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ALMANACS

Computer Almanac <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bam/www/numbers.html> : Statistical information relevant to computers and computing. Information on speed, injuries, crime, internet, etc.
SUBJECTS: ALMANACS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS

Economic and Financial Data on Japan <http://www.stat.go.jp/english/19.htm> : Daily updated statistical economic and finanical information on Japan
SUBJECTS: BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | REGIONAL: ASIA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


International Energy Agency: Selected Statistics <http://www.iea.org/statist/index.htm> : World statistics on energy, oil and gas compiled by the International Energy Agency
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | INDUSTRY SPECIFIC


Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor <http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb/> : Provides statistical information and news on women in the workforce in the US
SUBJECTS: CAREERS EMPLOYMENT RESUMES and JOBS | BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


BUSINESS, GENERAL

Business Statistics & Studies on E-commerce <http://www.becrc.org/ec/marketing/stats.html> : Business Statistics & Studies on E-commerce page provides links to extensive research, news, and reporting on e-commerce and Internet business activities within business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales. This page is offered courtesy of the ECRC, Bremerton, WA. The ECRC Website is a clearinghouse and jumpstation for electronic commerce information and resources.
SUBJECTS: E-COMMERCE | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS, GENERAL


FreeLunch / Free Lunch <http://www.economy.com/freelunch/default.asp> : A specialized search directory which organizes information on national and regional economies, industries, financial markets, and demographics, with over 1,000,000 time series available for download.. Free, but registration is required.
SUBJECTS: BUSINESS, GENERAL | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | FINANCE | ECONOMICS


Superstar Investor <http://www.superstarinvestor.com/> : Superstar Investor provides descriptive summaries and more than 21,000 links to investment sites on the Internet. These include: Bloomberg.com, Briefing.com, CBS MarketWatch, CNNfn, The Motley Fool, MSN MoneyCentral Investor, Quicken.com, Silicon Investor, SmartMoney.com, TheStreet.com, Wall Street City and Yahoo! Finance. Superstar Investor also provides access to business and financial news, online broker ratings, interactive charts, company directories, mutual funds, U.S. and international stock indexes, technical analysis, portfolio tracking, stock and fund screens, an Internet IPO directory, earnings release and stock split calendars, market movers, Internet and technology stock reports, insider trading data, option chains, analyst ratings, 52-week highs and lows, historical quotes, short interest ratios, magazines and newsletters, annual reports and EDGAR filings, investor education centers, message boards and other investment-related topics. Superstar offers links to fund family Web sites, brokerage firms, investment publications, daily market commentaries, stock picks, screening tools and technical analysis.
SUBJECTS: STOCK MARKETS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS, GENERAL


CALCULATORS

Bank of Canada. Inflation Calculator <http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/english/inflation_calc.htm> : The Inflation Calculator uses monthly consumer price index (CPI) data from 1914 to the present to show changes in the cost of a fixed "basket" of consumer purchases. These include food, shelter, furniture, clothing, transportation, and recreation. An increase in this cost is known as inflation. The calculator's results are based on the most current month for which the CPI data are available. This will normally be two months prior to the present month.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CALCULATORS


Cost of Living Calculator <http://www.NewsEngin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/> : This calculator computes cost of living changes from 1913 to the present based on the US CPI. It uses the historical Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (CPI-U) to convert dollar values between different years. This allows a comparison of the real buying power of historical dollar amounts, adjusted for inflation
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CALCULATORS


Inflation Calculator <http://www.westegg.com/inflation/> :
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CALCULATORS


Inflation Calculators <http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflate.html> : Calculators include: Consumer Price Index (CPI) Inflation Calculator | Employment Cost Index (ECI) Inflation Calculator | GDP Deflator Inflation Calculator | International Price Index (IPI) Inflation Calculator | Producer Price Index (PPI) Inflation Calculator
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CALCULATORS


Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations <http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html> : The web pages listed here comprise a powerful, conveniently-accessible, and FREE multi-platform statistical software package. There are also links to online statistics books, tutorials, downloadable software, and related resources. Includes: Calculators, Plotters, Function Integrators, Probability Distribution Functions: Tables, Graphs, Random Number Generators, Descriptive Statistics, Histograms, Charts, Contingency Tables, Cross-tabs, Chi-Square Tests, Regression, Correlation, Least Squares Curve-fitting, Non-parametric Correlation, Bayesian Methods, etc.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA | CALCULATORS


CANADA

GD Sourcing / GDSourcing <http://www.gdsourcing.com> : This is a s a reference point for Canadian statistics. This site will help you to locate FREE data on-line and assist Canadian entrepreneurs is assessing their market potential, competition, and industry performance.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CANADA


Statistics Canada Daily News <http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/today/daily.htm> : Includes latest release of Consumer Price Index (CPI), Labour Force Survey (LFS), and monthly and quarterly economic indicators
SUBJECTS: CANADA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


CAREERS EMPLOYMENT RESUMES and JOBS

Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor <http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb/> : Provides statistical information and news on women in the workforce in the US
SUBJECTS: CAREERS EMPLOYMENT RESUMES and JOBS | BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


COUNTRY REPORTS and TRAVEL GUIDES

Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site <http://www.stern.nyu.edu/globalmacro/> : This site from the Stern School of Business, New York University is a comprehensive guide to the subject of macroeconomics. It offers readings about the Asian crisis, international currency systems, financial sector issues, country specific economic analysis, insight into exchange rates, current policy topics, recent academic research, data, stock markets, country risk services, and web links to macroeconomic sites..
SUBJECTS: ECONOMICS | COUNTRY REPORTS and TRAVEL GUIDES | STOCK MARKETS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


InfoNation <http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm> : InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
SUBJECTS: COUNTRY REPORTS and TRAVEL GUIDES | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


E-COMMERCE

Business Statistics & Studies on E-commerce <http://www.becrc.org/ec/marketing/stats.html> : Business Statistics & Studies on E-commerce page provides links to extensive research, news, and reporting on e-commerce and Internet business activities within business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales. This page is offered courtesy of the ECRC, Bremerton, WA. The ECRC Website is a clearinghouse and jumpstation for electronic commerce information and resources.
SUBJECTS: E-COMMERCE | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS, GENERAL


ECONOMICS

Economagic <http://www.economagic.com/> : Excellent source for historical financial and labour statistics. 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. At this time, there are more than 100,000 time series for which data and custom charts can be retrieved. Though the greatest utility of this site is the vast number of economic time series, and the easily modified charts of that same data, an overlooked facility of great utility is the availability of Excel files for all series. There is a nominal subscription fee for advanced features.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | FINANCE | ECONOMICS


FreeLunch / Free Lunch <http://www.economy.com/freelunch/default.asp> : A specialized search directory which organizes information on national and regional economies, industries, financial markets, and demographics, with over 1,000,000 time series available for download.. Free, but registration is required.
SUBJECTS: BUSINESS, GENERAL | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | FINANCE | ECONOMICS


Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site <http://www.stern.nyu.edu/globalmacro/> : This site from the Stern School of Business, New York University is a comprehensive guide to the subject of macroeconomics. It offers readings about the Asian crisis, international currency systems, financial sector issues, country specific economic analysis, insight into exchange rates, current policy topics, recent academic research, data, stock markets, country risk services, and web links to macroeconomic sites..
SUBJECTS: ECONOMICS | COUNTRY REPORTS and TRAVEL GUIDES | STOCK MARKETS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


World Bank Research <http://econ.worldbank.org/> : A searchable compilation of Reports, Working Papers, Abstracts of Current Studies, Evaluations of Research Projects. Topics include World Development Reports, Land Use Policy, Global Commodity Markets, Global Economi Prospects, etc.
SUBJECTS: ECONOMICS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | WORLD NEWS | SOCIAL SCIENCE


