Subject Librarian: Janet Crane, jmurphy@uno.edu, 504.280.6548

Electronic Indexes and Databases (Political Science)
http://library.uno.edu/database/political.html

Statistics Index/Database
Lexis Nexis Statistical
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv
This database contains the American Statistical Index from 1973 to the present.

ICPSR
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/access/index.html
ICPSR supplies data for use in statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata.
Browse list of topics found in ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/access/subject.html

Who has cited whom?
Social Science Citation Index
http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?SID=H1kG6aGjNl44dI7IdHe
Truncation and Wildcards (internal truncation) of note:

• The asterisk (*) represents zero to multiple characters. It is placed at the end of the word and must be preceded by at least 3 characters. It's the wildcard you'll use most often.
• The question mark (?) stands for one character.
• The dollar sign ($) is useful for finding both the British and American spellings of the same word. The dollar sign stands for one character or no characters.

When the UNO Library doesn't have a title that you need.
WorldCat
Search for materials that are not owned by UNO. Use Interlibrary Loan to request this material. ILLIAD (interlibrary loan) http://library.uno.edu/services/interlibrary.html

Print Indexes

• American Statistics Index (HA214 .A57 INDEX)
  Coverage: 1974 – 1998
• Index to International Statistics (HA154 .I45 INDEX)
  Coverage: 1983 – 1992
• Statistical Reference Index (HA214 .S9 INDEX)
  Coverage: 1980 – 1998
  Statistical guide to American statistical publications from private organizations and state government sources.

Print Resources

• Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology: a Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences (HA17 .V64 REFERENCE)
  Publication date: 1999
• State and Local Statistics Sources (HA203 .S7 REFERENCE)
  Publication date: 1990/91
• Statistics Sources (HA29 .Z99 S84 REFERENCE)
  Publication date: 1980

Internet Resources
Information Gateways

• FedStats – gateway to statistics accumulated by U.S. government agencies.
  Various agencies and information is available.
  http://www.fedstats.gov/
• GPO Access
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
• Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association
  http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf/statistics.html

Subject Specific Statistics

Crime

• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
  http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
  The NACJD was founded in 1978. This data is freely available to the public. It is provided through the ICPSR database.
• Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
  http://fjsrc.urban.org/index.cfm
• Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics (1993 to 2001)
  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cfjs

Population

• American FactFinder – census data from the 1990 and 2000 decennial census
  http://factfinder.census.gov
• U.S. Historical Census Browser - census data from 1790-1960
  http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
• U.S. Census Bureau Access Tools
  http://www.census.gov/main/www/access.html

International Statistics Sources

• From the U.S. Census Bureau
  http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
• From the University of Michigan – Statistical Resources on the web Foreign Data Sources
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stforeig.html
• Eurostat
  http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-catalogue/EN?catalogue=Eurostat
• United Nations
  http://www.un.org/
• Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) – multiple statistical databases
  http://www.fao.org/waicent/portal/statistics_en.asp
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/0,2639,en_2825_293564_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Depository Libraries for Government Information (short list of Louisiana libraries and year of designation)
UNO – Federal 1964, State 1959, European Union 1973
LSU, Baton Rouge – Federal 1907, United Nations collection 1947 (non-depository)
Tulane – Federal 1884, State 1948 (Many of Tulane's depository materials were destroyed in the post-Katrina flooding)
New Orleans Public Library – Federal 1883, State 1948 (collection older than depository status),
City 1948 (collection older than depository status)

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