General+Sources

 **Statistical Abstract of the United States** This is the standard source for most libraries when investigating statistics on the US. Published since 1878 by the Census Bureau, it is the "authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States." It is available for FREE [|online] and in Excel and PDF format. The print version is still a bestseller as it is only $37 for the paperback and $41 for the hardback edition.

**Fedstats.gov** This [|website] was established in 1997 to provide a one-stop resource for people looking for statistical information produced by the US federal government. Organized topically, it allows you to find statistics without having to know which agency produced which statistics. It also lists the statistics-gathering agencies alphabetically, in case you do know the agency and need to get to their site quickly. Another great feature is the MapStats, which allows you to get quick demographic and geographical data by state and city.
 * University of Michigan's Statistical Resources on the Web[[image:govdocscenter.jpg width="60" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html"]]  **This [|website] was created in 1995 by the University of Michigan to help answer the statistical questions asked by college students. It is arranged topically, so that you can easily find sources that contain the data you need. There are 23 subject headings each with a wide variety of subheadings. For example, statistics on child abuse, crime, and religion appear underneath the sociology page.


 * Statistics Sources[[image:statssources.jpg width="73" height="99" align="right" link="http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&titleCode=SS&cf=p&type=3&id=230944"]] **This guide indexes more than 1,600 sources under 20,000 subjects. Published each year, this book will refer you to both national and international sources on any topic you could possibly imagine. Only available in print, the 2009 edition contains 4 volumes and can be [|purchased] from the Gale Research Company for $708. View sample page from this book.


 * American Statistics Index (ASI) **This is a subject index to all the statistical data contained in US government publications. Retrieving information from the //ASI// is a [|three-step process.] First, you find your topic in the **Index** volume and use the accession number to locate the abstract in the **Abstract** volume. Then, you use the Superintendent of Documents **(SU Doc)** number to retrieve the publication either in microfilm or on the library's shelf. Published each year, the most recent edition costs $3,350. //There are two similar indexes: Statistical Reference Index (SRI) provides access to data collection by private organizations and state government agencies. The Index to International Statistics (IIS) serves as a guide to statistical publications of intergovernmental organizations and national governments around the world.//


 * Offstats[[image:offstats.png width="149" height="35" align="right" link="http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/"]] **This [|online database] was created in 1998 by the University of Auckland in New Zealand. It contains online statistical sources available free on the web. You can browse their database by region, country, and/or subject. Even though the resources was created in New Zealand, it's very international in its focus.