Statistical Information Research Guide

Statistical Abstracts is one of the premier starting points for obtaining or discovering statistical information. It contains United States information primarily, but does include some international statistics as well.

Links to .pdf versions of each issue of Statistical Abstract, including the "Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970".

Internet Public Library pathfinder

'The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.'

'This page is meant to be a comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time series data useful for economic research, in particular economic forecasting.'

'DISC's Internet Crossroads contains over 825 annotated links to data-related resources on the Internet. '

'EconData.Net is designed to help practitioners, researchers, students, and other data users quickly gain access to relevant state and substate socioeconomic data.'

Full-text. 'Regularly updated with new articles and revisions to previously published articles ... reference of choice for those working in statistics, probability theory, biostatistics, quality control, and economics with emphasis in applications of statistical methods in sociology, engineering, , computer science, biomedicine, psychology, survey methodology, and a host of other client disciplines.'

Full-text. Provides 'detailed (although not exhaustive) information about each of the many methods that survey methodologists and survey statisticians deploy in order to conduct reliable and valid surveys.'