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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/ 
GENDERSTATS: DATABASE OF GENDER STATISTICS
World Bank.  'GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators designed with user-friendly, menu-driven features. It offers statistical and other data in modules on several subjects. The data in each module is presented in ready-to-use format. Users have the option of saving the country views in Excel (or another spreadsheet software) to customize them for their own reports.' 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5264401 
HSUS ONLINE - HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
A database format of 'Expanded and revised edition of: Historical statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1970. Bicentennial ed. Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1975. "Many [data] series in these volumes are continued on a regular basis with periodic updates and revisions by the agency, group, or individual responsible for the original data."--Guide to the Millennial ed. This database is an online version of the new five-volume printed edition: Historical statistics of the United States : earliest times to the present' Includes socio-economic characteristics, demographic data, vital statistics, etc. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5634151 
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


1980 CENSUS OF POPULATION. VOL 1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION
U.S. Bureau of Census. 
Ref HA201 C35. 
ATLAS OF THE 1990 CENSUS
Mark T. Mattson. Macmillan Publishing Company. 
Ref G1201 E2 M3 1992 . 
BLACK AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK
REF E185.86 B52. 
CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS
U.S. Bureau of Census. Subdivided in series. Ser P-60 Consumer income, Ser P-70 Household economics, Ser-P20 Population characteristics, Ser P-25 Population estimates and projections, Ser P-28 Special censuses, Ser P-23 Special studies Ser P-26 Federal-state cooperative programs for pop. estimates, Ser P- 27 Farm population. Check CLIO for holdings. See most recent issues of the series online.  
Serial C, latest online - URL: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cprs.html. 
DEMOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK. ANNUAIRE DEMOGRAPHIQUE
United Nations. 1948-Present 
Serial D Ref STX. 
FACE OF THE NATION 1987: STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT OF THE 18-TH ED. OF ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL WORK.
Ref HV90 F11. 
FERTILITY TABLES FOR COHORTS BY COLOR
UNITED STATES, 1917-73. NCHS publ. 
Ref HB915 H48. 
HISPANIC AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURSCEBOOK
Ref E184 S75 H27. 
HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1970
U.S. Bureau of Census. 
Ref HA202 Un32. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5018932  
NEW JERSEY HEALTH STATISTICS - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS.
1971, 1982- Includes Demography statistics 
Ref RA 407.4 N5 N2. 
NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL PROFILES
1992- 
Ref HA541 N48. 
NEW YORK STATE STATISTICAL YEARBOOK
1970- 
Ref HA541 N42. 
STATE PROFILES THE POPULATION AND ECONOMY OF EACH U.S. STATE
Ref HA 203 .S734 1999 ed.1. 
STATISTICAL HANDBOOK OF WOMEN IN AMERICA
Ref HR1420 T34. 
STATISTICAL HANDBOOK ON AGING AMERICANS
Ref HQ1064 U5. 
STATISTICAL RECORD OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE
Ref HQ1150 S73. 
UNITED STATES LIFE TABLES
DHEW/NCHS publication. 1959-1981 
Ref HB1335 Un39. 
WORLD POPULATION GROWTH AND AGING: DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Ref HA155 K49. 
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Internet Guides and Resources


ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
(DHHS). Under Statistics About Older People offers miscellaneous links to statistics on old people by various criteria. 
URL: http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/ 
ADMINISTRATION ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (ACF)
(DHHS). Under Statistics on Children topic or Data Sheets category offers miscellaneous demographical and social statistics on children and families 
URL: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ 
AGE DATA - US CENSUS BUREAU
Data is avaiable on the National Level;State Level;County Level; and Other U.S. Geographic Levels. As well as International Data;Baby Boomer Data;Older (55+) Population Data. Elderly (65+) Population Age Search Service 
URL: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age.html 
CAREC - CARIBBEAN EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE
It "is administered on behalf of 21 Member Countries by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization's Regional Office for the Americas. CAREC enjoys an international reputation for its work in support of Public Health in the Caribbean." Offers statistics on HIV/AIDS by country; communicable disease report archives; population data; social and economic indicators and vital statistics, etc.  
URL: http://www.carec.org/ 
CHANGING AMERICA: INDICATORS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
Covers trends in U.S. demography with the emphasis on race and hispanic origin issues under Population in PDF format. 
URL: http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/index.html 
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
Offers Children in the States data, other statistical information, etc. 
URL: http://www.childrensdefense.org/ 
CHILDSTATS
Offers child and family statistics. Presents America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being (the annual Federal monitoring report on the status of the Nation's children), which includes statistics on population and family characteristics, etc. 
URL: http://childstats.gov/ 
COUNTY AND CITY DATA BOOK.
Offers electronic versions of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books. This service provides the opportunity to create custom printouts and/or customized data subsets. Data includes demographics, vital and socioeconomic statistics for U.S. in general, states, counties, and cities. 
URL: http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/ccdb/ 
CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS ONLINE
U.S. Census Bureau.  Offers Series: P20, Population Characteristics P23, Special Studies P60, Consumer Income and Poverty P70, Household Economic Studies P25, Population Estimates and Projections. 
URL: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cprs.html 
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY
Covers demography and socioeconomic statistics, etc. 
URL: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm 
DATA.GOV
"... 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. The data catalogs will continue to grow as datasets are added. Federal, Executive Branch data are included in the first version of Data.gov." "Data.gov includes searchable catalogs that provide access to "raw" datasets and various tools. In the "raw" data catalog, you may access data in XML, Text/CSV, KML/KMZ, Feeds, XLS, or ESRI Shapefile formats. The catalog of tools links you to sites that include data mining and extraction tools and widgets." 
