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Subject Librarians at Waterfield Library are often asked by faculty to assist students in specific classes.  When this happens, these librarians create guides for those assignments.  Contact your subject librarian today for assignment-specific help, including guides.

  • Detecting plagiarism
  • Genealogy
  • Grants and Proposals
  • Intellectual Property
  • Small Business Resources
  • Statistical Time Series

Faculty Guide to Electronic Plagiarism

MSU Statement on Academic Dishonesty:

Taken from the 2002 Student Life Handbook, see yellow insert

Academic dishonesty

"Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person's material as one's own), or doing work for another person which will receive academic credit are all impermissible. This includes the use of unauthorized books, notebooks or other sources in order to secure or give help during an examination; the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports or term papers; or the presentation of unacknowledged material as if it were the student's own work. Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty member who teaches the course in which the cheating took place."

Google Advanced Search strategy (sample screen):

Hints:

  • Choose Advanced Search from main google page
  • Search in exact phrase window; use quotes if you wish
  • If appropriate, select a file format from the pull down window (note: pdf is possible here)

Google Search

EBSCOHost Database Search Strategy (sample screen) :

  • Hints:
  • Academic Search Premier is a general index and often used by students, start here
  • Use quotes to create exact phrase search
  • Search all fields
  • Click and use "search within full text articles"; pdf detection is NOT possible

screen shot of an EBSCOhost search

screen shot of EBSCOhost search limits

 

Associations and Societies

Vital Records

National Sites

  • American Family History Immigration Center (Ellis Island) - Search archives available at Ellis Island. AFHIC requires users to register to view the records with some services requiring a fee. Provided by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
  • Geographic Names Information System - Locate geological features across the United States, including cemeteries, schools, and creeks. This web site offers printable topographic maps and aerial photos of the area using the TerraServer DRG feature. Provided by U.S. Geological Survey.
  • Federal Land Patents Database - LImage access is provided to more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908. Provided by Bureau of Land Management.
  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System - This database contains basic facts about soldiers (Union and Confederate) who served in the American Civil War. The CWSS also contains regiment histories. Provided by the National Park Service.
  • National Archives (Washington DC) - Searchable; provides many of the finding aids, guides, and research tools that can prepare you for a visit to one of Washington's facilities or for requesting records from the National Archives.
  • Social Security Death Index - This useful index gives basic vital facts about the individual. The SSDI also gives you the option of printing a form letter that can be mailed to the Social Security Administration to purchase a copy of the individual's application for a Social Security Number. Provided by The Generations Network.

Comprehensive Sites

  • Genealogy.com - This web site is part of a set of sites owned by The Generations Network. The ‘Learning Center’ provides an introduction to family history research. Searchable databases are provided for a fee.
  • RootsWeb.com - This web site is also part of a set of sites owned by The Generations Network. Rootsweb contains message boards, mailing lists, records added by users of the site, and the World Connect Project. The World Connect Project consists of family trees contributed by professional and amateur genealogists.
  • Family Search - Web site for the Family History Library, which is the largest genealogical library in the world. Family Search provides free databases and includes over 1 billion names. Downloadable family tree software is also available. Project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Google Book Search - This search engine is good to find books written about your family or that has information about one of your ancestors. Try using the advanced search and limit to ‘full view only’ books.
  • Library of Congress - This library is the largest in the world. Click on the ‘Digital Collections’ section and find historical newspapers, photographs, historical maps, and more.
  • The US GenWeb Project - “The USGenWeb Project provides free access to genealogical data which is submitted by volunteers who transcribe the data from original sources. The Project is divided by state then by county."
  • The Kentucky GenWeb Project
  • The British Isles GenWeb Project
  • The World GenWeb Project

Forums, Directories, and Search Engines

Forms and Charts

Cemeteries

  • Union Veterans Civil War Grave Database - Volunteers have contributed information to this national database of graves of Civil War veterans. Provided by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
  • Kentucky Cemetery Search - Volunteers across Kentucky have transcribed grave markers and submitted them to this database. Provided by the Kentucky Historical Society.
  • National Gravesite Locator - This searchable database provides information of United States veterans who are buried in Veteran Administration national cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, military and Department of Interior cemeteries, as well as veterans buried in private cemeteries when marked with a government grave marker. Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Kentucky Sites

