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Title and Description	Some Fulltext	Coverage
American FactFinder
Population, housing, economic and geographic data from 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses, the latest Economic Census, and reference maps.
Historical Census Browser		1790-1960
Data on the population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960 from ICPSR and the University of Virginia's Geostat Center.
Historical Statistics of the United States		1790-Present
Historical statistics of the United States ranging from migraton to economics to population to health to work and welfare to the Confederate States of America placed in historical context.
LexisNexis Statistical (Lexis-Nexis)
Statistical data from federal agencies, U.S. Congress, state governments, United Nations, international organizations.
ProQuest		1986-current
Multidisciplinary index to articles in scholarly and popular periodicals. Includes some newspapers, Historical New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
STAT-USA/Internet (Dept. of Commerce)
Business, economic and trade information from the Federal government. Includes State of the Nation (U.S. domestic economic and financial data) and Globus & NTDB (daily trade leads from Trade Opportunities Program and Dept. of Agriculture) Title to be cancelled effective 8/1/05
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 5th Ed.		1997-98
Statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States at the State and metropolitan area levels. Selected data for component counties and central cities of metropolitan areas are also included.
Statistical Abstract of the United States		1995-2003 editions
Statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Also a guide to other data sources from the Census Bureau, other federal agencies and private organizations.
Statistical Universe (LexisNexis)		varies
Statistical data from federal agencies, U.S. Congress, state governments, United Nations, international organizations. Coverage: <br /> - all statistics issued by the U.S. government back to 1973 through CIS' American Statistics Index. <br /> - some 1,000 of the best statistical publications of private and state government sources from 1980 forward through CIS' Statistical Reference Index. <br /> - approximately 2,000 titles from 00 international intergovernmental organizations, all published annually since 1983 through CIS' Index to International Statistics.
World Development Indicators Online (World Bank)		1960-current
Access to more than 600 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2004, where data are available.