URL: http://www.data.gov/ 
DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS
DHS Surveys provide large sample data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health (including aid/hiv) and nutrition. Scope: international. 
URL: http://www.measuredhs.com/ 
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/ 
HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
A 'compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources.' 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5634151 
HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1970
U.S. Bureau of Census. 
Ref HA202 Un32. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5018932  
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION STATISTICS
(INS). Covers immigration to the United States. 
URL: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/stats/index.html 
INFONATION
(U.N.) InfoNation is an easy-to- use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. Data for each country includes demography, socioeconomic statistics, etc. 
URL: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm 
JAPAN INFORMATION NETWORK STATISTICS (JIN)
Offers categorized statistics for Japan with a keyword searchable database. 
URL: http://jin.jcic.or.jp/stat/ 
KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
"The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation." Offers evaluation, surveys and statistics on major health issues - Medicaid, Medicare, Health Insurance, etc. Offers comprehensive statistical reports, e.g. "Medicaid Enrollment in 50 states" with annual updates, etc.  
URL: http://www.kff.org/ 
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH (NBER)
Under Publications offers full- text papers, many of which contain statistics in various economic and social areas, including demographics.. All papers are searchable by keyword. 
URL: http://www.nber.org/ 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
The U.S. Populations category offers county level populations for each state in the United States. 
URL: http://www-seer.ims.nci.nih.gov/ 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN IN POVERTY (NCCP)
Columibia University Mailman School of Public Health.  'The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is the nation’s leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well- being of America’s low-income families and children.' Offers Fact Sheets which 'Provide up-to-date state, regional, and national demographic information as well as quick takes on emerging issues.' 
URL: http://www.nccp.org/ 
NEW YORK CITY DEPT OF CITY PLANNING
Offers demographic, vital and socieconomic statistics for NYC including stats by community district, etc. 
URL: http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/census/popdiv.shtml 
NEW YORK STATE DATA CENTER
Offers Census statistics for NYS. 
URL: http://www.nylovesbiz.com/nysdc/default.asp 
PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION - PAHO
The most comprehensive and reliable source of demographic and health statistics and other health and healthcare information for Americas. Includes Country Health Profiles. 
URL: http://www.paho.org/ 
POPULATION OF CAPITAL CITIES
Offers population statistics for the capital cities of the world. 
URL: http://www.graphicmaps.com/capcitys.htm 
PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
Appendix B provides a demographic profile of people with disabilites. 
URL: http://www.hhs.gov/newfreedom/final/dolappd3b.html 
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (INCLUDS LINKS TO GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL AGENCIES BY COUNTRY WORLDWIDE AND U.S. STATE STATISTICAL SITES BY STATE).
Offers demograpic, housing, income, wealth, poverty, geneology statistics, economics statistics, community survey, etc. Includes historical statistics, international statistics, etc. Under Subjects A to Z provides statistics by subject, e.g under Counties offers USA Counties (database), etc. Under Related Sites category offers links to government statistical agencies by country worldwide and U.S. state statistical sites by state. 
URL: http://www.census.gov/ 
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: U.S. STATE DATA CENTERS
Offers U.S. statistics by state. 
URL: http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/ 
U.S. HISTORICAL CENSUS BROWSER
Offers data that describes the population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960. 
URL: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ 
UNITED NATIONS - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
Under Economic and Social Development category look for subcategories Population (POPIN), Social Development (covers Ageing, etc.), Statistics and Women (WOMENWATCH - statistics on women by given criteria and by country), Subindex, etc., and for Regional Cooperation button (offers links to statistically rich regional U.N. sites: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA ECA, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ESCAP, ECONOMIC COMMISION FOR EUROPE ECU which includes also Central Asia and North America, ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN ECLAC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA ESCWA). Under Humanitarian Affairs the Land Mines category offers casualty data by country, the ReliefWeb link offers natural disaster incidence by country, etc. 
URL: http://www.un.org/ 
UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION
Offers miscellaneous international indicators and statistics with links to Internet statistics sites. Covers population, demography, socioeconomic factors, vital statistics. Presents statistics on all aspects of World's Women: demographic, socioeconomic, labor, education, health, etc. 
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/ 
UNITED STATES HISTORICAL CENSUS DATA BROWSER
The data presented here describe the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1970. 
URL: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ 
URBAN INSTITUTE - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
Offers some embedded demography statistics. Under Research - by topic or search the site by keyword. Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism Project analyzes the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states, focusing primarily on health care, income security, job training, and social services. Offers demographic and social assessment of trends like child welfare spending, urban labor markets absorption of welfare recipients, state assistance for immigrants under welfare reform, trends in leaving welfare, etc. 
URL: http://www.urban.org/ 
WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL STATISTICS BRIEFING ROOM (SSBR)
Coverage includes U.S. and world demographic statistics. 
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html 
WOMEN OF COLOR HEALTH DATA BOOK
(National Women's Health Information Center - NWHIC). Offers statistics on demographics of women of color (black, Asian, American Indian, Hispanic). Special attention is given to age groups: adolescent and elderly. 
URL: http://www.4woman.gov/HealthPro/statistics/ 
WORLD BANK
Offers World Development Indicators (data includes demographics), World Development Reports, Country Data, Data by Topics, etc. under Data category. 
URL: http://www.worldbank.org/ 
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
Under Information Sources category provides WHOSIS - WHO Statistical Information System which offers variety of statistical resources and tools, including world demographics statistics. 
URL: http://www.who.int/ 
WORLD STATISTICS - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
(Information Please Almanac). Under World Stats. category offers population statistics for selected countries of the world. Under U.S. Stats offers U.S. statistics: profile of the United States, demography, population, immigration, marital status and household characteristics, births, mortality, miscellaneous. 
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ 
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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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