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Open Access FedStats

Description

A one-stop shopping mall for statistics published by the federal government. FedStats covers agencies whose statistical activities are at least $500,000 annually. Separate sections include:

  • Topic Links A-Z: A list of hundreds of topics.
  • MapStats: Provides socioeconomic profiles of states and counties.
  • Agencies Listed Alphabetically and Agencies by Subjects: Both summarize key statistics and offer contact information.
  • Data Access Tools: Links to selective databases.
  • Press Releases.
  • Kids' Pages.

FedStats also includes a search engine, but it is not a very good one. Use LexisNexis Statistical for better indexing.

Dates Covered

Varies depending upon topics.

Print Counterpart

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present. Millennial ed. (Cambridge University Press)
Lockwood Reference HA202 .H57 2006 volumes 1-5

New York State Statistical Yearbook (New York State Division of the Budget, Office of Statistical Coordination)
Lockwood Reference HA541 .A27 (1967+ with gaps)
Lockwood Documents NY BUD 955-3 NEWYS (1968+ with gaps)
Architecture/Planning Library HA541 .A27 (2002+)

Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
HA 202 year
Architecture/ Planning Library (2000+ with gaps)
Lockwood Library (1878+ with gaps)
Lockwood Reference (1946+ with gaps)
Lockwood Documents (1957+ with gaps)

Related Databases

· Data on the Net (University of California. San Diego)
http://3stages.org/idata/

FirstGov Data and Statistics – General Reference Resources (U.S. General Services Administration)
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Data.shtml

Guides to Suggested Data Sources (University at Buffalo. Arts and Sciences Libraries)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/busdoc/statistics_sources.html#2

Historical Statistics (Cambridge University Press)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/Hist_Stats.html

LexisNexis Statistical (LexisNexis)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/statuniv.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/stat_abstracts.html

Subjects Index (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
http://www.census.gov/main/www/subjects.html

United Nations Common Databas e (United Nations)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/UNSTATS.html

Access Notes

This database is freely available to the general public via the Internet.

Contact

Edward Herman