  • Kentucky Genealogical Society - The Kentucky Genealogical Society was organized in 1973 in order to "preserve, produce, and disseminate knowledge of genealogical or historical value." The Society provides genealogists opportunities to volunteer and publish their work.
  • Kentucky Historical Society - The Kentucky Historical society was formed in 1836 and became a government agency in the 1950's. The Society provides educational opportunities relating to Kentucky history. It also has several publications that family historians can submit their work.
  • Filson Historical Society - The Filson Historical Society is considered to be the "center for the study of the Ohio Valley region's history and culture." The Filson was founded in 1884, which makes it Kentucky's oldest privately funded historical society.
  • Kentucky Vital Records Index - Kentucky’s death index (1911-1992), marriage index (1973-1993), and divorce index (1973-1993). Provided by the University of Kentucky.
  • Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives - Kentucky's state archives which contains government records from the state, county and city governments.
  • Kentuckiana Digital Library - Provides a digital collection of primary sources about the history and culture of Kentucky. Provided by State-Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky (SAALCK), through the Kentucky Virtual Library.
  • Kentucky Land Office - Provides many databases for Kentucky land patents and warrants back to the Revolutionary War. Included are scanned images of the documents.
  • The Kentucky GenWeb Project - Volunteers have contributed information to this national database of graves of Civil War veterans. Provided by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Peerage and Related Information

  • The Peerage - The Peerage.com is a genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe. This website is the result of around fourteen years of work by one person, Darryl Lundy, collecting information on the European royal families and on the British Peerage, and then entering it into various genealogy programs. Reference to source material is given.
  • Burke's Peerage and Gentry - A guide to the genealogical history of the major royal, aristocratic and historical families of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States of America. There are over 1 million names in more than 15,000 records of the peerage and gentry of the United Kingdom, historical families of Ireland, distinguished and presidential families of the United States, and the royal families of Europe, as well as many other prominent individuals.

This page contains links to sites related to the listed subjects. If you know of a link that you think should be added, or if you find a problem with one of the links, please send your suggestions to reference@murraystate.edu

Office of Sponsored Programs - Murray State's administrative office dedicated to assisting faculty and staff with all forms of grant and proposal writing; with the location of appropriate grant resources; with writing and budgetary assistance; includes links to grant resource sites.

  • Academic Fundraising - One of the very excellent Michigan State University sites. Excellent resource for online guides, proposal writing hints, and other information on technique.
  • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - A government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services,  and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public.
  • Chronicle of Higher Education - The weekly segment of CHE that includes deadline and contact information for grants, fellowships, papers, etc.; generally too current to be applicable for current year, but useful for consideration for future applications.
  • The Foundation Center - This link leads to a free searchable list of foundations on-line; their more comprehensive Foundations Directory is provided separately and by subscription only; includes federal, private, non-profit and corporate information
  • GovSpot - One of the "Spot" series of portals, this one devoted to grants and fundraising.
  • Grants Net - One-stop resource to find funds for training in the biomedical sciences and undergraduate science education.
  • The Grantsmanship Center - Grant information and grantsmanship training; includes international funding sources information.
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Discretionary grants ranging from single awards for research, evaluation, and technical assistance to multi-site awards for program development.
  • National Institutes of Health - Grants, contracts, research training and other opportunities in all aspects of medicine, health and health services, biology, etc.
  • National Science Foundation - The Foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research in the sciences.
  • National Science Teacher's Association - An excellent portal containing useful links for teachers in any discipline. Contains everything from grant-writing tips to resources for grant availability.
  • Non-Profit Guides - Grantwriting tools of all kinds for non-profit organizations.
  • U.S. Department of Education - The grant assistance section of the federal Department of Education.

Comprehensive Sites

Copyright

  • What does copyright cover?
    • Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. Copyrighted works include the following categories:
      • Literary works (also includes computer software!)
      • Musical works, including any accompanying words
      • Dramatic works, including any accompanying music
      • Pantomimes and choreographic works
      • Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
      • Sound recordings
      • Architectural works
  • What is not protected by copyright?
    • Works that you have not fixed in tangible form.
    • Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere listings of ingredients or contents.
    • Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices. (Some of these are patented, some trademarked…see below)
    • Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship.

