GEsource – World Guide – GIS Application – 2005 European Data An interactive map of Europe using 2005 CIA World Factbook data. Good for: Visualizing publicly accessible socioeconomic data about Europe. It’s a little tricky to learn, but some of the visualization tools are excellent for demonstrating the relationships between statistics and mapping. Geographic coverage:…
The Academic Commons blog brought my attention to a special issue HumanIT devoted to dynamic maps in research. It is a Swedish publication, but this issue is in English. Of special note is an article about dynamic maps and the humantities.
Penn World Tables Annual data for more than 160 countries on 25 macro and related aggregates. Also known as the Summers-Heston data. Good for: Meaningful international comparisons are possible between countries. Data not available for every country for every year. Time period: 1950-2000 Citation: Alan Heston, Robert Summers and Bettina Aten, Penn World Table Version…
International Financial Statistics (IFS) (Link works on the Carleton campus only) The principle data set of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Carleton now subscribes to the electronic version, but it is best used in concert with the print version, which is available in the library (in the monthly and yearbook issues). Good for: Macroeconomic, international…
Public Debt Around the World: A New Dataset of Central Government Debt. Released March 2006 by the Inter-American Development Bank. The web site provides a downloadable zip file that contains The working paper (see below) the data (both in STATA and EXCEL format) for public debt described therein Citation: Dany Jaimovich and Ugo Panizza (2006)…
The Think Tanks page on the Statistical Resources for Political Science site (U of Michigan Documents Center) lists several comprehensive directories of think tanks. It also features an alphabetical list of major think tanks and links to their web sites. Another comprehensive directory is the World Think Tank Directory from the Policy Library. Also, the…
American Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange Federation of European Securities Exchanges Numa Directory of Futures & Options Exchanges NASDAQ New York Stock Exchange Philadelphia Stock Exchange Google Stock Exchanges Directory Carleton students, faculty and staff can use the Journals List to access the Wall Street Journal online. See also metasites like Eco5.com (especially for historical…
World Development Indicators The World Bank’s statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2006 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. The link above is to the library’s subscription version of the database. Much of it is also available…
State and Local Government Finances is just one section of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Federal, State, and Local Governments portal. The statistics here cover government financial activity in four broad categories of revenue, expenditure, outstanding debt and assets (cash and security holdings). Files can be downloaded or viewed in your browser. It can be helpful…
NeighborhoodInfo DC contains statistical profiles and other publications on neighborhoods in Washington DC. Aimed at supporting policy decision-makers, the site is a collaborative effort of the Urban Institute and Washington DC Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). On this web site, you’ll find data on D.C. neighborhoods — population, race and ethnicity, income, poverty, employment, education,…