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1. Statistical Resources on the Web
   Covers agriculture, business, consumers, cost of Living, demographics, economics, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, labor, military, politics, science, s
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, business, consumers, cost of living, currency, demographics, economics, energy, environment, finance, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, industry, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, statistics, transportation, weather
2. Intute: Statistics and Data
   “Intute: Statistics provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet.”
   03-03-2008 : area statistics, educational institutions, educational outcomes, elections, environment, finance, health, housing, international indicators, land, markets, migration, national indicators, nutrition, population, public opinion, social attitudes and behaviour, socio-economic studies, statistical theory, statistics
3. CEPALSTAT: Latin America and The Caribbean Statistics
   Has the Social Indicators and Statistics (BADEINSO) database. After selecting criteria, at the bottom right of the window, click on either Excel (for a chart you can save and open) or HTML (which will show on the screen).
   03-03-2008 : caribbean, demography, economy, education, employment, health, housing, income distribution, latin america, millennium development goals (mdgs), poverty, statistics, wages
4. United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
   “UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.”
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, balance of payments, communication, construction, consumption, culture, development assistance, disabilities, distribution of population, economics, education, energy, environment financial statistics, families, fertility, fishing, forestry, geography, health, health services, households, housing, human settlements, impairment, income, industrial production, intellectual property, international finance, international tourism, international trade, marital status, men, migration, millennium development goals (mdg), mining, national accounts, nutrition, population composition, prices, public order, quarrying, safety, science, services industries, social mobility, social security, socio-economic groups, statistical yearbook (syb), statistics, technology, transport, wealth, welfare services, women
5. Library Spot: Statistics
   Links to many different kinds of statistics.
   01-15-2007 : adherents.com, agriculture to weather, american factfinder, bureau of economic analysis, bureau of justice statistics, bureau of labor statistics, bureau of transportation statistics, census, census bureau, children, current statistics on crime and education, data on population, demographics, department of defense, economic, education, energy information administration, environment, ethnicities, fedstats, health, housing, hud, justice, national agricultural statistics service, national center for education statistics, national center for health statistics, national data, population, religious, social statistics, state and local, statistical resources on the web, statistics, women's studies, world
6. USA Statistics in Brief
   Presents selected data on various aspects of American life, including business, finance, energy, housing, health, education, and population characteristics. See also links to additional information on the main page for the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
   01-12-2007 : business, education, energy, finance, health, housing, population characteristics, statistical resources: american life, united states: statistics
7. American Heritage Book of English Usage
   A detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms.
   01-12-2007 : business, databases, english language usage, housing, industry, population, writer's resources
8. Disaster Services: Be Prepared
   Covers a wide range of issues in disaster preparedness.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-11-2007 : american red cross, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, disaster victims: finance, finance: personal, home, housing, hurricane katrina, investing, personal, science, survivor services
9. Administration on Aging
   Resources for elders, families, and caregivers (Alzheimer's resources, disaster assistance, elders' rights, housing, nutrition, services); practitioners (civil rights, government poverty guidelines, statistics, transportation); and links to grant programs. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-10-2007 : : united states, aged: information resources, aging, alzheimer's resources, caregivers, civil rights, disaster assistance, elders' rights, elders: resources, families, government poverty guidelines, grants, housing, laws, nutrition, older people: information resources, older people: legal status, practitioners, services, statistics, transportation
10. The Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP)
    Seeks to 'to build capacities in urban environmental planning and management. The programme targets urban local authorities and their partners. It is founded on broad-based stakeholder participatory approaches.'
    12-07-2006 : housing, sustainable cities, sustainable development
11. Best of the Web
    An extensive list selected by librarians.