Online Resources for Copyright

  • Federal Copyright Site - Information, forms, circulars, US law, FAQs and instructions on how to use the LOCIS search system for copyright.
  • Domain Names - Check out the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for everything you ever wanted to know about registering a domain name; how to file complaints when someone has registered your business name as a domain; and a listing of accredited domain name registrars.
  • ALA site on the Teach Act.

Patents

  • What is a patent?
    • A patent is a property right granted by the government of the United States to an inventor to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States for a limited time, in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted.
  • What types of patents are there?
    • Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter (pharmaceuticals, genetically engineered materials), or any new and useful improvement thereof.
    • Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
    • Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.
  • What cannot be patented?
    • Laws of nature
    • Physical phenomena
    • Abstract ideas
    • Literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works (see copyright above)
    • Inventions which are not useful or offensive to the public morality.

Online Resources for Patent

  • Louisville Free Public Library
    • The LFPL is the only complete patent and trademark library in the state. The library offers a monthly lab workshop.
    • Check the workshops link for the next available time. Workshops require no registration and are free.
    • "The Librarian Is In Program" is a service of the LFPL to help inventors and others seeking copyright, patent or trademark assistance. Email Rae Shepherd-Schlechter at rae@lfpl.org, or call 502-574-1617 to arrange for a 45-minute session. Special sessions for groups can be arranged.
  • Patent Attorneys and Agents - US Patent Office searchable database
  • US Patent Office - Search both patent and trademark here; Open up the "first time users" section before you begin.
  • International Patents - The US Patent Office guide to international resources.

Trademarks

  • What is a trademark?
    • A trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce, to identify and distinguish the services of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name.
    • Trademarks can be registered within the state or federally. To get a federally registered trade or service mark, the manufacturer or seller must be doing business in more than one state.
  • What are some kinds of words or images that are inappropriate for use in a trademark or service mark?
    • Generic terms or words used to merely describe the functionality of the goods or services.
    • Obscene, immoral, or deceptive matter.
    • A mark consisting of a name, portrait, or signature of a particular individual, except by the individual's written consent.

Online Resources for Trademark

  • Complete List of Examples -- Marks That May be Refused - US Trademarks Office FAQs
  • Kentucky Trademarks - Getting a good trademark is a cost efficient marketing device. Check here about getting a Kentucky trademark. ($10 fee)
  • Federal Trademarks - If you are selling in more than one state, you may want to investigate a federal trademark.
  • Google.com - Search your trademark in google or other search engine to see if your proposed mark shows up on the internet. Watch to see if it clashes with a domain name. Avoid future problems.
  • Trademark Agencies
  • Kentucky's Patent and Trademark Library
    • Louisville's Free Public Library is the only full depository for patent and trademark information in Kentucky.
    • The library offers a monthly lab workshop.
    • Check the workshops link for the next available time. Workshops require no registration and are free.
    • "The Librarian Is In Program" is a service of the LFPL to help inventors and others seeking copyright, patent or trademark assistance. Email Rae Shepherd-Schlechter at rae@lfpl.org, or call 502-574-1617 to arrange for a 45-minute session. Special sessions for groups can be arranged.

This page contains links to sites related to the listed subjects. If you know of a link that you think should be added, or if you find a problem with one of the links, please send your suggestions to reference@murraystate.edu

All Purpose Sites

Business Plans: Templates, Handbooks, Start-Up

Licenses and Permits

Naming Your Business

Choosing a Business Site

Financing

  • US Small Business Administration - Comprehensive information on financing, credit, capital, estimating costs, grant resources, understanding loans.
  • Kentucky Business Incentives - Tax credit programs, incentives and financial programs, direct loan programs, enterprise zone information, listings for investment banks and venture capital firms.
  • SCORE and SBDC Chapters - Don't forget both for training sessions on financing your business.

Franchise

  • US Small Business Administration "Is Franchising for Me?" - This workbook from the SBA can be found in PDF form at the bottom of this site. The site itself offers information on understanding franchise contracts and links to a franchise registry, directories and evaluation sources.
  • Federal Trade Commission - Cautionary information on franchise opportunities to avoid.

