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1. Globalis - an interactive world map
   "Globalis is an interactive world atlas where you decide what is to be displayed on the map. Globalis aims to create an understanding for similarities and differences in human societies, as well as how we influence life on the planet. This is primarily do
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, climate, economy, education, environment, gender equality, health, human development, land use, maps, population, poverty gap ratio, statistics, technology, water
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. Eurostat by the Statistical Office of the European Communities
   Covers a wide range of statistics, including strutural indicators, sustainable development, and much more. “Our data cover the European Union, its Member States and its partners, and are published under a variety of Themes and Collections.”
   02-21-2008 : agriculture, economy, energy, environment, european union, external trade, finance, fisheries, industry, population, regional statistics, science, services, social conditions, statistics, technology, trade, transport
4. EL@ND: Research for Development
   “EL@ND provides a single search to 11 catalogues of development information. It has multilingual support to retrieve articles in resources catalogued throughout Europe.”
   02-21-2008 : administration, africa, agriculture, america, asia, central america, culture, education, environment, europe, finance, health, industry/technology, information, international development, intl. cooperation, labour, north america, pacific islands, population, society, south, trade, transport
5. Exploring the Links Between Population, Poverty and Development by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
   “ UNFPA’s work on population is central to the goals of the international community to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development.”
   02-15-2008 : international development, population, poverty
6. State of World Population by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
   Has yearly reports, a multimedia presentation in English, Spanish and French, and more.
   02-15-2008 : international development, population
7. Global Issues on the UN Agenda
   A long list of issues with links.
   02-08-2007 : africa, aging, agriculture, aids, antarctica, atomic energy, children, climate change, crime, culture, decolonization, demining, development cooperation, disarmament, disaster relief, drugs, education, elections, energy, environment, family, finance, food, global issues, governance, health, human rights, human settlements, humanitarian aid, indigenous people, information communications technology, intellectual property, international finance, international law, iraq, labor, law of the sea, least developed countries, outer space, palestine, peace, persons with disabilities, population, refugees, science and technology, security, social development, statistics, sustainable development, terrorism, trade, united nations, volunteerism, water, women, youth
8. Sustainableworld.com
   Links to free or inexpensive data on national economic and other indicators at the country level.
   01-16-2007 : agriculture, communications, country studies, crime, education, environment, finance, gender studies, governance, health, indicators: development, industry, inf. technology, labour, multi-sect, national accounts, national economic, national economic indicators, population, rural sustainable development, sanitation, sustainable development, trade, transportation, urban sustainable development, water
9. Americans and the World
   Search reports on US public opinion on a broad range of international policy issues. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : biotechnology, global warming, globalization, human rights, international policy issues, international trade, iraq debate, israel, palestine, population, public opinion: united states, regional issues, terrorism, united nations, women's international issues, world politics: us public opinion
10. World Global Trends: Extracts from Major Reports and Key Findings
    Covers supranational issues and various systems, including political, educational, environmental, economic, health, human, cultural, communications and resources. Also disasters.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-16-2007 : acid rain, aids, arms control, biodiversity, brain drain, capital flows, children, climate, commodity prices, communication systems, cooperation, coral reef, corruption, cultural systems, culture, debt, democracy, desertification, disasters, drugs, economic systems, educational systems, employment, energy, environment, export market, food, forest, global governance, global issues--managing, global reports, global summary, globalization, health, hiv/aids, human rights, human systems, interest, international business, international law, internet, investment, journalism, locust, malaria, migration, nutrition, political systems, population, poverty, refugees, religions, resources, science, supranatural system, telecommunication, trade, transportation, urbanization, wars and conflicts, water, women's studies, world global trends
11. Country at a Glance
    U.N. country profiles with basic statistics on each country's geographical area, population, population density, capital, language, currency, gross domestic product, newspapers, and more.
    01-16-2007 : area and cultural studies, capitals, country studies, currency, economics, economy, geneva, geography, gross domestic product, language, money, new york, offices addresses, population, statistics, united nations
12. 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
13. 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
14. World Gazetteer
    Search or browse current population figures worldwide. Countries are arranged alphabetically, or browse by continent.
    01-12-2007 : afghanistan, albania, population, statistics
15. Kids Count Census Data Online
    A searchable database of data from the 2000 U.S. Census, mainly focused on children and families.
    01-12-2007 : annie e. casey foundation, children, families, population, u.s. census
16. Population Index - on the Web
    A searchable database of citations with descriptions from books, journals, working papers, dissertations, and bibliographies in the field of demographics and population.
    01-11-2007 : government statistics, politics, population, statistics
17. The World Revolution
    “... an idea for a new, global activist social movement for progressive social change. It aims to resolve in a definitive and comprehensive manner the major social problems of our world and our era. Major issue areas ... include: peace, human rights, the
    12-08-2006 : aging, aids, arms, biodiversity, child labor, child soldiers, children, children and war, climate change, columbia, congo, coral reefs, debt relief, desertification, development, ecological debt, education, environment, forests, global issues, human rights, human trafficking, imf, indigenous peoples, landmines, medicines, mountains, oceans, peace, population, refugees, tobin tax, water, weapons, women and war, world bank, world inequality
18. Facing the Future: People and the Planet: Global Issues
    Has 60-second tours of various issues: the rich/poor gap, population, health, governance, food and water security, conflict, economy, energy, and environment.
    12-08-2006 : and environment, conflict, economy, energy, food security, future, global issues, governance, health, population, poverty, rich/poor gap, sustainable development, teaching resources, water security
19. Sustainable Development
    This part of the globalissues.org web site looks at various aspects of development, sustainable development and how this relates to other issues such as poverty, inequality, and the environment.
    12-07-2006 : aids/hiv, arms control, arms trade, biodiversity, chechnya, children, climate change, conflicts, conservation, consumerism, consumption, corporations, disease, east timor, energy security, environment, extinctions, foreign aid, foreign policy, genetic engineering of food, geopolitics, global issues, global warming, globalization, health, human rights, indigenous people, inequality, international criminal court, justice, kosovo, media, middle east, military expansion, military expenditure, nato, natural disasters, population, poverty, racism, structural adjustment, sustainable development, third world debt, trade, war on terrorism, water, women's studies
20. China Dimensions
    Covers 'a variety of socioeconomic data.... [GIS] databases may be integrated with agricultural, land use, environmental, and socioeconomic data to track China's economic growth, population increases, and environmental change.'
    12-07-2006 : agriculture, china, economic growht, environment, farming, geographic information systems, gis, population, socioeconomic data, statistics, sustainable development

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