    11-09-2006 : abbreviations, acronyms, address directories, adult literacy, aids, almanacs, anagrams, anthropology, apparel, archaeology, area studies, art. architecture, arts administration, astronomy, audio books, authors, avian influenza, awards, bankruptcies, best of the web, biographies, biology, bird flu, bisexual studies, book arts, book trade, books, books and 'zines, booksellers, botany, bronx on the web, building, buildings, buses, business, calculators, calendars, careers, celebrations, chemistry, children, children's resources, citation guides, climatology, communication, community, community information, company information, computers, construction, consumer, converters, copyright, cosmetics, cost of living, country information, culinary history, current events, dance, dictionaries, disability information, disability resources, disaster preparedness, domestic violence, earth science, economic statistics, education, eldercare, elections, email, emergency preparedness, employment, encyclopedias, engineering, environmental science, ethnic groups, evaluating information, exercise, fashion, federal government, film, finance, financial, fine arts, folklore, food, food science, foreign governments, fragrances, fun and interesting sites, games, gay, genealogy, geography, geology, government, government agencies, government: documents, government: state and local, grammar, hardware, health, health care providers and facilities, health info in languages, healthy eating, historical documents, history, history of medicine, hiv, holidays, homelessness, homework help, housing, humanities, immigrants, immigration, industry information, insurance, internet, job training, journal articles, law, law dictionaries, law libraries, law societies, lawyer and law firm directories, lawyer referral, legal abbreviations, legal aid services, legal forms, legal information, legal issues, legal search tools, lesbian, libraries, linguistics, literature, macintosh computers, magazine articles, manhattan on the web, manuscripts, maps, market research, mathematics, measurements, media, medical dictionaries, medical research and trials, medicine, medicine: alternative, medicines: prescription and nonprescription, men, mental health and behavior, movies, music, mysticism, mythology, names, native north american resources, new york, new york city, news, occult, operating systems, parapsychology, parent resources, patents, people, performing arts, pet health, philosophy, photography, physical fitness, physics, political science, prescription and nonprescription medicines, primary documents public records, prizes, programming languages, psychology, publishers, quotations, radio, reading, recorded sound, religions, resources for older adults, resources for young adults, science, search the internet, self-help, senior citizens, seniors' organizations, small business, social sciences, social services, sociology, software, space science, sports, staten island on the web, statistical sources, statistics, subways, teaching resources, technology, teen life, teenagers, telephone directories, television, textiles, theatre, theology, time, trademarks, training, trains, transgender studies, translation, transportation, travel, united nations, viruses, volunteering, voter information, weather, web design, websites for writers, women's studies, world wide web, writers' resources, zoology
12. Zillow.com
    Provides estimated market values for homes in the U.S. (called 'Zestimates'), which are computed by using data 'mainly from public records, and entering them in a formula.... the majority of our Zestimates are within 10% of the selling price of the home.' Searchable by address or through interactive maps.
    11-09-2006 : consumer research and advocacy, home buying and financing, housing, housing: prices, housing: united states, real estate
13. Federal Services for Constituents Available in Foreign Languages: Selected Sources
    A directory of foreign-language services: employment, consumer protection, health issues, housing, immigration, taxes, and voting. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : consumer protection, federal services for constituents available in foreign languages, foreign-language services: employment, health issues, housing, immigration, linguistic minorities, taxes, u.s. government information, voting
14. U.S. Census Bureau Question and Answer Center
    Browse and search through hundreds of questions and answers about population, demographics (housing, education, employment, and health), and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : demographics, education, employment, health, housing, population, questions and answers, u.s. bureau of the census, united states
15. Women and Human Rights
    Covers education, equality, feminist theory, health, labor and employment, marriage and family, political rights, property law, housing, prostitution, race and gender, religion, and violence. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : education, employment, equality, family, feminism, gender studies, health, housing, human rights, labor, marriage, political rights, property law, prostitution, race, religions, violence, women's studies
16. Global Urban Indicators Database
    No longer on line. Information has been put into a book of this title for sale by the U.N. Information on urban conditions and trends for over 200 cities in over 100 participating countries. Has Key Indicators (quantitative data) and Qualitative Data. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : cities and towns: statistics, environmental management, global urban indicators, housing, infrastructure, international development, key indicators (quantitative data), local government, qualitative data, socio-economic development, transportation, united nations centre for human settlements, urban conditions and trends, urban planning studies
17. American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection
    Over 2,300 photographs and 3,800 pages of text on the lives of Native Americans from the Pacific Northwest. Has study questions for K-12 teachers.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-07-2006 : alaska, american indians of north america: northwest, clothing, coeur d'alene, crafts, education, housing, lushootseed, makah, native americans, nez perce, pacific, tlingit, transportation, treaties, tribes, tsimshian, work
18. Consumer @ction
    A non-profit consumer advocacy organization with information on banking/financial services, cars, credit, credit cards, crime/legal, frauds and scams, health care/HMOs, housing, immigration, insurance, investment, money management, pricing surveys, privacy rights, telephone, and utilities.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-07-2006 : advocate information, banking, cars, consumer advocacy, credit, credit cards, crime, financial services, frauds, health care. hmos, housing, immigration, insurance, investment, legal, money management, pricing surveys, privacy rights, scams, telephone, utilities
19. Tribal Court Clearinghouse
    Search extensive information on tribal courts, with links to 550 Native American nations and their justice systems. Links to alcohol abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-06-2006 : alcohol abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, environmental law, gaming, housing, indians of north america: legal system, laws, native americans, tribal court decisions
20. American Fact Finder
    Statistics for population, housing, industry, and business.
    11-03-2006 : business, housing, humanities, industry, population, social science, statistics

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