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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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FAOSTAT
Collection of databases in agriculture,
food, fisheries, and forestry.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/2972693.html
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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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COMPARISON OF FOODS
Royal Society of Chemistry and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Ref TX551 M3.
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FOOD COMPOSITION AND NUTRITION TABLES
1986/87 Tables in English, French, and German
Ref TX551 F732.
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FOOD VALUES OF PORTIONS COMMONLY USED
1994
Ref TX551 B67.
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NUTRITIVE VALUE OF AMERICAN FOODS
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Publ No 456.
Ref TX551 Ad1.
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RDA. RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES
The most authoritative source of information on nutrient allowances for healthy people. National Research Council. 10th ed.
Ref TX551 N213.
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Internet Guides and Resources
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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/
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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/
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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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