General & Multidisciplinary Resource Guides — General/Multidisciplinary
Statistics and Data
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Subject Specific Databases
- Agricultural Statistics Data Base - Quick Stats (http://www.nass.usda.gov/Data_and_Statistics/Quick_Stats/index.asp)
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service "Quick Stats" statistics database. Select U.S., state, or county data for crops, livestock and other agricultural commodities. Query database by geographic area, search by commodity, or view data in charts or maps. Data sets include Census of Agriculture.
- American Factfinder (http://factfinder.census.gov/)
- American Factfinder is the Census Bureau's data access point. It provides tools to look up, view and deliver data, reports, tables, maps and fact sheets on United States population, economy and industry statistics. Large and small scale geographies, eg., states, counties, places, census tracts and blocks can be searched. Data sets are from the Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Annual Population Estimates, Economic Census, and annual economic surveys. All data sets and statistics may be freely downloaded or viewed online.
- Coverage: Data sets are current and include 2000 Census and some 1990 Census data and American Community Survey data.
- Location: Contact Government Information Specialists: Marcia Meister, mlmeister@ucdavis.edu or Juri Stratford, jtstratford@ucdavis.edu, in Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Services for assistance with census data.
- Related:
- Tools and Reference Shelf (http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_pageId=gn8_refshelf&_submenuId=tools_2)
links to user guides, Census publications, Map resources, and other statistics resources.
- Contact Government Information Specialists
Marcia Meister (mlmeister@ucdavis.edu) or Juri Stratford, (jtstratford@ucdavis.edu) in Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Services for assistance with census data.
- Bigcharts (http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/)
- Bigcharts.com offers stock price information from 1970 to the present, including interactive charting functionality. Covers the major American market indexes.
- Coverage: 1970-present
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S.) (http://www.bea.gov/)
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency withing the U.S. Department of Commerce produces economic statistics about major functions of the U.S. economy. National Income and Product accounts, GDP, personal income and outlays, and regional economic indicators are the major data sets produced by BEA.
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- Bureau of Justice Statistics (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/)
- Provides access to statistics for a variety of U.S. Department of Justice reports and documents as well as some international statistics on crime and criminal justice. Link to data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports and download data series. Includes surveys of DNA Crime Laboratories.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Data (http://www.bls.gov/data/)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data access point. Labor statistics include prices, inflation, employment, consumer price indices data and tables.
- California LaborMarketInfo (http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/aspdotnet/databrowsing/empMain.aspx?menuChoice=emp)
- The State of California's Employment Development Department offers a link to InfoUSA's employer directory for the state as part of its Data Library. This database can be searched by keyword, NAICS code, county, or industry.
- California Spatial Information Library (CASIL) (http://casil.ucdavis.edu/pages/data.html)
- This state government site allows you to download free frequently used datasets for California, including vector data, DRGs, DOQQs, and other image data.
- CDC Wonder (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Public Health (http://wonder.cdc.gov/welcome.html)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wonder provides a single pont of access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data. Drill down by topic, browse a-z list, or search by keyword to find statistics and data.
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- Counting California [via California Digitial Library]
- Counting California was retired in June 2008. For similar tools, try Rand California, American Factfinder.
- Data - State of California (http://www.ca.gov/data/)
- Provides access to raw State data files. Includes links to numeric and geographic data covering a variety of topics including demography, health statistics, state contracts, traffic records.
- Economic Data: FRED (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/)
- Federal Researve Economic Data (FRED) from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The database contains over 13,000 U.S. economic time series. With FRED® you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.
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- Energy Information Administration (http://www.eia.doe.gov/)
- Official energy statistics from the U.S. government. The EIA, within the Department of Energy, provides data on all energy resources and related topics - petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear, renewable and alternative fuels. EIA also compiles information on international energy resources, provides forecasts and analyses, state and U.S. historical data, energy uses, greenhouse gases, and more energy-related data. Gasoline and diesel fuel prices are tracked weekly.