EDUCATION and LEARNING

Encyclopedia of Ed Stats. <http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/> : he Encyclopedia of ED Stats brings together data from several NCES sources including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics, (click here for 2010 edition). You will be able to find information in these compendiums by searching documents through their table of contents, by subject area, and through full text and table title word searches.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | EDUCATION and LEARNING


ENGINEERING

Engineering Statistics Handbook <http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/> : The goal of this handbook is to help scientists and engineers encorporate statistical methods into their work as efficiently as possible
SUBJECTS: ENGINEERING | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


NSF - Division of Science Resource Statistics <http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm> : Provides a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government.
SUBJECTS: SCIENCE | ENGINEERING | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


TranStats <http://www.transtats.bts.gov/> : TranStats is a new website for transportation researchers and analysts, aimed at providing “one stop shopping” for transportation data.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | ENGINEERING


FINANCE

Economagic <http://www.economagic.com/> : Excellent source for historical financial and labour statistics. 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. At this time, there are more than 100,000 time series for which data and custom charts can be retrieved. Though the greatest utility of this site is the vast number of economic time series, and the easily modified charts of that same data, an overlooked facility of great utility is the availability of Excel files for all series. There is a nominal subscription fee for advanced features.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | FINANCE | ECONOMICS


FRED: Federal Reserve Bank Economic Data <http://www.stls.frb.org/fred/> : Database categories include: Data Base Categories | Business / Fiscal Data | Daily/Weekly U.S. Financial Data | Exchange Rate, Balance of Payments and Trade Data | Gross Domestic Product and Components | Monthly Commercial Banking Data | Monthly Consumer Price Indexes | Monthly Employment and Population Data | Monthly Interest Rates | Monthly Monetary Data | Monthly Producer Price Indexes | Regional Data, including Employment and Banking | Statistics | Monthly Reserves Data
SUBJECTS: FINANCE | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


FreeLunch / Free Lunch <http://www.economy.com/freelunch/default.asp> : A specialized search directory which organizes information on national and regional economies, industries, financial markets, and demographics, with over 1,000,000 time series available for download.. Free, but registration is required.
SUBJECTS: BUSINESS, GENERAL | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | FINANCE | ECONOMICS


GENEALOGY

Censusfinder <http://www.censusfinder.com/> : 17,085 links to free census online
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | HISTORY | GENEALOGY


GEOGRAPHY, MAPS and ATLASES

City Populations <http://www.citypopulation.de/> : On these web pages, you'll find statistics and maps about the population of the major agglomerations of the world. For many countries, information about the population of their administrative areas and the principal cities is provided.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | GEOGRAPHY, MAPS and ATLASES


GOVERNMENT

League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents <http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/league/> : Northwestern University Library's digital collection "League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents" contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents. The League existed from 1919 to 1946. Although Russia and the United States refused to join, its members included countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. The documents in this digitized collection focus on three areas: the founding of the League, international statistics published by the League, and the League's work toward international disarmament
SUBJECTS: GOVERNMENT | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


HISTORY

Censusfinder <http://www.censusfinder.com/> : 17,085 links to free census online
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | HISTORY | GENEALOGY


INDUSTRY SPECIFIC

International Energy Agency: Selected Statistics <http://www.iea.org/statist/index.htm> : World statistics on energy, oil and gas compiled by the International Energy Agency
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | INDUSTRY SPECIFIC


INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents <http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/league/> : Northwestern University Library's digital collection "League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents" contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents. The League existed from 1919 to 1946. Although Russia and the United States refused to join, its members included countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. The documents in this digitized collection focus on three areas: the founding of the League, international statistics published by the League, and the League's work toward international disarmament
SUBJECTS: GOVERNMENT | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


INTERNET

InternetStats <http://www.internetstats.com/index.php3> : Looking for statistics. This site offers statstics in the following areas: internet advertising, business, trade, finance, and trends
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | INTERNET


World Wide Web User Statistics <http://www.why-not.com/company/stats.htm> : Various statistics on internet usage. Source links are given
SUBJECTS: INTERNET | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


