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Books

To find books, videos, journals, etc., in our library, use the online catalog. Remember, subject searches use the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Some useful Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Economic policy
• Feminist economics
• Income distribution
• Income United States Statistics
• Minorities United States Economic conditions
• Welfare economics
• Women United States Economic conditions

Reference Books

• Business Statistics of the United States Ref. HC101 B87
  Provides industry profiles and statistical data from 1959-1995. The data includes GDP, consumer income and spending, industrial production, business sales, inventory and investment prices, etc.
• Economic Indicators Gov. Docs Y4.Ec7
  Summary statistics for business and economics. Includes total production and income, employment, business activity, prices and price indexes, money supply, credit, and federal finances.
• Historical Statistics of the United States from Colonial Times to 1970 Ref Desk HA 202. H57 198
  Includes the following data: population, labor, vital statistics, migration, prices, national income and wealth, consumer income and expenditures, and various social statistics.
• International Historical Statistics: The Americas 1750 - 1993 Ref HA 175.M52
  Extensive data sets on countries in the Americas. We also have volumes covering Africa, Asia and Oceania, Statistical Abstracts on China and other areas.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  At the Reference Desk or online. Includes population, health and medical care, education, environment, and income/wealth information.

Databases

To find academic articles, citations to books, articles, dissertations, and theses, check the following databases:

• Business Source Complete
  Citations, abstracts and full text access to periodicals.
• EconLit*
  Citations to, and selected abstracts of, the field of economics from international journal articles, dissertations, and books, books chapters and articles and conference proceedings.
• JSTOR
  Find a wealth of full-text articles stored here.
• LexisNexis*
  Includes full-text of state and federal court cases, as well as legal news and analysis.
• Legal Trac*
  LegalTrac contains Case Studies, Government Regulations, Practice of Law, Statutes, Taxation and International Law. It can be used to access all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals.
• ProQuest*
  Provides citations and full text access to periodicals. While there is some overlap between Business Source Complete and ProQuest, each cites enough unique holdings to warrant searching each of them.
• Social Sciences Citation Index*
  Indexes over 1,700 journals in the social sciences. Useful for searching for articles that cite a known author or work. Citation searching also allows you to use a given work as a subject term in order to identify more recent articles about the same topic.

Demographics

• American FactFinder
  Find census data by state, county or metro area for population, income, education and more. You can download the tables into Excel. Main>Data Sets>Detailed Tables>Geography.
• American Religion Data Archive
  Contains demographic data on religious affiliation by state, county and metro area.
• Black Americans: a statistical sourcebook Ref.E185.6 .B63 2002
• Census Bureau
  Includes data on income, poverty, housing, population, and industry statistics.
• Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States: 1850-1990
  has immigration data.
• County and City Data Book 2000
  (From the University of Virginia) allows you to select counties and variables, with an output that you can use in Excel. Want the official Census version of the County and City Data Book? It's also in print in Government Documents
  C3:134/2 C83/2
• CensusScope
  provides easy access to graphic presentation of census data.
• Historical Statistics of the United States from Colonial Times to 1970 Ref Desk HA 202. H57 1989
  Includes the following data: population, labor, vital statistics, migration, prices, national income and wealth, consumer income and expenditures, and various social statistics
• GenderStats
  A database of gender statistics from the World Bank.
• International Data Base
  A computerized database "containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world." Combines data from country sources (especially censuses and surveys) with IPC's estimates and projections to provide information dating back as far as 1950 and as far ahead as 2050 (the amount of information available for each country may vary.) Includes data such as: population, vital statistics, migration, fertility, literacy, ethnicity, religion, languages, and labor force.
• LexisNexis Statistical*
  Includes the American Statistical Index and full-text of selected government publications, including Statistical Abstract of the United States.
• MapStats: United States
  Statistical profiles of States, counties, Congressional Districts, and Federal judicial districts.
• North Carolina Statistics
  From the NC Dept of Commerce comes this collection of state-wide statistics.
• Social and Economic Characteristics Gov Doc C3.223/7
  Produced by the Census Department, this is released every 10 years and has separate volumes for each state. Within the volumes, data is provided for each county.
• United Nations Databases
  Provides databases covering population, social indicators and other data.
• WorldBank
  Provides information on health, education, the environment, private sector development, poverty, urban development, gender, and economic reform issues. Includes factual data on the countries that are assisted by the World Bank. Of particular usefulness is the searchable WDS database of the 6,000 plus World Bank publications, select full-text reports, and learning resources for teachers and students.

