Information Resources for Information Professionals

U.S. Federal Statistics Sources

Compiled by:
Joe Ryan

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[Guides] [Briefing Rooms & Gateways] [Census Sources] [Budget Sources] [Taxation Statistics] [Citation Guides

Guides

Non-Governmental Guides

Cruse, Patricia & DeDecker, Sherry. How to effectively locate federal government information on the world wide web: Statistics. San Diago: University of California, San Diego.

University of Michigan. Documents Department. Statistical resources on the web.

Vanderbilt University Library. U.S. government information. Frequently used sites: Statistics.

Congressional Information Service/Lexis-Nexis. Statistics universe.

Via Syracuse University Libraries (must be an affiliate).

Search abstracts (includes American Statistics Index), actual tables (130,000+), as well as other web links. See their list of full text titles covered.

Schankman, Larry. Statistical data sources.

OCLC FirstSearch. (1984 to present, updated every 6 weeks). FactSearch via Syracuse University Libraries (must be an affiliate).

Statistical information derived from 1,000 newspapers, periodicals, newsletters and documents.

Berinstein Research. Finding statistics online. Companion to the 1998 with the same title.

Hernon, Peter; Shuler, John & Dugan, Robert E. (1999). U.S. government on the web. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. See Chapter 8 statistics.

Maxymuk, John. (Ed.). (2001). Government online. NY: Neal-Schuman. See Chapter 16.

Notess, Greg R. (Ed.). (2000). Government information on the Internet (3rd Ed.). Lanham MD: Bernan Press. See Chapter 4 Census and Statistics.

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Governmental Guides

Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy. FedStats.

Generals Services Administration. FirstGov: Facts for you.

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Briefing Rooms & Gateways

Non Governmental Guides

University of Wisconsin, Madison. Data program and library service. Internet crossroads in the social sciences.

University of Michigan. Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research.

University of Oregon. Government Information Sharing Project.

University of Virginia. Social Sciences Data Center.

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Governmental Guides

Agriculture Department. Economic Research Service.

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Census. Economic Briefing Room.

Consortium for International Earth Science Information (CIESIN).

General Services Administration. Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS).

Statistical database on procurement contract transactions of the Executive Branch.

GPO. Economic Indicators.

Justice Department. Bureau of Justice Statistics and a tour.

Department of Commerce.STAT-USA. Also available via Syracuse University Libraries (must be an affiliate).

White House. Economic statistics.

White House. Social statistics.

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Census Sources

Guides

Vanderbilt University. Statistics sources--Census.

Basic Census Sources

Census Bureau home page.

American FactFinder.

CenStats database.

Economic briefing room.

1990 Census Lookup.

Glossary of selected abbreviations and acronyms.

Data FERRET system.

Non-governmental Census Sources

UCSD. Social Sciences Data Collection.

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Budget Sources

Government Printing Office (GPO). Budget of the U.S.

Office of Management and Budget. Budget process.

House of Representatives. Annual budget process.

State Department. Budget process.

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Taxation Statistics

U.S. Treasury Department. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Tax statistics.

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Specific Sources

Statistical abstract of the United States.

Census. County and city data books via the University of Virginia.

Census. State and metropolitan area data book.

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Citation Guides

Census Bureau. Suggested citation styles for our Internet information.

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