MARKET RESEARCH

Marketing Online <http://www.marketing.haynet.com/> : A comprehensive U.K. site on market research and product information. Of note is the Features section containing numerous League tables and rankings, including advertising agencies and products by brand name.
SUBJECTS: MARKET RESEARCH | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA

Global Statistics <http://www.xist.org/> : List of all countries in the world with their capitals, surface area and population. The site is divided in several parts. There are parts dealing with the regions of the world and the countries belonging to that region. Then there is a more global part with statistics on every country of the world. And then there is also a part with rankings. The most, largest, longest, wealthiest, etc.
SUBJECTS: REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Guinness World Records <http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/home.asp> : Searchable site for finding recordsfor the oldest, youngest, largest, smallest, etc.
SUBJECTS: REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Statistics of the Day <http://www.msu.edu/user/gribbenm/> : A collection of interesting and important statistical information about the world in which we live. Includes world population statistcs, other statistics of note, and an archive of statistical information.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA


Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations <http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html> : The web pages listed here comprise a powerful, conveniently-accessible, and FREE multi-platform statistical software package. There are also links to online statistics books, tutorials, downloadable software, and related resources. Includes: Calculators, Plotters, Function Integrators, Probability Distribution Functions: Tables, Graphs, Random Number Generators, Descriptive Statistics, Histograms, Charts, Contingency Tables, Cross-tabs, Chi-Square Tests, Regression, Correlation, Least Squares Curve-fitting, Non-parametric Correlation, Bayesian Methods, etc.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA | CALCULATORS


REGIONAL: ASIA

Economic and Financial Data on Japan <http://www.stat.go.jp/english/19.htm> : Daily updated statistical economic and finanical information on Japan
SUBJECTS: BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | REGIONAL: ASIA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


REGIONAL: EUROPE

Federal Statistical Office Germany <http://www.destatis.de/e_home.htm> : Statistical data about Germany including population and employment, housing and building activity, education and culture, social security and health system, prices and earnings, economic development in the overall economy and in the individual sectors of economic activity, imports and exports, environmental protection and state of the environment, public budgets and justice.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: EUROPE


The French National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS) <http://www.cnis.fr> : The CNIS is the co-ordinating body for all government-produced and funded statistics in France
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: EUROPE


REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA

1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Correspondence Tables <http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm> : This web site provides access to all of the major components of the 1997 NAICS Manual: definitions, correspondence tables, and an alphabetic index.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA


NAICS--North American Industry Classification System <http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html> :
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA


North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) <http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/swr/business/naicslin.htm> : Excellent meta guide to resources in the United States, Canada and Mexico to sites related to SICs and NAICS
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA


SIC - Standard Industrial Classification Search <http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html> :
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA


REGIONAL: U.S.

Community Information by Zip Code <http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/zipstats.html> : The site provides links to resources that present statistical demographic information by zip code in the US on a wide range of areas
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: U.S.


SCIENCE

NSF - Division of Science Resource Statistics <http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm> : Provides a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government.
SUBJECTS: SCIENCE | ENGINEERING | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


SMALL BUSINESS

SBA Office of Advocacy <http://www.sba.gov/ADVO/stats/> : Statistical reports for small businesses in the US
SUBJECTS: SMALL BUSINESS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


SOCIAL SCIENCE

World Bank Research <http://econ.worldbank.org/> : A searchable compilation of Reports, Working Papers, Abstracts of Current Studies, Evaluations of Research Projects. Topics include World Development Reports, Land Use Policy, Global Commodity Markets, Global Economi Prospects, etc.
SUBJECTS: ECONOMICS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | WORLD NEWS | SOCIAL SCIENCE


STATISTICAL INFORMATION

1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Correspondence Tables <http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm> : This web site provides access to all of the major components of the 1997 NAICS Manual: definitions, correspondence tables, and an alphabetic index.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA


Adherents <http://www.adherents.com/> : Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 45,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


