966 - present (offers
author/journal/keyword/subject,
or MESH,
searching), Oldmedline 1950 -
1965 (offers
same but subject searching), and
In-Process
around 2 recent months (offers
same but
subject
searching).
URL: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/countact.cfm?resourceid=1301
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POPLINE
citations and abstracts for publications
related to population, family planning, and
related health issues. Coverage from 1970-
present. Includes international demographic
research.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/popline.html
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POPULATION INDEX
'Population Index is the primary reference
tool to the world's population literature.
It presents an annotated bibliography of
recently published books, journal articles,
working papers, and other materials on
population topics. This website provides a
searchable and browsable database
containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic
literature published in Population Index in
the period 1986-2000.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APH1576
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides
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1990 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING
Summary...characteristics of adults with work disabilities, mobility limitations, or self-care limitations.
Document Serv. Center C 3.286:CD90 SSTF 04 C.
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ACCIDENTS FACTS
National Safety Council. 1986- Serial A Latest in Ref.
Ref HA217 Ac2.
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NEW JERSEY HEALTH STATISTICS
1971, 1982- Serial REF
RA 407.4 N5 N2, RA407.4 .N5 N42.
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OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN THE UNITED STATES BY INDUSTRY
1990. In Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics #2399.
Business Lib.
HD 8051 A62 v2399.
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STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES
U.S.Department of Commerce.Bureau
of Census 1960- Serial S Latest
in Ref.
Ref HA202 St2.
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THE INJURY FACT BOOK
2nd. ed. 1992
Ref RD93.8 B17.
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Directories and Associations
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AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
1429 Duke St., Alexandria, VA
22314-3402, USA; Voice: 703-
684-1221; Toll-free: 888-231-3473
URL: http://www.amstat.org/
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Internet Guides and Resources
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS (BLS)
Offers national and international
labor statistics. Includes Safety
and Health
Statistics/Occupational Injury
and Illness Rates.
URL: http://stats.bls.gov/
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CAUSES OF DEATH
Commercial Disaster Center
provides statistics on causes of
death by age and disease,
including accidents.
URL: http://www.disastercenter.com/cdc/
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CDC WONDERATLAS OF UNITED STATES MORTALITY
Shows all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's), including motor-vehicle injuries, etc.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm
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CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)
(DHHS). CDC's concern is
prevention and control of
communicable diseases,
environmental health, etc. Offers
online information in categories:
Travelers' Health, Health Topics
A-Z,
Publicatioins, Software &
Products, Data and Statistics,
etc. Offers links to the WEB
sites of CDC's 11 centers,
institute and offices.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/
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COUNTRY HEALTH PROFILES
(Pan American Health
Organization - PAHO). Offers
population, health and
epidemiology statistics as Health
in the Americas publication as
well as Individual country
profiles. Covers all countries of
the Americas. PAHO's country
profile database functions as the
official regional information
source on mortality in the
Americas.
URL: http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm
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FATALITY FACTS
(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). Under Fatality Facts offers vehicles fatality facts by type of vehicle, gender, age, state, etc.
URL: http://www.hwysafety.org/
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FEDSTATS (FEDERAL STATISTICS)
Offers statistics produced for
public use by more than 70 U.S.
Federal Government agencies.
Allows to search for statistics
by agency, by program (subject),
by subject alphabetically (A to
Z), by keyword (search the entire
site), by region (county, state,
country approach), provides links
to other sites, etc. Site Map
provided helps easy choice of
search approach. Under Fast Facts
provides links to and allows to
view the full text of Statistical
Abstract of the United States,
State and Metropolitan Area Data
Book, Socioeconomic Status, etc.
Accidents and injuries statistics
can be found in Programs under
Safety Statistics category.
URL: http://www.fedstats.gov/
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MMWR. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT
(Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.) The weekly MMWR is
available in .pdf format readable
with Adobe Acrobat Reader and in
HTML. Look under Publications, or
Disease Trends categories, or
search by keyword, such as
accidents, etc.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
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NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL (NSC)
Offers sampling of statistics from its publications such as Accident Facts, International Accident Facts, useful links, etc.
URL: http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statstop.htm
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB)
Offers statistics in Aviation category.
URL: http://www.ntsb.gov/
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
(U.S. Department of Labor). Occupational injuries and safety statistics can be found under Subject Index as Workplace Injury and Illness Statistics category. Statistics can be more easily approached from the FEDSTATS site above.
URL: http://www.osha.gov
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SAFETY AND HEALTH STATISTICS
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Comprehensive coverage of
occupational accidents, injuries,
safety statistics.
URL: http://www.bls.gov/iif/
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS (ORES)
Provides ongoing statistical data
and research analyses of the old-
age, survivors, and disability
insurance (OASDI) and
Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) programs.
URL: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/
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U. S. CENSUS BUREAU
Offers disability statistics under Subjects A to Z category in Disablity category, etc.
URL: http://www.census.gov/
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UNITED NATIONS
Under Economic and Social
Development category offers
important subcategories and
links. Under Humanitarian Affairs
the Land Mines category provides
land mines casualty data by
country, and the ReliefWeb link
offers natural disaster incidence
by country, etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/
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PARTNERS IN INFORMATION ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE
"Partners in Information Access for the
Public Health Workforce is a collaboration
of U.S. government agencies, public health
organizations, and health sciences
libraries which provides timely, convenient
access to selected public health resources
on the Internet."
Offers links to useful Public Health and
statistical resources in multiple
categories.
The PHPartners offers RSS feed that
would 'keep you
informed about news in public health,
upcoming meetings, and new
public
health online resources.
The PHPartners feed address is
http://phpartners.org/rss_phpartners.xml.
More information on how to subscribe to
PHPartners RSS feeds is
available at
http://phpartners.org/rss_information.html.'
URL: http://phpartners.org/
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