Wealth/Income Distribution

• Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA)
  Includes the State of the States, an index of "Progressive indicators concerning: Civic Participation, Health, Population, Welfare and Women."
• Economy at a Glance
  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Includes Consumer Price Index, Unemployment Rate, Producer Price Index, Employmnet Cost Index, and Productivity.
• Executive Paywatch
  From the AFL CIO. Gives the salaries and perks of top Chief Executive Officers. Users can determine the length of time to earn a given salary compared to their current salaries. For another look at this same data, try ExecuComp, in Market Insight.
• Income Inequality/Pulling Apart
  Analyzed by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Includes data by state.
• Institute for Research on Poverty
  This non-profit center researchs "the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States."
• National Economic Trends
  From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
• Richest People (Forbes)
  Richest people in United States searchable by worth, state, age, industry, and marital status Richest people in the world searchable by name, country, and worth.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  At the Reference Desk or online.
• STAT-USA*
  Current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data. Includes Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, housing stats, Employment Cost Index, monetary statistics, Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions (Beige Book) -- all under State of the Nation.
• State Per Capita Personal Income
  New data is released annually.
• The Economic Policy Institute
  reports data on a wide variety of topics ranging from labor markets to education and employment. In particular, see their report on the State of Working America and their report on Poverty and Family Budgets.

Immigration

• Annual Report of Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service) Microform Department J21.1
  Available from 1955-1982. This was superseded by the Statistical Yearbook of Immigration, from 1978-1993 (J21.2/10 in Microform). Current reports (1996-present) are at the CIS website.
• Demographic Trends
• Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States: 1850-1990
  From the Census Bureau.
• Office of Immigration Statistics
  "Provides immigration statistics from 1994, as well as state estimates of the United States' illegal alien resident and foreign-born populations." American laws about immigration are gathered at a site from Indiana University.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  At the Reference Desk or online.

Company Information

• ACLU
  Includes links on disability rights, immigrant rights, gay and lesbian rights, racial equality, and womens rights.
• Corp Ethics
  An electronic discussion list for corporate ethical and unethical behavior debates. List members share stories about the corporate decisions that affect people, nations, and the environment in order to develop a new code of ethics. A complete searchable archive is available online. To subscribe, email: corp-ethics-subscribe@egroups.com. Do not type anything into the subject line or body of the message.
• BigCharts
  Use for historic stock prices.
• DiversityInc.
  An online publication devoted to covering diversity in the workplace.
• Diversity Database
  From the University of Maryland, the database is "comprehensive index of multicultural and diversity resources."
• Diversity Statistics
• Employmentlawcentral
  "Organizing and disseminating the emerging employment law."
• Fortune Magazine
  Fortune lists best companies to work for..
• GenderPac
  Includes data on employment discrimination, news, hate crimes, and more.
• Hoover's Online
  Provides basic company information and financial data.
• HRC WorkNet Employer Database
  See how employers rate on policies for gay and lesbian workers.
• Thomson One Banker*
  Provides financial information on companies in the United States and abroad. Provides ratio analysis, annual reports, and stock information.
• NetAdvantage
  Provides company reports with associated stock and analysts' reports. Also contains industry reports.
• Yahoo! Finance
  Provides stock price charts and company information.

Need Help?

Not sure where to start? Try Statistical Abstracts. Still not satisfied?

Here are some general web sites:

• Fedstats
  Not sure where to look? The federal government is a great source for statistical data and the "Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use".
• USA.gov
  "One-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources."
• EconoMagic
  Like FedStats, this site indexes other statistical sites.
• State Data Centers
  "The SDCs are official sources of demographic, economic, and social statistics produced by the Census Bureau." A good way to find out what state level data exists.

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