B&E DataLinks: Business and Economics Statistics. American Statistical Association <http://www.econ-datalinks.org/> : B&E DataLinks, a project sponsored by the Business and Economic Statistics (B&E) Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA). This site contains links to data sources of interest to economists and business statisticians. Browse by categories including finance, macroeconomics, and labor and general microeconometrics, or search by keyword.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Bank of Canada. Inflation Calculator <http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/english/inflation_calc.htm> : The Inflation Calculator uses monthly consumer price index (CPI) data from 1914 to the present to show changes in the cost of a fixed "basket" of consumer purchases. These include food, shelter, furniture, clothing, transportation, and recreation. An increase in this cost is known as inflation. The calculator's results are based on the most current month for which the CPI data are available. This will normally be two months prior to the present month.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CALCULATORS


Business Statistics & Studies on E-commerce <http://www.becrc.org/ec/marketing/stats.html> : Business Statistics & Studies on E-commerce page provides links to extensive research, news, and reporting on e-commerce and Internet business activities within business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales. This page is offered courtesy of the ECRC, Bremerton, WA. The ECRC Website is a clearinghouse and jumpstation for electronic commerce information and resources.
SUBJECTS: E-COMMERCE | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS, GENERAL


Censusfinder <http://www.censusfinder.com/> : 17,085 links to free census online
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | HISTORY | GENEALOGY


City Populations <http://www.citypopulation.de/> : On these web pages, you'll find statistics and maps about the population of the major agglomerations of the world. For many countries, information about the population of their administrative areas and the principal cities is provided.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | GEOGRAPHY, MAPS and ATLASES


Community Information by Zip Code <http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/zipstats.html> : The site provides links to resources that present statistical demographic information by zip code in the US on a wide range of areas
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: U.S.


Computer Almanac <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bam/www/numbers.html> : Statistical information relevant to computers and computing. Information on speed, injuries, crime, internet, etc.
SUBJECTS: ALMANACS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Cost of Living Calculator <http://www.NewsEngin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/> : This calculator computes cost of living changes from 1913 to the present based on the US CPI. It uses the historical Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (CPI-U) to convert dollar values between different years. This allows a comparison of the real buying power of historical dollar amounts, adjusted for inflation
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CALCULATORS


Criminal Justice Statistics Centre: Criminal Statistics <http://caag.state.ca.us/cjsc/> : This site contains more than 3400 statistical tables, as well as links to federal, state and local agencies statistics, and links to other statistics services.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Data on the Net <http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata/> : Search or browse collection of 823 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses. University of California, San Diego
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


The Dismal Scientist <http://www.dismal.com/> : Economic data and statistics such as employment figures, GDP, etc. The Dismal Scientist is committed to being the pre-eminent source of free economic research and information accessible via the Internet.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Economagic <http://www.economagic.com/> : Excellent source for historical financial and labour statistics. 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. At this time, there are more than 100,000 time series for which data and custom charts can be retrieved. Though the greatest utility of this site is the vast number of economic time series, and the easily modified charts of that same data, an overlooked facility of great utility is the availability of Excel files for all series. There is a nominal subscription fee for advanced features.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | FINANCE | ECONOMICS


Economic and Financial Data on Japan <http://www.stat.go.jp/english/19.htm> : Daily updated statistical economic and finanical information on Japan
SUBJECTS: BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | REGIONAL: ASIA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Encyclopedia of Ed Stats. <http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/> : he Encyclopedia of ED Stats brings together data from several NCES sources including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics, (click here for 2010 edition). You will be able to find information in these compendiums by searching documents through their table of contents, by subject area, and through full text and table title word searches.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | EDUCATION and LEARNING


Engineering Statistics Handbook <http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/> : The goal of this handbook is to help scientists and engineers encorporate statistical methods into their work as efficiently as possible
SUBJECTS: ENGINEERING | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Federal Statistical Office Germany <http://www.destatis.de/e_home.htm> : Statistical data about Germany including population and employment, housing and building activity, education and culture, social security and health system, prices and earnings, economic development in the overall economy and in the individual sectors of economic activity, imports and exports, environmental protection and state of the environment, public budgets and justice.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: EUROPE


Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics <http://www.fedstats.gov/> : More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


FRED: Federal Reserve Bank Economic Data <http://www.stls.frb.org/fred/> : Database categories include: Data Base Categories | Business / Fiscal Data | Daily/Weekly U.S. Financial Data | Exchange Rate, Balance of Payments and Trade Data | Gross Domestic Product and Components | Monthly Commercial Banking Data | Monthly Consumer Price Indexes | Monthly Employment and Population Data | Monthly Interest Rates | Monthly Monetary Data | Monthly Producer Price Indexes | Regional Data, including Employment and Banking | Statistics | Monthly Reserves Data
SUBJECTS: FINANCE | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


FreeLunch / Free Lunch <http://www.economy.com/freelunch/default.asp> : A specialized search directory which organizes information on national and regional economies, industries, financial markets, and demographics, with over 1,000,000 time series available for download.. Free, but registration is required.
SUBJECTS: BUSINESS, GENERAL | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | FINANCE | ECONOMICS


The French National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS) <http://www.cnis.fr> : The CNIS is the co-ordinating body for all government-produced and funded statistics in France
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: EUROPE


GD Sourcing / GDSourcing <http://www.gdsourcing.com> : This is a s a reference point for Canadian statistics. This site will help you to locate FREE data on-line and assist Canadian entrepreneurs is assessing their market potential, competition, and industry performance.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CANADA


Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site <http://www.stern.nyu.edu/globalmacro/> : This site from the Stern School of Business, New York University is a comprehensive guide to the subject of macroeconomics. It offers readings about the Asian crisis, international currency systems, financial sector issues, country specific economic analysis, insight into exchange rates, current policy topics, recent academic research, data, stock markets, country risk services, and web links to macroeconomic sites..
SUBJECTS: ECONOMICS | COUNTRY REPORTS and TRAVEL GUIDES | STOCK MARKETS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Global Statistics <http://www.xist.org/> : List of all countries in the world with their capitals, surface area and population. The site is divided in several parts. There are parts dealing with the regions of the world and the countries belonging to that region. Then there is a more global part with statistics on every country of the world. And then there is also a part with rankings. The most, largest, longest, wealthiest, etc.
SUBJECTS: REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Global Urban Indicators Database <http://www.urbanobservatory.org/indicators/database/> : The Global Urban Indicators Database provides information on urban population, economics, environment, land use, infrastructure, services, housing and local authorities. It contains more than 20,000 pieces of information on the state of cities world-wide. It includes only city level data and indicators, encompassing a large number of urban development issues with a main focus on the physical conditions of cities.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Guinness World Records <http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/home.asp> : Searchable site for finding recordsfor the oldest, youngest, largest, smallest, etc.
SUBJECTS: REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Inflation Calculator <http://www.westegg.com/inflation/> :
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CALCULATORS


Inflation Calculators <http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflate.html> : Calculators include: Consumer Price Index (CPI) Inflation Calculator | Employment Cost Index (ECI) Inflation Calculator | GDP Deflator Inflation Calculator | International Price Index (IPI) Inflation Calculator | Producer Price Index (PPI) Inflation Calculator
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | CALCULATORS


InfoNation <http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm> : InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
SUBJECTS: COUNTRY REPORTS and TRAVEL GUIDES | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


International Data Base (IDB) <http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html> : The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for all countries of the world.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


International Energy Agency: Selected Statistics <http://www.iea.org/statist/index.htm> : World statistics on energy, oil and gas compiled by the International Energy Agency
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | INDUSTRY SPECIFIC


Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms <http://www.animatedsoftware.com/statglos/statglos.htm> : The dictionary contains a suggested learning order of statistical terms for those unfamiliar with statistical analysis, and with an alphabetical list for those familiar with statistics. The terms are graphically illustrated. These entries are based on the interactive educational program STATISTICS EXPLAINED by Dr. Howard S. Hoffman.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