Home-based / Self-employed Business

Industry Information/Kentucky

Export and Import Information / Kentucky

Government Procurement Opportunities

Legal Issues

  • Business.gov - One stop shopping for laws, regulations, compliance assistance, and much more.
  • Findlaw.com - Good source of legal information for the business start-up; forms, contracts, and searchable directory of lawyers by state.

Marketing Assistance

Tax Information

  • Federal Information - IRS information for small businesses and the self-employed. Also includes self-directed workshops on a variety of topics.
  • Kentucky Information - Surf the Businesses sections listed in the sidebar.

Trademarks

  • Kentucky Trademarks - Getting a good trademark is a cost efficient marketing device. Check here about getting a Kentucky trademark. ($10 fee)
  • Federal Trademarks - If you are selling in more than one state, you may want to investigate a federal trademark.
  • Google.com - Search your trademark in google or other search engine to see if your proposed mark shows up on the internet. Watch to see if it clashes with a domain name. Avoid future problems.
  • Trademark Agencies
  • Kentucky's Patent and Trademark Library - Louisville's Free Public Library is the only full depository for patent and trademark information in Kentucky. Visit, call, email them for assistance.

Agricultural Chemicals

1992, 1997 and 2002 = Census of Agriculture, searchable by state or topic. Search chemical usage under “environmental”

Banking and financial surveys, by country

1961- present = IMF Statistical Yearbook series; in print, Waterfield reference collection

Current = IMF country information

Current = WorldBank; choose Data & Research, then search by country or topic

1970-present = IMF World Economic Outlook Database (GDP)

Current = FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data at the St. Louis Fed;  current banking rates, prime rate, bank assets and other economic indicators.

From 1876 (varies by type of data) = FRASER, Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research; provides historical economic statistical publications, releases and documents; use the sidebar to search individual topics or publications. International financial statistics included under Banking and Monetary, 1914-1941 (PDF by bank name).

Federal Reserve A-Z list of topics = can’t find it at the Fed? Check here by type of data.

Company Financials

Past 15 years = Mergent Online – search your company; choose financials tab; ask for up to 15 years in a variety of areas (annual or quarter)

Past 3 years generally = Lexis/Nexis – choose business section, choose company financials, and search SEC Disclosure Reports for your company

1990-current quarter = S&P Industry Surveys – check corporate index in front of volume; if your company is studied, 5-7 years of financials available within industry section

Company Ratios

Past 15 years = Mergent Online -- search your company; choose financials tab; choose ratios tab; ask for up to 15 years in a variety of ratios

Past 3 years generally = Lexis/Nexis– choose business section, choose company financials, and search SEC Disclosure Reports for your company. (Scroll below financial reports)

1990-current quarter = S&P Industry Surveys – check corporate index in front of volume; if your company is studied, 5-7 years of selected ratios available within industry section

Construction

Economic Census; reports available by state or sector; historic tables available from sidebar, including Construction .

1940-present = Housing topics of all sorts from Census

Housing Unit Projections (Estimates), USA

Residential and Commercial Building Characteristics, energy consumption needs, including square footage

Consumer Confidence

Conference Board site (current free)

S&P Industry Surveys (in print at Waterfield Library) – CCI is often included in the narrative analysis

Consumer Prices, by commodity

30 years generally, by month, by commodity = Consumer Price Index, scroll down to Create Customized Tables, Average Price Data, and follow database requests.

Crop Prices, Rankings, Production, by state/county

Current 3-5 years = USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information – choose “Field Crops” section, or search the site for specific crop, 3-5 years generally, by state.

1936 – present = USDA’s Agricultural Statistics yearbook, in print, Waterfield government documents collection.

1989-current = Trade Stats Express – US import/export information by state. State Export Data, then specific database for trade to other countries or states, by product.

1992, 1997 and 2002 = Census of Agriculture, searchable by state or topic. Search by commodity under “crops and plants”.

Crop, Agricultural Statistics, for other countries

About 30 years = UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), by country section. Choose country from sidebar; all sidebar and internal documents change to that country only.

1989-current = Trade Stats Express – US import/export information by country. Choose National Trade Data, then “ Product Profiles of U.S. Merchandise Trade with a Selected Market” and follow database requests to locate lists of merchandise imported, by country.

Country Profiles, quick statistical

CIA World Factbook

World Bank Countries Site

International Data, from US Census Bureau, includes major demographics, labor force, migration, vital statistics, etc. with projections to 2025.

