Starting
Points: Guide to Demographics &
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REFERENCE BOOKS -
Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be
checked out. |
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R 310 Uni Dem |
Demographic Yearbook |
UN Dept. of Economic Statistical Office |
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R 310 Uni Sta |
Statistical
Yearbook |
UN’s
Dept. of Economic & Social Information and Policy Analysis,
Statistical Division; 42nd Issue |
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R 310 Wor |
The World Almanac
and Book of Facts |
1936-present. See also: R 310 Tim - Time Almanac,
1999-present |
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R 310.58 Sta |
The Statesman's Year-Book |
Statistics and facts from all the world's nations; 1993-94 -
present |
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R 317.3 Cou |
County and City Extra: Annual Metro,
City and County Data Book |
Formerly County and City Data Book; 1996 - present |
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R 317.3
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Datapedia of the
United States, 1790-2005 (See also:
R 317.3 Lit - A
Statistical Portrait of the United States;
R 317.3 S - The Statistical History of the United States from Colonial
Times to
the Present; and
R 317.3
His -
Historical Statistics of the United States) |
Historical data |
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R 317.3 Uni |
Statistical Abstract of the United States |
1971 - present |
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R 317.59 Flo |
Florida Statistical Abstract |
1992-present |
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FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers:
310-324
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In
addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books
and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way
to find good sources of information is to do a subject search
in our Library catalog. You can
access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by
going to our Web page (www.wppl.org),
then to Search Our Catalog.
Good subject headings are
demography, and statistics.
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eBOOKS
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You may
also want to check out the collection of thousands of online
books (eBooks) the Library offers, located on the Web
site
www.netlibrary.com.
Initially, you must open an account from Library computer
terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from
home as well. See a reference librarian for more
details. |
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FINDING ARTICLES
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
·
The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
and
InfoTrac
OneFile
- Access from the Library or at home using
your library card number at
www.wppl.org.
Search for full text articles on these online databases using your
choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year
or even a certain magazine. |
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WEBSITES
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| Census Bureau |
US Dept. of Commerce's data on People, Business, Geography, and more,
including break-downs for states and counties and tracts. Includes
Statistical Abstracts of the
United States. See also
CensusScope. |
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Documents Center |
University of Michigan's extensive stats and links for over 250
topics. |
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ePodunk |
Wide, user-friendly demographics on virtually all cities &
towns in the U.S. |
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FedStats |
Statistics from over 100 U.S. agencies. |
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GeoHive |
Population, graphs, etc for regions, countries, provinces and cities
with data
on wealth, infrastructure and more. |
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GeoStats |
Select variables for stats on labor, housing, population, income,
education and poverty by state, county, city and place. Covers
1944-83,
1988, 1994 and 2000. |
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Kids Count |
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's extensive statistics on the
status of
children in the US.
See also
the
National Center for Education Statistics. |
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Population Reference Bureau |
Worldwide in-depth focus on how population affects aging,
education, family planning, fertility, health, poverty, marriage/family, migration, mortality, policy, race/ethnicity,
rural population, youth and other fields. |
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US
Department of Labor’s Statistical Sites |
Links
to 12 major Federal Agencies including the Bureaus of
Economic
Analysis,
Justice Statistics, Labor Statistics,
Transportation Statistics,
the
Census Bureau,
Economic Research Service,
Energy Information
Administration,
National Agricultural
Statistics Service,
National Center for
Education Statistics,
National Center for Health Statistics,
Statistics of
Income
(IRS) and over 70 international links. |
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