InternetStats <http://www.internetstats.com/index.php3> : Looking for statistics. This site offers statstics in the following areas: internet advertising, business, trade, finance, and trends
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | INTERNET


League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents <http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/league/> : Northwestern University Library's digital collection "League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents" contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents. The League existed from 1919 to 1946. Although Russia and the United States refused to join, its members included countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. The documents in this digitized collection focus on three areas: the founding of the League, international statistics published by the League, and the League's work toward international disarmament
SUBJECTS: GOVERNMENT | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Marketing Online <http://www.marketing.haynet.com/> : A comprehensive U.K. site on market research and product information. Of note is the Features section containing numerous League tables and rankings, including advertising agencies and products by brand name.
SUBJECTS: MARKET RESEARCH | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Media Awareness Network <http://www.screen.com/mnet/eng/issues/stats/stats.htm> : Statistics on television, video and computer games, the Internet, film and video, and the print media. The emphasis is on Canadian statistics, but American and international figures are also included.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


NAICS--North American Industry Classification System <http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html> :
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA


North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) <http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/swr/business/naicslin.htm> : Excellent meta guide to resources in the United States, Canada and Mexico to sites related to SICs and NAICS
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA


NSF - Division of Science Resource Statistics <http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm> : Provides a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government.
SUBJECTS: SCIENCE | ENGINEERING | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


OECD. Frequently Requested Statistics <http://www.oecd.org/std/fas.htm> : Includes GDP, unemployment rates, leading indicators, etc. for member countries
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Official Statistics on the web <http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm> : A resource for finding international statistics on the web
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Population Index <http://popindex.princeton.edu/> : Population Index, published since 1935, is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database containing 43,463 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-1999.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


SBA Office of Advocacy <http://www.sba.gov/ADVO/stats/> : Statistical reports for small businesses in the US
SUBJECTS: SMALL BUSINESS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


SIC - Standard Industrial Classification Search <http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html> :
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REGIONAL: NORTH AMERICA


Statistical Links <http://www.cbs.nl/eng/link/index.htm> : An exhaustive listing of national and international organizations and agencies gathering statistics worldwide.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Statistics Canada Daily News <http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/today/daily.htm> : Includes latest release of Consumer Price Index (CPI), Labour Force Survey (LFS), and monthly and quarterly economic indicators
SUBJECTS: CANADA | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Statistics Every Writer Should Know <http://nilesonline.com/stats/> : Here, described in plain English, are some basic concepts in statistics
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


STATISTICS GLOSSARY <http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/glosfra.html> : Entries are taken from the electronic manual of Statistica
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Statistics of the Day <http://www.msu.edu/user/gribbenm/> : A collection of interesting and important statistical information about the world in which we live. Includes world population statistcs, other statistics of note, and an archive of statistical information.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA


Superstar Investor <http://www.superstarinvestor.com/> : Superstar Investor provides descriptive summaries and more than 21,000 links to investment sites on the Internet. These include: Bloomberg.com, Briefing.com, CBS MarketWatch, CNNfn, The Motley Fool, MSN MoneyCentral Investor, Quicken.com, Silicon Investor, SmartMoney.com, TheStreet.com, Wall Street City and Yahoo! Finance. Superstar Investor also provides access to business and financial news, online broker ratings, interactive charts, company directories, mutual funds, U.S. and international stock indexes, technical analysis, portfolio tracking, stock and fund screens, an Internet IPO directory, earnings release and stock split calendars, market movers, Internet and technology stock reports, insider trading data, option chains, analyst ratings, 52-week highs and lows, historical quotes, short interest ratios, magazines and newsletters, annual reports and EDGAR filings, investor education centers, message boards and other investment-related topics. Superstar offers links to fund family Web sites, brokerage firms, investment publications, daily market commentaries, stock picks, screening tools and technical analysis.
SUBJECTS: STOCK MARKETS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS, GENERAL