Currency Valuation & Historical Exchange Rates, by country

1950-2000 = Penn World Table, population, currency, GDP valuations by country.

1961- present = IMF Statistical Yearbook series; in print, Waterfield reference collection

1995-present = IMF Exchange rate archive

Demand Defined

“Demand” = Price (Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index); Units shipped (Export or Import information; trade statistics);  Crops grown (as well finished production, if agricultural in nature);  Personal income available.

Drivers’ Licenses Issued, USA

1992- current = Highway Statistics from Department of Transportation. Includes fuel, vehicle type information, licenses issued, etc.

Energy Costs, Consumption, Production

1978- current = Energy Information Agency, data by energy type –including petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear, renewable fuels. Prices, production, trade stats. International in scope.

TranStats; portal to statistics by subject including freight, passenger, energy, etc.

1992- current = Highway Statistics from Department of Transportation. Includes fuel, vehicle type information, licenses issued, etc.

Exports, for USA, to other countries – by commodity

1989-current = Trade Stats Express – US import/export information by country. Choose National Trade Data, then “ Product Profiles of U.S. Merchandise Trade with a Selected Market” and follow database requests to locate lists of merchandise by country.

Farm Land Size, Value & Land Prices

Current 3-5 years = USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information – choose “Land, Water and Conservation” section, or search the site for specifics, 3-5 years generally, by state.

1936 – present = USDA’s Agricultural Statistics yearbook, in print, Waterfield government documents collection.

1992, 1997 and 2002 = Census of Agriculture, searchable by state or topic. Land values under “economics”.

Food Consumption and Expenditure, by type

1970-current = Food Consumption data under “Food” section of USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information.

Current = Food consumption tables at Economic Research Service of USDA.

1876-current = Food expenditure tables at Economic Research Service of USDA.

Freight Data

TranStats; portal to statistics by subject including freight, passenger, energy, etc.

Economic Census; reports available by state or sector; historic tables available from sidebar, including Transportation and Warehousing .

GDP by country

1950-2000 = Penn World Table, population, currency, GDP valuations by country.

1961- present = IMF Statistical Yearbook series; in print, Waterfield reference collection

1970-present = IMF World Economic Outlook Database

1976-present = US GDP database, at the Bureau of Economic Analysis

1947-current = US GDP by industry (NAICS and SIC)

Gasoline, Prices, Use, MPG

1992- current = Highway Statistics from Department of Transportation. Includes fuel, vehicle type information, licenses issued, etc.

1978-current = Energy Information Agency, data by energy type –including petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear, renewable fuels. Prices, production, trade stats.

1970-current = fuel use, including MPG, from Department of Transportation

Fuel Economy Site (EPA)
"Find and Compare Cars" database, with miles-per-gallon numbers for vehicles from 1985 to the present; gasoline prices, etc.

Government Finances, by country

1961- present = IMF Statistical Yearbook series; in print, Waterfield reference collection

Current three years = Europa World YearBook, in print, Waterfield reference collection. Statistical Survey follows narrative on each country, includes national finance section.

1950-2000 = Penn World Table, population, currency, GDP valuations by country.

Euro-Stat, statistical site for the European Union; not easy to use. Choose Data tab to locate databases by topic.

Highway Statistics, Mileage, Surface, Funding, etc

1992- current = Highway Statistics annual reports from Department of Transportation. Includes fuel, vehicle type information, licenses issued, and highway-specific information.

TranStats; portal to statistics by type of transportation mode – aviation, maritime, highway, transit, rail, pipeline, bike/pedestrian.

Imports, for USA, from other countries – by commodity

1989-current = Trade Stats Express – US import/export information by country. Choose National Trade Data, then “ Product Profiles of U.S. Merchandise Trade with a Selected Market” and follow database requests to locate lists of merchandise by country.

Income, Personal and National

1929-present = Annual State Personal Income, from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Historical tables by industry, as well.

1976-present = National income, by type, from Bureau of Economic Analysis

Industry data by NAICS

Economic Census – Geographic Area Studies (NAICS sectors listed below map)

Industry Financials

1975- current = Troy’s Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios, in print, annual publication, found in Waterfield Reference Collection. Provides both financials and ratios for industries (based on NAICS now, SIC earlier). Always three years behind.