- Eurostat (http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat)
- Eurostat is the statistical agency for the European Union. The site provides access to data (monthly, quarterly, and annual data) from 1960 onwards. Topics include: general statistics, regional statistics, economy and finance, agriculture and fisheries, environment and energy, population and social conditions, services and transport and intra- extra- EU trade statistics. Coverage is Europe.
- FAOSTAT (http://faostat.fao.org/)
- Multilingual statistical databases provided by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Topics include food and agricultural production and trade, fisheries, land use and irrigation, fertilizers and more. The comprehensive databases cover many countries over long periods of time. The data are accessed through the public site which limits the number of records to be downloaded per query to 4,000. Contact the Shields Library Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Department (hssref@lib.ucdavis.edu) or the Agricultural and Resource Economics Library (bhegenbart@ucdavis.edu) for more information.
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- FAOSTAT "Classic" (http://faostat.fao.org/default.aspx?alias=faostatclassic)
See also FAOSTAT "Classic" for historic thematic time series statistics.
- FAS Foreign Agricultural Service USDA (http://www.fas.usda.gov)
- The website of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides access to statistics on trade, various reports on agricultural commodities and data, agriculture in other countries, information on federal export programs and to the magazine AgExporter.
- FedStats (http://www.fedstats.gov/)
- FedStats is a gateway to statistics from over 100 United States Federal government agencies. Link directly to statistical data from agencies, for example, the Census Bureau, and the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Access statistics by topics or subjects like crime, education, etc. Search across Federal government agencies using words or phrases to find agencies with statistics. Data sets vary by agency and format.
- FRASER: Federal Research Archival System for Economic Research (http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/)
- Scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents. A project of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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- geodata.gov (http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos)
- Search for GIS Data or create a map using the online viewer. Geodata.gov is part of the Geospatial One-Stop E-Gov initiative providing access to geospatial data and information. (alt: geodata gov)
- Geospatial Data Clearinghouse - National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) (http://clearinghouse1.fgdc.gov/)
- Primarily US, but includes International Data. The Clearinghouse functions as a detailed GIS data catalog service with links to spatial data and browse graphics. Contibutors to the Clearinghouse include federal, state, university, and vendors in the US and abroad.
- Global Geo Data Portal (http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/)
- The Geo Data Portalis ponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme and is an authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP. The online database holds more than 450 different variables covering themes like freshwater, population, forests, emissions, climate, disasters, health, and GDP. They can be displayed as maps, graphs or data tables.
- Historical Census Browser (http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/)
- This site allows users to examine, manipulate and map data from the U.S. Censuses from 1790-1960. It is a powerful and easy-to-use resource produced by the Geospatial and Statistical Data Center at the University of Virginia Library
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Earliest Times to the Present, Millennial Edition [via Cambridge University Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/108043) VPN
- Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS) is the long-awaited 4th edition of the landmark government reference tool, last published in 1975. This expanded digital edition (available also as a five-volume print edition) updates and expands the original tables and introduces dozens of new topics. HSUS was culled from more than 1,000 sources to produce nearly 2,000 tables containing some 37,000 time series covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: agriculture, population, the economy, government, welfare and work. Some data from the 1975 edition have been extensively revised, and data determined to be unreliable or inaccurate have not been included. Each series is fully documented and placed in historical context by a scholar in the field. Tables can be downloaded and viewed, as well as graphed and merged into custom tables.
- Related:
- 5-volume print edition of Historical Statistics of the United States is available in Shields Library Gov Info Reference and H/SS Reference (HA202 .H57) and the Agricultural and Resource Economics Library (HA202 .H57 2006)
- ICPSR Social Science Data Holdings (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/access/search-advanced.html) VPN
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. ICPSR acquires, preserves, and distributes original research data. This site links to training and curricular material, and a database which provides access to publications based on ICPSR data holdings (see More Info.)
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- Immigration Statistics - Data and Statistics from the Department of Homeland Security (http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/data)
- Statistical data from the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, profiles on legal permanent residents, and on naturalized citizens, mapping information available in pdf as well as downloadable data formats. Statistics include numbers of immigratants, status, country of origin, etc. Data available from 2004, with archived information from the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics back to 1996.
