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Not finding what you need? Search for articles on your topic and pay attention to where they get their data. Then look for things published online or in print by the same groups that produced the data your articles reference. Here are some great places to find articles that use numerical data.
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PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Includes information about articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about international public affairs. Covers publications from 1914 - present. -
Sociological Abstracts(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Main index to research in sociology, anthropology, and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. Covers 1963 - current. -
ProQuest Statistical Insight(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
A vast index of statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations. A great place to start if you're not sure who has collected data relevant to your research.
The Biggies
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Destatis: Statistisches BundesamtAccess to the Statistics Portal of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.
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Eurostat(Searches through citations and the full text)
Published by the Statistical Office of the European Commission, this covers statistics from all members of the European Union.
Specific Statistical Topics
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Europa World PlusCombines the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. Provides up-to-date political and economic information for more than 250 countries and territories.
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ProQuest Statistical Insight(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
A vast index of statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations. A great place to start if you're not sure who has collected data relevant to your research. -
CIA World Factbook(Searches through citations and the full text)
Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. -
NationMaster(Searches through citation information)
A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. It combines information from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. -
OECD iLibraryWe don't have access to everything here, but click on OECD Data for economic, energy, and other development indicators.
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WDI: World Development IndicatorsA great place to start for economic, health, literacy, and related statistics.
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WHO: World Health Organization(Searches through citations and the full text)
Includes reports and statistics about world health. -
CQ Political Handbook of the World(Searches through citations and the full text)
Provides brief country and political system information from standard sources such as Freedom House, Pippa Norris’ “democracy type” adapted from Freedom House rankings, and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Also includes maps. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Press reference resources here. -
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online(Searches through citations and abstracts)
Find scholarship on theory and research in international affairs, including working papers, conference papers, and government reports. 1991 - current.
