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Indexes & Abstracts


ALL STATISTICAL DATABASES SUBSCRIBED TO BY CU.
List of links to statistical databases available to CU community through CU subscriptions. 
URL: http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/ldpd/app/rti/results?hl=1&ps=1&sb=1&ss=1&hpp=100000&qt=6&q=&hk=-1&rt=nu 
CU LIST OF NUMERIC DATABASES
Statistical databases subscribed to by Columbia University Libraries 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/resource_type_13.html 
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/ 
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 
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  
SOURCEOECD
OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Develoment) offers international economic statistics. 
URL: http://taddeo.sourceoecd.org/vl=3293703/cl=69/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-bin/jsearch_oecd_stats 
SPSS TRAINING
SPSS training is available at Teacher's College. Please, check TC's class schedule for availability of SPSS classes. 
URL: http://devtc4.tc.columbia.edu/workshop/user/overview.php 
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides


ALMANAC OF THE 50 STATES
Information Pubications. 
REF HA 214 A455. 
BLACK AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK
REF E185.86 B52. 
HISPANIC AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK
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  
MONTHLY BENEFIT STATISTICS
1982- U.S. DHHS publ. 
Serial M Ref STX. 
NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL PROFILES
1992- 
Ref HA541 N48. 
NEW YORK STATE STATISTICAL YEARBOOK
1970- 
Ref HA541 N42. 
SSI RECIPIENTS BY THE STATE AND COUNTY
1991- U.S. DHHS. Social Security Administration. 
Serial S Ref STX. 
STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA DATA BOOK
1991- Incudes population, labor, employment, income, education, crime rates. 
Ref HA202 St23. 
STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES
U.S.Department of Commerce.Bureau of Census 1960- Serial S Latest in Ref. 
Ref HA202 St2. 
STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE WORLD
1994- Gale Research Inc. 
Ref HA154 S73. 
STATISTICAL YEARBOOK. ANNUAIRE STATISTIQUE
1951- United Nations. Serial S Latest in Ref. 
Ref HA12.5 ST2. 
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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/ 
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS
URL: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cnstat/ 
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Internet Guides and Resources


ADMINISTRATION ON AGING (AOA)
Older Americans Act, the federal legislation establishing the AoA and authorizing a range of programs that offer services and opportunities for older Americans and their caregivers. (DHHS). Offers links to miscellaneous statistics on old people by various criteria. 
URL: http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/statistics.asp 
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/ 
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (BEA)
Offers Industry and Wealth Data, gross domestic product by industry, provides international, national and regional statistics, etc. 
URL: http://www.bea.doc.gov/ 
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS (BJS)
Offers statistics on crime, offenders and victims. 
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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 
CU LIBRARIES (MORNINGSIDE CAMPUS) STATISTICAL SUBJECT GUIDES
List of links to more statistical resources, compiled by Morningside campus libraries. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/stats/index.html 
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 FERRET
(U.S. Bureau of the Census in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other statistical agencies.) Offers data from various surveys, icluding surveys on labor. 
URL: http://ferret.bls.census.gov/ 
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/ 
DHHS OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION (ASPE)
Under ASPE Policy and Research Topics select a topic such as: children with disabilities, children health insurance, domestic violence, general health insurance, homelessness, immigrants, teen pregnancy, working adults with disabilities, welfare issues, etc. 
URL: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ 
FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION
Families USA is a "national nonprofit organization dedicated to the achievement of high- quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans." Produces health policy reports, intends to serve as a consumer clearinghouse for information about the health care system, conducts public information campaigns on public health issues, etc. Offers information including publications, often created by contract with other organizations, on children's health, children's health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, etc. 
URL: http://www.familiesusa.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/ 
FEDSTATS: U.S. FEDEREAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES
Offers links to all federal agencies with statistical programs. 
URL: http://www.fedstats.gov/agencies/agencies.html 
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 
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 CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES)
Offers statistics on education in U.S. 
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/ 
NATIONAL DATA ARCHIVE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Child abuse statistics resource. 
URL: http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/ 
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 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY (ONDCP)
Under Drug Facts and Stats category offers statistics on drug abuse. Look for statistics also under Publications category and under State and Local category. 
URL: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/ 
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/ 
STAT-USA
(U.S. Department of Commerce). Offers State of the Nation statistics, including economic indicators like gross domestic and state product, consumer price index, real earnings, employment situation, manufacturing and industry statistics, monetary statistics, economic policy, etc. 
URL: http://www.stat-usa.gov/ 
STATISTICS OF INCOME
(IRS). Produces data files compiled from tax and information returns filed with the IRS. 
URL: http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/ 
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
(INCLUDES LINKS TO GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL AGENCIES BY COUNTRY WORLDWIDE AND U.S. STATE STATISTICAL SITES BY STATE). Offers population statistics, including vital statistics under related sites. 
URL: http://www.census.gov/ 
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: STATISTICAL AGENCIES (INTERNATIONAL)
Offers links to statistical agencies of governments worldwide. 
URL: http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html 
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: U.S. STATE DATA CENTERS
Offers U.S. statistics by state. 
URL: http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/ 
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/ 
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/ 
URBAN INSTITUTE
A nonprofit economic and social policy research organization. Under Research - By Topic - Social Welfare offers research papers on public health and health insurance. Also offers assessment of Medicaid and health insurance trends under Research - By Topic - Federalism, etc. 
URL: http://www.urban.org/ 
WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC STATISTICS BRIEFING ROOM (ESBR)
Covers income, employment, earnings statistics, etc. 
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html 
WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL STATISTICS BRIEFING ROOM (SSBR)
Coverage includes U.S. and world demographic statistics. 
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html 
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 STATISTICS
(Information Please Almanac). World Stats. category offers statistics including abortions for selected countries of the world. 
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ 
YOUTH INDICATORS
(NCES). Offers statistics on youth pregnancies, abortions, etc. 
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp 
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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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