Current only = Reuters.com. Choose industries from sidebar; select industry and scroll down to table of current financials and ratios.

1990-current quarter = S&P Industry Surveys, in print, quarterly publication, found in Waterfield Reference Collection. Narrative provides industry analysis based upon selected set of corporate reports; corporate data included in table form after each industry section.

Past 15 years = Mergent Online, library database that provides selection of companies by NAICS or SIC classification, and then multiple company comparisons.

Industry Ratios

1975- current = Troy’s Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios, in print, annual publication, found in Waterfield Reference Collection. Provides both financials and ratios for industries (based on NAICS now, SIC earlier). Always three years behind.

Current only = Reuters.com. Choose industries from sidebar; select industry and scroll down to table of current financials and ratios.

1990-current quarter = S&P Industry Surveys, in print, quarterly publication, found in Waterfield Reference Collection. Narrative provides industry analysis based upon selected set of corporate reports; corporate data included in table form after each industry section.

Past 15 years = Mergent Online, library database that provides selection of companies by NAICS or SIC classification, and then multiple company comparisons.

Interest Rates

St. Louis Fed – FRED system, interest rates section

Kentucky County Profiles

Economic Development Information Service

Census: State and County Quick Facts

Censtats: Business patterns by county, zip code, metro area

Economic Census; reports available by state or sector; historic tables available from sidebar.

 

Mineral Production, Costs

Up to 10 years = Minerals information from United States Geologic Survey; international in scope; by commodity, country, state, subject.

Economic Census; reports available by state or sector; historic tables available from sidebar, including Mining.

Population, Projections and Estimates

Population estimates home page, USA

Historic Population Estimates tables, USA

International Data, from US Census Bureau, includes major demographics, labor force, migration, vital statistics, etc. with projections to 2025.

UN World Population Trends

Population Demographics, by state

Agricultural demographics, by state

State Population Projections

State and County Quick Facts

Historic population and housing censuses, including State Trends 1900-2000

Population Demographics, by country

International Data, from US Census Bureau, includes major demographics, labor force, migration, vital statistics, etc. with projections to 2025.

UN World Population Trends

UN Statistics Division, Demographic Yearbook (gender, age, etc)

UN Statistics Division, Social Indicators (education, health, housing, sanitation, etc)

Euro-Stat, statistical site for the European Union; not easy to use. Choose Data tab to locate databases by topic.

Production – Amounts & Prices

1977-present generally = Producer Price Indexes; scroll down to Create Customized Tables, by industry or commodity. Commodity by harmonized code, and industries by NAICS or SIC.

Multiple years = USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information , search “production” in search window for list of datasets by crop; or Census of Agriculture for datasets 1987-present by state.

Energy Information Agency, data by energy type –including petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear, renewable fuels. Prices, production, trade stats. International in scope.

Up to 10 years = Minerals information from United States Geologic Survey; international in scope; by commodity, country, state, subject.

Savings, personal etc.

St. Louis Fed – FRED system, savings section

SWOT Analyses, by company

Search Company Profiles from the sidebar at Business Source Premier Enhanced Version. (Important note -- CURRENT SWOT located within full Datamonitor Reports; previous SWOT’s found under SWOT on right sidebar.)

Trade Statistics, by country

Economic Census; reports available by state or sector; historic tables available from sidebar, including Wholesale and Retail Trade .

1980 – present = World Trade Organization, Statistics Database. Choose Time Series and follow database requests to see 25 years of trade information by commodity, region or indices. Choose Trade Profiles to retrieve full profile by country.

Energy Information Agency, data by energy type –including petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear, renewable fuels. Prices, production, trade stats. International in scope.

Euro-Stat, statistical site for the European Union; not easy to use. Choose Data tab to locate databases by topic.

Transportation Statistics, by type

TranStats; portal to statistics by type of transportation mode – aviation, maritime, highway, transit, rail, pipeline, bike/pedestrian.

Economic Census; reports available by state or sector; historic tables available from sidebar, including Transportation and Warehousing .

Vehicle Registrations, by type

1992- current = Highway Statistics from Department of Transportation. Includes fuel, vehicle type information, licenses issued, etc.

 

 
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