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Indexes & Abstracts


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/ 
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/ 
INFOSHARE ONLINE
A database of statistics about New York City. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3105451.html 
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 
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 
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 
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


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. 
ACCIDENTS FACTS
National Safety Council. 1986- Serial A Latest in Ref. 
Ref HA217 Ac2. 
NEW JERSEY HEALTH STATISTICS
1971, 1982- Serial REF 
RA 407.4 N5 N2, RA407.4 .N5 N42. 
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. 
STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES
U.S.Department of Commerce.Bureau of Census 1960- Serial S Latest in Ref. 
Ref HA202 St2. 
THE INJURY FACT BOOK
2nd. ed. 1992 
Ref RD93.8 B17. 
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Directories and Associations


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


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/ 
CAUSES OF DEATH
Commercial Disaster Center provides statistics on causes of death by age and disease, including accidents. 
URL: http://www.disastercenter.com/cdc/ 
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 
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/ 
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 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB)
Offers statistics in Aviation category. 
URL: http://www.ntsb.gov/ 
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 
SAFETY AND HEALTH STATISTICS
(Bureau of Labor Statistics) Comprehensive coverage of occupational accidents, injuries, safety statistics. 
URL: http://www.bls.gov/iif/ 
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/ 
U. S. CENSUS BUREAU
Offers disability statistics under Subjects A to Z category in Disablity category, etc. 
URL: http://www.census.gov/ 
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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Meta-directories of Websites


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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