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- Liber8: an economic information portal for librarians and students (Federal Reserve data) (http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/)
- Liber8 is an economic information portal from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the 8th District of the Federal Reserve. It provides a single point of access to economic data, statistics and information from the Federal Reserve system, other government agencies and data providers. Links are provided to FRED, the Federal Reserves Economic Data, with U.S. economic time series data; and FRASER, the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research, with scanned images of historical statistical data publications.
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- National Center for Education Statistics (http://nces.ed.gov/)
- U.S. Department of Education site for educational statistics. Link to data tools, tables and figures, fast facts, publications and more from NCES home page. Data includes school district data, educational assessment, and public library data.
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- National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/)
- National Center for Health Statistics data center. Data by topics, eg., births, deaths, disease. Links to CDC Data Warehouse for access to health statistics and data including vital statistics, detailed data sets, and survey data.
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- OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web (http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/)
- OFFSTATS provides links to free official statistical data sites from around the world. Find statistics by country, regional or topic. Links are to official statistical agencies in countries, international organizations, and other organizations.
OFFSTATS is sponsored by the University of Auckland Library.
- Penn World Table (http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php)
- The Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 188 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2004. The data in PWT displays a set of national accounts economic time series for the countries covered. Penn World Table is a project of the Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices
at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Population Reference Bureau PBR (http://www.prb.org/)
- The Population Reference Bureau website provides global population handbooks, serials, and reference publications, as well as data analysis tools for understanding and communicating population and health trends.
- Coverage: Contemporary
- RAND California (http://uclibs.org/PID/113693) VPN
- Rand California (sponsored by the think-tank, RAND) focuses on California and U.S. public policy with an emphasis on statistics. It contains nearly 100 statistical databases, ranging from employment to social security payments to SAT scores. Much of the data is available at the national, state, county, city, and zip code levels. It also features a searchable index of publications from leading California public policy and research institutions.
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/) VPN
- The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion.
Producer: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Access: Search Roper's Remote iPoll Databank, Search Roper's Remote Online Catalog of Studies
The data collections provided by the IGA Library & Data Archive are licensed for campus access. In some cases, access is restricted to UC Davis faculty, staff, and students with valid university computing accounts (UC Davis user id / Kerberos password). In other cases, access is restricted to the campus network. Data are made available with the understanding that they are to be used for not-for-profit academic research only and are not to be copied or otherwise made available to any third party. All data used for research should be given an appropriate citation in any resulting published work.
- SourceOECD (http://new.sourceoecd.org) VPN
- Access to the full text of all publications of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), including the ability to view and download OECD statistical data. Multidisciplinary in subject coverage, includes monographs, periodicals, statistics and databases. No login required.
- Coverage: 1998-present, plus retrospective statistical data
- Related:
- For assistance in using SourceOECD statistical databases, contact Juri Stratford in Government Information.
- STAT-USA/Internet (http://stat-usa.gov)
- U.S. Department of Commerce site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative economic, trade, and marketing information from the Federal government. STAT-USA provides current statistics, data, and recent economic indicators as well as full-text guides to doing business in foreign countries.
NOTE: STAT-USA access is by password only. Inquire at Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Services, or contact Marcia Meister, mlmeister@ucdavis.edu, or Juri Stratford, jtstratford@ucdavis.edu
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- STATSnetBASE (http://uclibs.org/PID/9551) VPN
- Full-text searchable database collection of over 75 statistics handbooks, textbooks and manuals covering environmental statistics, introductory statistics, probability theory & applications, reference statistics, SPC/reliability/quality control, statistical theory & methods, statistics & computing, biological sciences, business & finance, engineering & physical science, medicine & health science.
- TranStats: The Intermodal Transportation Database (http://www.transtats.bts.gov/)
- A website for transportation researchers and analysts, aimed at providing a broad collection of intermodal transportation data collected by various agencies within the U.S. Department of Transportation or by other federal agencies.