TranStats <http://www.transtats.bts.gov/> : TranStats is a new website for transportation researchers and analysts, aimed at providing “one stop shopping” for transportation data.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | ENGINEERING


United Nations. Statistics Division <http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/> :
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


United States Vital Records Information <http://vitalrec.com/> : This page contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


US State quickfacts <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html> : Quick and easy statistical facts about various US states and counties
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations <http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html> : The web pages listed here comprise a powerful, conveniently-accessible, and FREE multi-platform statistical software package. There are also links to online statistics books, tutorials, downloadable software, and related resources. Includes: Calculators, Plotters, Function Integrators, Probability Distribution Functions: Tables, Graphs, Random Number Generators, Descriptive Statistics, Histograms, Charts, Contingency Tables, Cross-tabs, Chi-Square Tests, Regression, Correlation, Least Squares Curve-fitting, Non-parametric Correlation, Bayesian Methods, etc.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION | REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA | CALCULATORS


Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor <http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb/> : Provides statistical information and news on women in the workforce in the US
SUBJECTS: CAREERS EMPLOYMENT RESUMES and JOBS | BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


World Bank Research <http://econ.worldbank.org/> : A searchable compilation of Reports, Working Papers, Abstracts of Current Studies, Evaluations of Research Projects. Topics include World Development Reports, Land Use Policy, Global Commodity Markets, Global Economi Prospects, etc.
SUBJECTS: ECONOMICS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | WORLD NEWS | SOCIAL SCIENCE


World Information <http://www.worldinformation.com/> : Reliable, relevant business, political and economic information on all the world's 228 countries and territories. Your 'one stop' international resource centre.
SUBJECTS: STATISTICAL INFORMATION


World Wide Web User Statistics <http://www.why-not.com/company/stats.htm> : Various statistics on internet usage. Source links are given
SUBJECTS: INTERNET | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


STOCK MARKETS

Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site <http://www.stern.nyu.edu/globalmacro/> : This site from the Stern School of Business, New York University is a comprehensive guide to the subject of macroeconomics. It offers readings about the Asian crisis, international currency systems, financial sector issues, country specific economic analysis, insight into exchange rates, current policy topics, recent academic research, data, stock markets, country risk services, and web links to macroeconomic sites..
SUBJECTS: ECONOMICS | COUNTRY REPORTS and TRAVEL GUIDES | STOCK MARKETS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Superstar Investor <http://www.superstarinvestor.com/> : Superstar Investor provides descriptive summaries and more than 21,000 links to investment sites on the Internet. These include: Bloomberg.com, Briefing.com, CBS MarketWatch, CNNfn, The Motley Fool, MSN MoneyCentral Investor, Quicken.com, Silicon Investor, SmartMoney.com, TheStreet.com, Wall Street City and Yahoo! Finance. Superstar Investor also provides access to business and financial news, online broker ratings, interactive charts, company directories, mutual funds, U.S. and international stock indexes, technical analysis, portfolio tracking, stock and fund screens, an Internet IPO directory, earnings release and stock split calendars, market movers, Internet and technology stock reports, insider trading data, option chains, analyst ratings, 52-week highs and lows, historical quotes, short interest ratios, magazines and newsletters, annual reports and EDGAR filings, investor education centers, message boards and other investment-related topics. Superstar offers links to fund family Web sites, brokerage firms, investment publications, daily market commentaries, stock picks, screening tools and technical analysis.
SUBJECTS: STOCK MARKETS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | BUSINESS, GENERAL


WORLD NEWS

World Bank Research <http://econ.worldbank.org/> : A searchable compilation of Reports, Working Papers, Abstracts of Current Studies, Evaluations of Research Projects. Topics include World Development Reports, Land Use Policy, Global Commodity Markets, Global Economi Prospects, etc.
SUBJECTS: ECONOMICS | STATISTICAL INFORMATION | WORLD NEWS | SOCIAL SCIENCE


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