The NCES web site is an abundant source of education data and statistics. Just one example of elegant web delivery of statistical information from their site is the State Education Data Profiles. Each results page offers download and graphing options. Search for statewide information in elementary/secondary education characteristics and finance, postsecondary education, public libraries, assessments,…
Statistical Abstract of the United States This compendium of statistics contains basic tables summarizing the vast amount of data collected by the U.S. Government agencies and other selected sources. Comparative international data are included as well. The library has print editions back the very first in 1878. The newest edition is in the Ready Reference…
The Minorities at Risk project at the University of Maryland provides access to their MAR Data and qualitative risk assessments from the web site. The project is based at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM). MAR tracks 284 politically-active ethnic groups throughout the world from 1945 to the present — identifying where…
EH.net or the Economic History Services web site is an excellent resource for resources of interest to Economic Historians. However, whenever you are looking for historical economic data, check the EH.net databases page, which includes a range of U.S. and global historical data series that have been submitted to the site.
Is Northfield a bedroom community? About 572,000 people live in Washtington D.C., but, given all the people who commute to work there, how many people are in the city during working hours? Answer these questions and more with the Census Bureau’s new Estimated Daytime Population measure. “The concept of the daytime population refers to the…
If you are looking for GATT trade documents, you might want to start with the GATT Digital Library, a digital library of over 30,000 public documents published between 1947 and 1994. The library is a shared project of Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) and the WTO. “At present this site provides access…
Doing Business – The World Bank Group “The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 155 economies. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity and growth.” Good for: comparing…
The ILO web site provides access to their Working time database, which can be browsed or searched by country, region, subject or free text. “The working time database is a searchable database providing information on the working time laws of more than 100 countries around the world. It covers laws that protect the health and…