Facts and Figures

Finding facts & figures about government & the economy

Anne-Marie.Deitering@oregonstate.edu (Anne-Marie Deitering) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:10:40 -0800

U.S. Dept of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/

U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/

for more information about government statistics resources, see the Government Information Guide

Population & Housing

Anne-Marie.Deitering@oregonstate.edu (Anne-Marie Deitering) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:36:01 -0800

U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov

American FactFinder The new Census tool: source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data, from community Fact Sheets to detailed Data Sets.

Population Research Center at Portland State University. http://www.pdx.edu/prc/ Includes the Oregon State Data Center, with detailed population estimates and projections for the state.

Slideshow

Anne-Marie.Deitering@oregonstate.edu (Anne-Marie Deitering) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:14:26 -0800

slideshow "Locating Statistics in Health, Education, and Criminal Justice" created for a Documents Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR) workshop presented November 21, 2008 at George Fox University in Portland, OR. Edited for general use.

Almanacs

Anne-Marie.Deitering@oregonstate.edu (Anne-Marie Deitering) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:39:12 -0700

Chambers Book of Facts.
AG106 .C48 2007

Infoplease.com. http://www.infoplease.com

World Almanac and Book of Facts.
AY67 .N5 W7

Finding facts & figures about social issues

Anne-Marie.Deitering@oregonstate.edu (Anne-Marie Deitering) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:42:03 -0700

Child Trends Databank. http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/
National trends and research on over 80 key indicators of child and youth well-being.

NCES: National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/
Data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. Includes Digest of Educational Statistics.

NCHS: National Center for Health Statistics. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
Monitoring the nation's health; includes Health United States, showing national trends in health and health care.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

A Statistical Portrait Of The United States. Social Conditions And Trends.
HA214 .S73 2002

Public Opinion

Anne-Marie.Deitering@oregonstate.edu (Anne-Marie Deitering) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:10:41 -0700

Gallup Organization. http://www.gallup.com/
Public opinion polls, which provide "measurement and analysis of people's attitudes, opinions, and behavior." Includes a full-text poll archive on various topics.

Gallup Brain (database). Answers to hundreds of thousands of questions, and responses from millions of people interviewed by The Gallup Poll from 1935-2007

Polling Report. http://www.pollingreport.com/
Survey of trends affecting elections, government, and business. Includes Gallup, Harris, Yankelovich, Princeton Survey Research Associates, network news polls, and more. Main categories are Politics and Policy; Business / Economy; American Scene; Insights; and National Barometer; with an extensive table of contents. Searchable.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science datasets, including public opinion polls, for research and instruction.

See Political Science Subject Research Guide for more.

Finding facts & figures in online databases

Anne-Marie.Deitering@oregonstate.edu (Anne-Marie Deitering) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:18:55 -0700

FactSearch, 1984-present.
Index to facts and statistics in congressional hearings, periodicals and newspapers. All topics. Indicates titles available in OSU library.

Europa Online.
Excellent source of information on countries and international organizations. Includes detailed surveys of over 250 countries and territories, including up-to-date statistics, directory information and current analysis.

STAT USA.
Current and historical U.S. business, trade and global economic information, compiled by the federal government.

Social Trends and Indicators, USA.

in-depth statistics on social issues paired with expert analyses.

Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.
Print copy at Ref Desk: HA 202.

Data.Gov A new government statistical Web site that makes available machine-readable data sets generated by the executive branch of the federal government.