- UC StatFinder: Undergraduate Admissions and Enrollment Data (http://statfinder.ucop.edu/)
- This website provides public access to detailed data on undergraduate admissions and enrollment at the University of California. The Tables Library presents the most frequently requested information in static tables. Use the StatFinder table generator to create custom data. 1994—2006 will be posted to the site by January 2008.
- Coverage: Fall 1995, Fall 2000, Fall 2005
- Uniform Crime Reports (http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm)
- FBI Webpage providing links to PDFs reports such as: Crime in the United States; Hate Crime Statistics; and the National Incident-Based Reporting System.
- USA Trade Online
- Database of U.S. Merchandise Trade data with U.S. export and import information and statistics on more than 18,000 commodities. To access the USA Trade online database at http://www.usatradeonline.gov/ via UCD's Federal Depository Library password, contact the Government Information Librarians in Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Services.
- USDA Nutrient Database (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/)
- Search the USDA Nutrient Database and other data sets on food composition prepared by USDA-ARS's Nutrient Data Laboratory.
- World Almanac [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=worldalmanac) VPN
- Includes the contents of: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, the World Almanac of the U.S.A.; the World Almanac of U.S. Politics; the World Almanac for Kids, and Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.
- World Development Indicators (WDI) (http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMembers&userid=1&queryId=6) VPN
- The WDI database of development data from the World Bank contains over 600 time-series indicators for 208 countries and 18 country groups. Data covers 1960 to current (when available), and offers charting and data export formats. Indicators include statistics on national and per capita income, trade, health, environment, and other measures of development.
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- Data Query (http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMembers&userid=1&queryId=135)
The World Bank also maintains a free site, Data Query, which offers a smaller set of WDI indicators and five years of data, but uses a similar data retrieval system as WDI Online.
General Databases
- Data.gov (http://www.data.gov/catalog)
- Data.gov provides public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Data.gov has descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets. The data catalogs will continue to grow as datasets are added. Federal, Executive Branch data are included in the first version of Data.gov.
Full-text Resources
- National Historical Geographic Information System (http://www.nhgis.org/)
- The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) is a project to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all available aggregate census information for the United States between 1790 and 2000. Census Tract Shapefiles are available for select areas for the 1940 - 1990 census.
The NHGIS consists of three major components:
1)Collect and enrich historical and contemporary U.S. Census summary data; 2)Incorporate these data into a Geographic Information Systems framework; 3) Create a web-based system for access to both census data and the metadata.
Free access, but requires you to register and login to use.
- Coverage: 1790 - 2000
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
- Company Financial Data [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/business-econ/financial-data.php)
- California Data and Statistics [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/state/statistics.php)
- Guide to statistics and data by and about the state of California. Links include official California government agency resources, including Department of Finance, California Department of Education, California budget and more.
- Demography Resource Guide [UCD Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=119)
- This Demography Resource Guide contains lists and links to statistical sources, research centers, databases and journals in demography and poulation studies. Includes a list of imporatant print references sources for the field and a link to important internet resources.
- Economic Statistics and Indicators [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/guides/economic.php)
- Links to many online resources for finding U.S., California, and international economic data and indicators.
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/mapcollection/gis.php)
- Home page describing the UC Davis Library's GIS resources and reference services.
- Guide to Government Statistics and Data Resources Online [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/guides/statistics.php)
- A Guide to government statistics and data resources online, including links to Census, agriculture, economic and other statistical data from Federal, California and international organizations.
- International Foreign Trade: Data and Reference Guides [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/guides/trade-world.php)
- Guide to sources for information and statistical data on international trade. Resources include statistics from international organization electronic and print sources.
- Market Research Information [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/business-econ/market-research.php)
- Recommends resources for finding data about customers, competitors, and the state of the industry.
- United States Foreign Trade: Data and Reference Guide [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/guides/trade-us.php)
- Suggested resources for finding information on United States foreign trade statistics in electronic and print format. Most links are to Federal government data sources.
- Websites for Digital GIS Data [Stanford University] (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/gis/web.html)
- An list of links to sources for local, state, federal, and international GIS data provided by Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections.
